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
and James, John's brother, he beheaded.

Slay

Matthew 23:30
and your boast is, "'If we had lived in the time of our forefathers, we should not have been implicated with them in the murder of the Prophets.'
Acts 7:52
Which of the Prophets did not your forefathers persecute? Yes, they killed those who announced beforehand the advent of the righteous One, whose betrayers and murderers you have now become--
1 John 3:12
We are not to resemble Cain, who was a child of the Evil one and killed his own brother. And why did he kill him? Because his own actions were wicked and his brother's actions righteous.

General references

Revelation 12:13
And when the Dragon saw that he was hurled down to the earth, he went in pursuit of the woman who had given birth to the male child.