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Psalms 37:15

Psalms chapter 37 · verse 15 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

Their sword shall enter into their own heart, And their bows shall be broken.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

Their sword shall enter into their own heart, and their bows shall be broken.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

Their sword shall enter into their own heart, And their bows shall be broken.

Context

v.14The wicked have drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow, To cast down the poor and needy, To slay such as are upright in the way.

v.15This passage

v.16Better is a little that the righteous hath Than the abundance of many wicked.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Isaiah 37:38

    And it came to pass, as he was worshipping in the house of Nisroch his god, that Adrammelech and Sharezer his sons smote him with the sword; and they escaped into the land of Ararat. And Esar-haddon his son reigned in his stead.

  • Esther 7:9

    Then said Harbonah, one of the chamberlains that were before the king, Behold also, the gallows fifty cubits high, which Haman hath made for Mordecai, who spake good for the king, standeth in the house of Haman. And the king said, Hang him thereon.

  • Matthew 27:4

    saying, I have sinned in that I betrayed innocent blood. But they said, What is that to us? see thou to it.

  • 1 Samuel 2:4

    The bows of the mighty men are broken; And they that stumbled are girded with strength.

  • Jeremiah 51:56

    for the destroyer is come upon her, even upon Babylon, and her mighty men are taken, their bows are broken in pieces; for Jehovah is a God of recompenses, he will surely requite.

  • Hosea 2:18

    And in that day will I make a covenant for them with the beasts of the field, and with the birds of the heavens, and with the creeping things of the ground: and I will break the bow and the sword and the battle out of the land, and will make them to lie down safely.