Matthew 23:30-34

and say, 'If we had been living in the times of our fathers, we would not have joined them in the murder of the prophets.'

Acts 7:52

Which of the prophets did your forefathers not persecute? They killed the men who foretold the coming of the Righteous One, whom you have now betrayed and killed??53 you who had the Law given to you by angels, and did not obey it!"

Acts 12:2-3

He had John's brother, James, beheaded,

Acts 12:11

Then Peter came to himself, and he said, "Now I am certain that the Lord sent his angel and rescued me from the power of Herod and all that the Jewish people were expecting."

Acts 12:23

But the angel of the Lord struck him down immediately, because he did not give the honor to God; and he was eaten by worms and died.

1 John 3:12

We must not be like Cain who was a child of the evil one, and butchered his brother. And why did he butcher him? Because his own actions were wicked and his brother's upright.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

The wicked have drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow, to cast down the poor and needy, and to slay such as be of upright conversation.

Wicked

General references

Bible References

Wicked

Acts 12:2
He had John's brother, James, beheaded,

Slay

Matthew 23:30
and say, 'If we had been living in the times of our fathers, we would not have joined them in the murder of the prophets.'
Acts 7:52
Which of the prophets did your forefathers not persecute? They killed the men who foretold the coming of the Righteous One, whom you have now betrayed and killed??53 you who had the Law given to you by angels, and did not obey it!"
1 John 3:12
We must not be like Cain who was a child of the evil one, and butchered his brother. And why did he butcher him? Because his own actions were wicked and his brother's upright.

General references

Revelation 12:13
When the dragon saw that he had been hurled down to the earth, he went in pursuit of the woman who had given birth to the male child.