Habakkuk 1:3
Why do you make me see wickedness and immorality? Destruction and violence are before me. Strife exists and contention arises.
Psalm 55:9-11
Confuse their language, O Jehovah, because I see violence and conflict in the city.
Jeremiah 9:2-6
I wish I had a dwelling in the desert. I would abandon my people and go away from them. They are all adulterers, an assembly of treacherous men.
Psalm 12:1-2
([Psalm of David]) Save me O Jehovah for no godly person is left. Faithful people have vanished from among the sons of men.
Psalm 73:3-9
I was envious of arrogant people when I saw the peace and prosperity that wicked people enjoy.
Psalm 120:5-6
How horrible it is to live as a foreigner in Meshech or to stay in the tents of Kedar.
Ecclesiastes 4:1
I returned and considered all the oppressions that are done under the sun. I saw the tears of the oppressed for they had no one to comfort them. The oppressors had power but they had no one to comfort them.
Ecclesiastes 5:8
If you see oppression of the poor and denial of justice and righteousness in the country, do not be shocked at the sight. One official watches over another official and there are higher officials over them.
Jeremiah 20:8
Each time I speak, I cry aloud. I proclaim violence and destruction! For me the word of Jehovah has resulted in reproach and derision all day long.
Ezekiel 2:6
Son of man, do not be afraid of them or the things they say. Do not be afraid, even though thorns and thistles are around you and you live among scorpions. Do not let the things they say frighten you. Do not be terrified in their presence even though they are rebellious people.
Micah 7:1-4
Too bad for me! For I am like the gathered summer fruit, as the grape gleanings of the vintage. There is no cluster to eat. I desire the first ripe fig.
Matthew 10:16
I send you as sheep in the midst of wolves. Be wise as serpents and harmless as doves.
2 Peter 2:8
That righteous man that dwelled among them was tormented by the lawless deeds he saw and heard.