Psalms 37:15
But their sword shall enter into their owne heart, and their bowes shalbe broken.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
Their sword shall enter into their own heart, and their bows shall be broken.
In Context
16A small thing vnto the iust man is better, then great riches to the wicked and mightie.
Cross References
1 Samuel 2:4The bow and the mightie men are broken, and the weake haue girded themselues with strength.
2 Samuel 17:23Nowe when Ahithophel sawe that his counsell was not followed, he sadled his asse, and arose, and he went home vnto his citie, and put his houshold in order, and hanged him selfe, and dyed, and was buryed in his fathers graue.
Esther 7:10So they hanged Haman on the tree, that he had prepared for Mordecai: then was the Kings wrath pacified.
Esther 9:22According to the dayes wherein the Iewes rested from their enemies, and the moneth which was turned vnto them from sorowe to ioy, and from mourning into a ioyfull day, to keepe them the dayes of feasting, and ioy, and to sende presents euery man to his neyghbour, and giftes to the poore.
Psalms 34:22The Lord redeemeth the soules of his seruants: and none, that trust in him, shall perish.
Psalms 46:9He maketh warres to cease vnto the endes of the world: he breaketh the bowe and cutteth the speare, and burneth the chariots with 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 →