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, killed with the sword.
Slay
Matthew 23:30
And you say, 'If [only] we had lived in the days of our forefathers, we [certainly] would not have participated with them in [shedding] the blood of the prophets.'
Acts 7:52
Which one of the prophets did your forefathers not persecute? They [even] killed those who predicted the coming of the Righteous One [i.e., Jesus], whom you people betrayed and murdered.
1 John 3:12
not [hate each other] the way Cain did, who belonged to the evil one [i.e., Satan], when he murdered his brother [Abel]. And why did he murder him? It was because his [own] actions were evil and his brother's were righteous [See Heb. 11:4].
General references
Revelation 12:13
And when the dragon saw that he had been thrown down to earth, he persecuted the woman who had given birth to a son.