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 he cut off James, the brother of John, with the sword.
Slay
Matthew 23:30
and say, If we had been in the days of our fathers, we would not have been concerned with them in shedding the blood of the prophets:
Acts 7:52
Which of the prophets did not your fathers persecute? and slew those who prophesied concerning the coming of that righteous One, of whom ye have been now the betrayers and murderers;
1 John 3:12
and why did he slay him? because his own works were evil, and his brother's righteous.
General references
Revelation 12:13
Now when the dragon saw that he was cast down to the earth, he persecuted the woman that brought forth the male-child: