Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

The good man is perished out of the earth: and there is none upright among men: they all lie in wait for blood; they hunt every man his brother with a net.

Bible References

Is perished

Psalm 12:1
([Psalm of David]) Save me O Jehovah for no godly person is left. Faithful people have vanished from among the sons of men.
Psalm 14:1
([Psalm of David]) The fool says in his heart: There is no God (Jehovah) (Psalm 10:4). They are corrupt. They do disgusting things. No one does good things.
Isaiah 57:1
The righteous perishes and no man takes it to heart. Merciful men are taken away, while no one considers that the righteous is taken away from evil.
Romans 3:10
The Scriptures say: There is no one who is righteous,

They all

Proverbs 1:11
If they say: Come with us. Let us lie in wait to kill someone. Let us ambush the innocent without cause.
Proverbs 12:6
The words of the wicked lie in wait for blood, but the mouth of the upright delivers them.
Isaiah 59:7
Their feet run to do evil. They hurry to shed innocent blood. Their thoughts are evil. Ruin and destruction are on their highways.
Jeremiah 5:16
Their quiver is like an open grave. All of them are mighty men.

Hunt

1 Samuel 24:11
My master, look at this! The border of your robe is in my hand! I cut off the border of your robe and did not kill you. You should know and be able to see I mean no harm or rebellion. I have not sinned against you! But you are trying to ambush me in order to take my life.
1 Samuel 26:20
Do not let my blood fall to the ground far from the presence of Jehovah. The king of Israel comes to search for a flea. Yet he hunts me down like a partridge on the mountains.
Psalm 57:6
They have prepared a net for my steps. I am bowed down. They dig a pit before me. But they have fallen into it.
Jeremiah 5:26
Wicked men are found among my people. They lie in ambush like bird catchers. They set traps and catch men.
Jeremiah 16:16
I am going to send for many fishermen, says Jehovah, and they will catch the people of Israel. After that, I will send for many hunters, and they will hunt for them on every mountain and hill and even in the cracks in the rocks.
Lamentations 4:18
They go after our steps so that we may not go in our streets. Our end is near. Our days are numbered. Our end has come.
Habakkuk 1:15
He brings them all up with the hook. He gathers them away in his net. He gladly gathers them and rejoices.

General references

Deuteronomy 27:25
Cursed is he who accepts a bribe to punish an innocent person.' All the people will say: 'Amen.'
Judges 16:6
Delilah said to Samson: Tell me what makes you so strong. How could you be subdued and tied up?
Jeremiah 11:9
Jehovah said to me: A conspiracy has been found among the men of Judah and among the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
Ezekiel 11:6
You have killed many people in this city and have filled its streets with corpses.'
Habakkuk 1:3
Why do you make me see wickedness and immorality? Destruction and violence are before me. Strife exists and contention arises.
Acts 24:9
The Jews also joined in accusing him, saying that these things were true.