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 caus'd James the brother of John to be beheaded.
Slay
Matthew 23:30
and say, if we had liv'd in the time of our forefathers, we would not have been accessory with them in shedding the blood of the prophets.
Acts 7:52
was there ever any prophet whom your fathers did not persecute? have they not slain those who predicted the coming of that just person whom you have so lately betrayed and murder'd?
1 John 3:12
not acting like Cain, who was of that wicked one, and slew his brother: but why did he slay him? because his own actions were evil, and his brother's were virtuous.
General references
Revelation 12:13
The dragon then finding that he was precipitated to the earth, persecuted the woman, who brought forth the man-child.