Psalm 11:2

A Conservative Version

For, lo, the wicked bend the bow. They make ready their arrow upon the string that they may shoot in darkness at the upright in heart.

Cross References

Jeremiah 9:3

And they bend their tongue--their bow--for falsehood, and they have grown strong in the land, but not for truth. For they proceed from evil to evil, and they do not know me, says LORD.

Psalm 37:14

The wicked have drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow, to cast down the poor and needy, to kill such as are upright in the way.

Psalm 21:12

For thou will make them turn their back. Thou will make ready with thy bowstrings against their face.

Matthew 26:4

and they deliberated so that they might take Jesus by trickery, and kill him.

Psalm 142:3

When my spirit was overwhelmed within me, thou knew my path. In the way in which I walk they have hidden a snare for me.

Psalm 125:4

Do good, O LORD, to those who are good, and to those who are upright in their hearts.

Psalm 97:11

Light is sown for the righteous man, and gladness for the upright in heart.

Psalm 94:15

For judgment shall return to righteousness, and all the upright in heart shall follow it.

Psalm 64:10

A righteous man shall be glad in LORD, and shall take refuge in him. And all the upright in heart shall glory.

Psalm 32:11

Be glad in LORD, and rejoice, ye righteous. And shout for joy, all ye who are upright in heart.

Psalm 10:2

In the pride of the wicked man the poor man is hotly pursued. Let them be taken in the devices that they have conceived.

Psalm 7:12

If a man does not repent, he will whet his sword. He has bent his bow, and made it ready.

Psalm 7:10

My shield is with God, who saves the upright in heart.

1 Samuel 23:9

And David knew that Saul was devising mischief against him, and he said to Abiathar the priest, Bring here the ephod.

1 Samuel 18:21

And Saul said, I will give him her, that she may be a snare to him, and that the hand of the Philistines may be against him. Therefore Saul said to David, Thou shall this day be my son-in-law a second time.