Psalm 7:12

Contemporary English Version 1995

Whenever your enemies refuse to change their ways, you sharpen your sword and string your bow.

Cross References

Acts 3:19

So turn to God! Give up your sins, and you will be forgiven.

Matthew 3:10

An ax is ready to cut the trees down at their roots. Any tree that doesn't produce good fruit will be chopped down and thrown into a fire.

Ezekiel 18:30

I will judge each of you for what you've done. So stop sinning, or else you will certainly be punished.

Deuteronomy 32:41

I will take revenge on my hateful enemies. I will sharpen my sword and let it flash like lightning.

Psalm 85:4

Our Lord and our God, you save us! Please bring us back home and don't be angry.

Ezekiel 33:11

Tell them that as surely as I am the living Lord God, I don't like to see wicked people die. I enjoy seeing them turn from their sins and live. So if the Israelites want to live, they must stop sinning and turn back to me.

Ezekiel 21:23

Everyone in Jerusalem had promised to be loyal to Babylonia, and so none of them will believe that this could happen to them. But Babylonia's king will remind them of their sinful ways and warn them of their coming captivity.

Isaiah 34:5

After the sword of the Lord has done what it wants to the skies above, it will come down on Edom, the nation that the Lord has doomed for destruction.

Isaiah 27:1

On that day, Leviathan, the sea monster, will squirm and try to escape, but the Lord will kill him with a cruel, sharp sword.

Genesis 18:25

You surely wouldn't let them be killed when you destroy the evil ones. You are the judge of all the earth, and you do what is right.”

Psalm 9:5

You warn the nations and destroy evil people; you wipe out their names forever and ever.

Psalm 129:4

The Lord always does right, and he has set me free from the ropes of those cruel people.