Psalm 37:14

Evil men draw their swords and prepare their bows, to bring down the oppressed and needy, and to slaughter those who are godly.

Psalm 11:2

For look, the wicked prepare their bows, they put their arrows on the strings, to shoot in the darkness at the morally upright.

Proverbs 29:27

An unjust person is an abomination to the righteous, and the one who lives an upright life is an abomination to the wicked.

1 Samuel 24:11

Look, my father, and see the edge of your robe in my hand! When I cut off the edge of your robe, I didn't kill you. So realize and understand that I am not planning evil or rebellion. Even though I have not sinned against you, you are waiting in ambush to take my life.

1 Samuel 24:17

He said to David, "You are more innocent than I, for you have treated me well, even though I have tried to harm you!

Psalm 35:10

With all my strength I will say, "O Lord, who can compare to you? You rescue the oppressed from those who try to overpower them; the oppressed and needy from those who try to rob them."

Psalm 64:2-6

Hide me from the plots of evil men, from the crowd of evildoers.

Proverbs 29:10

Bloodthirsty people hate someone with integrity; as for the upright, they seek his life.

Habakkuk 1:13

You are too just to tolerate evil; you are unable to condone wrongdoing. So why do you put up with such treacherous people? Why do you say nothing when the wicked devour those more righteous than they are?

Matthew 23:30-34

And you say, 'If we had lived in the days of our ancestors, we would not have participated with them in shedding the blood of the prophets.'

Acts 7:52

Which of the prophets did your ancestors not persecute? They killed those who foretold long ago the coming of the Righteous One, whose betrayers and murderers you have now become!

Acts 12:2-3

He had James, the brother of John, executed with a sword.

Acts 12:11

When Peter came to himself, he said, "Now I know for certain that the Lord has sent his angel and rescued me from the hand of Herod and from everything the Jewish people were expecting to happen."

Acts 12:23

Immediately an angel of the Lord struck Herod down because he did not give the glory to God, and he was eaten by worms and died.

1 John 3:12

not like Cain who was of the evil one and brutally murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? Because his deeds were evil, but his brother's were righteous.

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.

General references

Bible References

Wicked

Psalm 64:2
Hide me from the plots of evil men, from the crowd of evildoers.
Acts 12:2
He had James, the brother of John, executed with a sword.

Slay

1 Samuel 24:11
Look, my father, and see the edge of your robe in my hand! When I cut off the edge of your robe, I didn't kill you. So realize and understand that I am not planning evil or rebellion. Even though I have not sinned against you, you are waiting in ambush to take my life.
Proverbs 29:10
Bloodthirsty people hate someone with integrity; as for the upright, they seek his life.
Habakkuk 1:13
You are too just to tolerate evil; you are unable to condone wrongdoing. So why do you put up with such treacherous people? Why do you say nothing when the wicked devour those more righteous than they are?
Matthew 23:30
And you say, 'If we had lived in the days of our ancestors, we would not have participated with them in shedding the blood of the prophets.'
Acts 7:52
Which of the prophets did your ancestors not persecute? They killed those who foretold long ago the coming of the Righteous One, whose betrayers and murderers you have now become!
1 John 3:12
not like Cain who was of the evil one and brutally murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? Because his deeds were evil, but his brother's were righteous.

General references

Genesis 39:17
This is what she said to him: "That Hebrew slave you brought to us tried to humiliate me,
Revelation 12:13
Now when the dragon realized that he had been thrown down to the earth, he pursued the woman who had given birth to the male child.

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