Psalms 37:15
but their sword will pierce their own heart, and their bows will be broken in pieces.
Open English Bible (US)
In The King James Version
Their sword shall enter into their own heart, and their bows shall be broken.
In Context
16Better is the righteous person’s little than the wealth of many wicked.
Cross References
Esther 7:10So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then the wrath of the king was pacified.
Esther 9:22as the days on which the Jews had rest from their enemies, and the month which was turned from sorrow to gladness and from mourning into a feast day. They should make them days of feasting and gladness and of sending gifts of food to each other and of gifts to the poor.
Psalms 34:22The Lord ransoms the life of his servants, and none will be doomed who takes refuge in him.
Psalms 46:9He stills wars to the ends of the earth – breaking the bow, snapping the spear, burning the chariots in the fire.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 37:8-21
Exhortations and Promises. 7 Rest in the Lord , and wait patiently for him: fret not thyself because of him who prospereth in his way, because of the man who bringeth wicked devices to pass. 8 Cease from anger, and forsake wrath: fret not thyself in any wise to do evil. 9 For evildoers shall be cut off: but those that wait upon the Lord , they shall inherit the earth. 10 For yet a little while, and the wicked shall not be: yea, thou shalt diligently consider his place, and it shall not be. 11 But the meek shall… Read the whole commentary →