Set me as a seal upon thy heart, As a seal upon thine arm: For love is strong as death; Jealousy is cruel as Sheol; The flashes thereof are flashes of fire, A very flame of Jehovah.

Wrath is cruel, and anger is overwhelming; But who is able to stand before jealousy?

Behold, the day of Jehovah cometh, cruel, with wrath and fierce anger; to make the land a desolation, and to destroy the sinners thereof out of it.

And I will give over the Egyptians into the hand of a cruel lord; and a fierce king shall rule over them, saith the Lord, Jehovah of hosts.

They lay hold on bow and spear; they are cruel, and have no mercy; their voice roareth like the sea, and they ride upon horses, every one set in array, as a man to the battle, against thee, O daughter of Zion.

All thy lovers have forgotten thee; they seek thee not: for I have wounded thee with the wound of an enemy, with the chastisement of a cruel one, for the greatness of thine iniquity, because thy sins were increased.

They lay hold on bow and spear; they are cruel, and have no mercy; their voice roareth like the sea; and they ride upon horses, every one set in array, as a man to the battle, against thee, O daughter of Babylon.

Even the jackals draw out the breast, they give suck to their young ones: The daughter of my people is become cruel, like the ostriches in the wilderness.

Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce; And their wrath, for it was cruel: I will divide them in Jacob, And scatter them in Israel.

And Moses spake so unto the children of Israel: but they hearkened not unto Moses for anguish of spirit, and for cruel bondage.

Thou art turned to be cruel to me; With the might of thy hand thou persecutest me.

Consider mine enemies, for they are many; And they hate me with cruel hatred.

Rescue me, O my God, out of the hand of the wicked, Out of the hand of the unrighteous and cruel man.

Lest thou give thine honor unto others, And thy years unto the cruel;

The merciful man doeth good to his own soul; But he that is cruel troubleth his own flesh.

A righteous man regardeth the life of his beast; But the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel.

An evil man seeketh only rebellion; Therefore a cruel messenger shall be sent against him.

Their wine is the poison of serpents, And the cruel venom of asps.