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
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.