Psalms 37:15

Their sword. — The lex talionis. (Comp. Psalms 7:15-16.)

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

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Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

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God will not only defend the upright from their mischievous designs, but will make them to fall upon their own heads.
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Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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Their sword, by the dispensation of God, through His avenging power, shall enter into their own heart, and their bows shall be broken.
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1 Samuel 31:4 ; 2 Samuel 17:23 ; Esther 7:10 ; Esther 7:9 ; Hosea 1:5 ; Hosea 2:18 ; Isaiah 37:38 ; Jeremiah 51:56 ; Micah 5:6 ; Matthew 27...

¹⁵ Their sword shall enter into their own heart, and their bows shall be broken.

Related Commentaries of Psalms 37:15

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 37:15