Psalm 37:14

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

The wicked draw the sword and bend their bows, to bring down the poor and needy, to slay those who walk uprightly;

Cross References

Esther 5:14

Then his wife Zeresh and all his friends said to him, “Let a gallows fifty cubits high be made, and in the morning tell the king to have Mordecai hanged upon it; then go merrily with the king to the dinner.” This counsel pleased Haman, and he had the gallows made.

Psalm 11:2

for lo, the wicked bend the bow, they have fitted their arrow to the string, to shoot in the dark at the upright in heart;

Psalm 35:10

All my bones shall say, “O Lord, who is like thee, thou who deliverest the weak from him who is too strong for him, the weak and needy from him who despoils him?”

Proverbs 29:10

Bloodthirsty men hate one who is blameless, and the wicked seek his life.

Proverbs 29:27

An unjust man is an abomination to the righteous, but he whose way is straight is an abomination to the wicked.

Habakkuk 1:13

Thou who art of purer eyes than to behold evil and canst not look on wrong, why dost thou look on faithless men, and art silent when the wicked swallows up the man more righteous than he?

Acts 12:11

And Peter came to himself, and said, “Now I am sure that the Lord has sent his angel and rescued me from the hand of Herod and from all that the Jewish people were expecting.”

Acts 12:23

Immediately an angel of the Lord smote him, because he did not give God the glory; and he was eaten by worms and died.

Acts 7:52

Which of the prophets did not your fathers persecute? And they killed those who announced beforehand the coming of the Righteous One, whom you have now betrayed and murdered,

1 John 3:12

and not be like Cain who was of the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? Because his own deeds were evil and his brother's righteous.

1 Samuel 24:11

See, my father, see the skirt of your robe in my hand; for by the fact that I cut off the skirt of your robe, and did not kill you, you may know and see that there is no wrong or treason in my hands. I have not sinned against you, though you hunt my life to take it.

1 Samuel 24:17

He said to David, “You are more righteous than I; for you have repaid me good, whereas I have repaid you evil.