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.

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

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.