Matthew 23:30-34

and say, 'If we had lived in the days of our forefathers, we would not have been sharers with them in shedding the blood of the prophets.'

Acts 7:52

Which of the prophets did your forefathers fail to persecute? They killed the prophets who foretold the coming of the Righteous One, and now you have betrayed and murdered Him,

Acts 12:2-3

He had James the brother of John murdered with a sword,

Acts 12:11

Then Peter came to himself and said, "Now I really know that the Lord has sent His angel and rescued me from the power of Herod and from all that the Jewish people were expecting to do to me."

Acts 12:23

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

1 John 3:12

We must not be like Cain who belonged to 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 James the brother of John murdered with a sword,

Slay

Matthew 23:30
and say, 'If we had lived in the days of our forefathers, we would not have been sharers with them in shedding the blood of the prophets.'
Acts 7:52
Which of the prophets did your forefathers fail to persecute? They killed the prophets who foretold the coming of the Righteous One, and now you have betrayed and murdered Him,
1 John 3:12
We must not be like Cain who belonged to 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 started persecuting the woman who had given birth to the male child.