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.