Psalm 37:14

Tree of Life Version

The wicked have unsheathed their sword and have bent their bow to bring down the poor and needy, to slay those whose conduct is upright.

Cross References

Esther 5:14

Then Zeresh his wife and all his friends said to him, “Let them set up a gallows 50 cubits high, and in the morning ask the king to have Mordecai hanged on it. Then go happily with the king to the banquet.” This idea delighted Haman and he ordered the gallows to be built.

Psalm 11:2

For look, the wicked bend the bow. They fix their arrow on the bowstring so they can shoot from the shadows at those who are upright in heart.

Psalm 35:10

All my bones will say: “Adonai, who is like You, rescuing the poor from one too strong for him, the poor and needy from one who robs him?”

Proverbs 29:10

Bloodthirsty people hate a man of integrity and seek the soul of the upright.

Proverbs 29:27

The righteous detest the unjust, and the wicked detest the upright.

Habakkuk 1:13

With eyes too pure to see evil You cannot look at such trouble! Why do You look at the treacherous? Why do You remain silent when a wicked one swallows up those more righteous than him?

Acts 12:11

When Peter came to himself, he said, “Now I know for real that the Lord has sent His angel and delivered me from the hand of Herod and from all that the Judean people were expecting.”

Acts 12:23

Immediately, an angel of the Lord struck him down—because he did not give God the glory. And he was eaten by worms and died.

Acts 7:52

Which of the prophets did your fathers not persecute? They killed the ones who foretold the coming of the Righteous One. Now you have become His betrayers and murderers—

1 John 3:12

Do not be like Cain, who was from the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? Because his deeds were evil, while his brother’s were righteous.

1 Samuel 24:11

Moreover, my father, see! Yes, look at the corner of your robe in my hand! For in cutting off the corner of your robe, yet not killing you, you should know and realize that there is no evil or rebellion in my hand. I haven’t sinned against you, even though you are lying in wait for my life, to take it.

1 Samuel 24:17

Then he said to David, “You are more righteous than I, for you have done good to me, while I have done evil to you.