Psalm 37:14

God's Word

Wicked people pull out their swords and bend their bows to kill oppressed and needy people, to slaughter those who are decent.

Cross References

Esther 5:14

Then his wife Zeresh and all his friends said to him, “Have a pole set up, 75 feet high, and in the morning ask the king to have Mordecai’s ⌞dead body⌟ hung on it. Then go with the king to the dinner in good spirits.” Haman liked the idea, so he had the pole set up.

Psalm 11:2

Wicked people bend their bows. They set their arrows against the strings to shoot in the dark at people whose motives are decent.

Psalm 35:10

All my bones will say, “O Lord, who can compare with you? You rescue the weak person from the one who is too strong for him and weak and needy people from the one who robs them.”

Proverbs 29:10

Bloodthirsty people hate an innocent person, but decent people seek ⌞to protect⌟ his life.

Proverbs 29:27

An unjust person is disgusting to righteous people. A decent person is disgusting to wicked people.

Habakkuk 1:13

Your eyes are too pure to look at evil. You can’t watch wickedness. Why do you keep watching treacherous people? Why are you silent when wicked people swallow those who are more righteous than they are?

Acts 12:11

When Peter came to his senses, he said, “Now I’m sure that the Lord sent his angel to rescue me from Herod and from everything the Jewish people are expecting to happen to me.”

Acts 12:23

Immediately, an angel from the Lord killed Herod for not giving glory to God. Herod was eaten by maggots, and he died.

Acts 7:52

Was there ever a prophet your ancestors didn’t persecute? They killed those who predicted that a man with God’s approval would come. You have now become the people who betrayed and murdered that man.

1 John 3:12

Don’t be like Cain. He was a child of the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did Cain murder his brother? Because the things Cain did were evil and the things his brother did had God’s approval.

1 Samuel 24:11

My master, look at this! The border of your robe is in my hand! Since I cut off the border of your robe and didn’t kill you, you should know and be able to see I mean no harm or rebellion. I haven’t sinned against you, but you are trying to ambush me in order to take my life.

1 Samuel 24:17

He told David, “You are more righteous than I. You treated me well while I treated you badly.