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Psalm 37:15 KJV
Psalms · chapter 37 · verse 15
Their sword shall enter into their own heart, and their bows shall be broken.Psalm 37:15 · King James Version
Psalm 37:15 in context
13The LORD shall laugh at him: for he seeth that his day is coming.
14The wicked have drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow, to cast down the poor and needy, and to slay such as be of upright conversation.
15Their sword shall enter into their own heart, and their bows shall be broken.
16A little that a righteous man hath is better than the riches of many wicked.
17For the arms of the wicked shall be broken: but the LORD upholdeth the righteous.
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Key words (Strong's)
- swordcherebdroughtH2719 →
- enterbôwʼto go or comeH935 →
- heartlêbthe heartH3820 →
- bowsqeshetha bow, forshooting or the irisH7198 →
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In these verses we have, I. The foregoing precepts inculcated; for we are so apt to disquiet ourselves with needless fruitless discontents and distrusts that it is necessary there should be precept upon precept, and line upon line, to suppress them and arm us against them. 1.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 7-20