13 occurrences

'Cruel' in the Bible

Or, Get me out of the power of my hater? or, Give money so that I may be free from the power of the cruel ones?

Verse ConceptsNo One Can Save

What profit is it to you to be cruel, to give up the work of your hands, looking kindly on the design of evil-doers?

Verse ConceptsHand Of GodProsperity Of The Wicked

The evil man is in pain all his days, and the number of the years stored up for the cruel is small.

Verse ConceptsAfflictions Of The WickedMiseryPhysical PainPleasurableness

I am broken by his wrath, and his hate has gone after me; he has made his teeth sharp against me: my haters are looking on me with cruel eyes;

Verse ConceptsTeethGnashing Of TeethGod Seeing All PeopleGod Angry With Individuals

Why are you cruel to me, like God, for ever saying evil against me?

Verse ConceptsHuntingPersecution

If you say, How cruel we will be to him! because the root of sin is clearly in him:

Verse ConceptsRoots

Because he has been cruel to the poor, turning away from them in their trouble; because he has taken a house by force which he did not put up;

Verse ConceptsLand, As A Divine ResponsibilityPoverty, Causes OfPeople Abandoning PeopleOppressorsNot Helping The PoorTaking Possessions

This is the punishment of the evil-doer from God, and the heritage given to the cruel by the Ruler of all.

Verse ConceptsThe Fate Of The WickedHeritageGod Judges The Wicked

The great beasts have not gone over it, and the cruel lion has not taken that way.

You have become cruel to me; the strength of your hand is hard on me.

Verse Conceptsdoubt, results ofStrictness

Because the hand of the cruel is hard on them, men are making sounds of grief; they are crying out for help because of the arm of the strong.

Verse ConceptsArmsSuffering, Hardshipoppression

She is cruel to her young ones, as if they were not hers; her work is to no purpose; she has no fear.

Verse ConceptsStrictness

He is so cruel that no one is ready to go against him. Who then is able to keep his place before me?

Verse ConceptsAble To StandFierce Men

Bible Theasaurus

Atrocious (2 instances)
Brutal (4 instances)
Brutish (12 instances)
Ferocious (6 instances)
Inhuman (2 instances)
Savage (9 instances)
Vicious (11 instances)

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