Gen 6:11 Now the earth was corrupt in God’s sight, and the earth was filled with violence.
Gen 6:13 And God said to Noah, “I have determined to make an end of all flesh, for the earth is filled with violence through them. Behold, I will destroy them with the earth.
Gen 16:5 And Sarai said to Abram, “May the wrong done to me be on you! I gave my servant to your embrace, and when she saw that she had conceived, she looked on me with contempt. May the Lord judge between you and me!”
Gen 49:5 “Simeon and Levi are brothers;
weapons of violence are their swords.
weapons of violence are their swords.
Exo 23:1 “You shall not spread a false report. You shall not join hands with a wicked man to be a malicious witness.
Deu 19:16 If a malicious witness arises to accuse a person of wrongdoing,
Judg 9:24 that the violence done to the seventy sons of Jerubbaal might come, and their blood be laid on Abimelech their brother, who killed them, and on the men of Shechem, who strengthened his hands to kill his brothers.
2Sa 22:3 my God, my rock, in whom I take refuge,
my shield, and the horn of my salvation,
my stronghold and my refuge,
my savior; you save me from violence.
my shield, and the horn of my salvation,
my stronghold and my refuge,
my savior; you save me from violence.
2Sa 22:49 who brought me out from my enemies;
you exalted me above those who rose against me;
you delivered me from men of violence.
you exalted me above those who rose against me;
you delivered me from men of violence.
1Ch 12:17 David went out to meet them and said to them, “If you have come to me in friendship to help me, my heart will be joined to you; but if to betray me to my adversaries, although there is no wrong in my hands, then may the God of our fathers see and rebuke you.”
Job 16:17 although there is no violence in my hands,
and my prayer is pure.
and my prayer is pure.
Job 19:7 Behold, I cry out, ‘Violence!’ but I am not answered;
I call for help, but there is no justice.
I call for help, but there is no justice.
Psa 7:16 His mischief returns upon his own head,
and on his own skull his violence descends.
and on his own skull his violence descends.
Psa 11:5 The Lord tests the righteous,
but his soul hates the wicked and the one who loves violence.
but his soul hates the wicked and the one who loves violence.
Psa 18:48 who rescued me from my enemies;
yes, you exalted me above those who rose against me;
you delivered me from the man of violence.
yes, you exalted me above those who rose against me;
you delivered me from the man of violence.
Psa 25:19 Consider how many are my foes,
and with what violent hatred they hate me.
and with what violent hatred they hate me.
Psa 27:12 Give me not up to the will of my adversaries;
for false witnesses have risen against me,
and they breathe out violence.
for false witnesses have risen against me,
and they breathe out violence.
Psa 35:11 Malicious witnesses rise up;
they ask me of things that I do not know.
they ask me of things that I do not know.
Psa 55:9 Destroy, O Lord, divide their tongues;
for I see violence and strife in the city.
for I see violence and strife in the city.
Psa 58:2 No, in your hearts you devise wrongs;
your hands deal out violence on earth.
your hands deal out violence on earth.
Psa 72:14 From oppression and violence he redeems their life,
and precious is their blood in his sight.
and precious is their blood in his sight.
Psa 73:6 Therefore pride is their necklace;
violence covers them as a garment.
violence covers them as a garment.
Psa 74:20 Have regard for the covenant,
for the dark places of the land are full of the habitations of violence.
for the dark places of the land are full of the habitations of violence.
To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David.
Psa 140:1 Deliver me, O Lord, from evil men;preserve me from violent men,
Psa 140:4 Guard me, O Lord, from the hands of the wicked;
preserve me from violent men,
who have planned to trip up my feet.
preserve me from violent men,
who have planned to trip up my feet.
Psa 140:11 Let not the slanderer be established in the land;
let evil hunt down the violent man speedily!
let evil hunt down the violent man speedily!
Pro 3:31 Do not envy a man of violence
and do not choose any of his ways,
and do not choose any of his ways,
Pro 4:17 For they eat the bread of wickedness
and drink the wine of violence.
and drink the wine of violence.
Pro 10:6 Blessings are on the head of the righteous,
but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence.
but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence.
Pro 10:11 The mouth of the righteous is a fountain of life,
but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence.
but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence.
Pro 13:2 From the fruit of his mouth a man eats what is good,
but the desire of the treacherous is for violence.
but the desire of the treacherous is for violence.
Pro 16:29 A man of violence entices his neighbor
and leads him in a way that is not good.
and leads him in a way that is not good.
Pro 26:6 Whoever sends a message by the hand of a fool
cuts off his own feet and drinks violence.
cuts off his own feet and drinks violence.
Isa 53:9 And they made his grave with the wicked
and with a rich man in his death,
although he had done no violence,
and there was no deceit in his mouth.
and with a rich man in his death,
although he had done no violence,
and there was no deceit in his mouth.
Isa 59:6 Their webs will not serve as clothing;
men will not cover themselves with what they make.
Their works are works of iniquity,
and deeds of violence are in their hands.
men will not cover themselves with what they make.
Their works are works of iniquity,
and deeds of violence are in their hands.
Isa 60:18 Violence shall no more be heard in your land,
devastation or destruction within your borders;
you shall call your walls Salvation,
and your gates Praise.
devastation or destruction within your borders;
you shall call your walls Salvation,
and your gates Praise.
Jer 6:7 As a well keeps its water fresh,
so she keeps fresh her evil;
violence and destruction are heard within her;
sickness and wounds are ever before me.
so she keeps fresh her evil;
violence and destruction are heard within her;
sickness and wounds are ever before me.
Jer 20:8 For whenever I speak, I cry out,
I shout, “Violence and destruction!”
For the word of the Lord has become for me
a reproach and derision all day long.
I shout, “Violence and destruction!”
For the word of the Lord has become for me
a reproach and derision all day long.
Jer 51:35 The violence done to me and to my kinsmen be upon Babylon,”
let the inhabitant of Zion say.
“My blood be upon the inhabitants of Chaldea,”
let Jerusalem say.
let the inhabitant of Zion say.
“My blood be upon the inhabitants of Chaldea,”
let Jerusalem say.
Jer 51:46 Let not your heart faint, and be not fearful
at the report heard in the land,
when a report comes in one year
and afterward a report in another year,
and violence is in the land,
and ruler is against ruler.
at the report heard in the land,
when a report comes in one year
and afterward a report in another year,
and violence is in the land,
and ruler is against ruler.
Eze 7:11 Violence has grown up into a rod of wickedness. None of them shall remain, nor their abundance, nor their wealth; neither shall there be preeminence among them.
Eze 7:23 “Forge a chain! For the land is full of bloody crimes and the city is full of violence.
Eze 8:17 Then he said to me, “Have you seen this, O son of man? Is it too light a thing for the house of Judah to commit the abominations that they commit here, that they should fill the land with violence and provoke me still further to anger? Behold, they put the branch to their nose.
Eze 12:19 And say to the people of the land, Thus says the Lord God concerning the inhabitants of Jerusalem in the land of Israel: They shall eat their bread with anxiety, and drink water in dismay. In this way her land will be stripped of all it contains, on account of the violence of all those who dwell in it.
Eze 28:16 In the abundance of your trade
you were filled with violence in your midst, and you sinned;
so I cast you as a profane thing from the mountain of God,
and I destroyed you, O guardian cherub,
from the midst of the stones of fire.
you were filled with violence in your midst, and you sinned;
so I cast you as a profane thing from the mountain of God,
and I destroyed you, O guardian cherub,
from the midst of the stones of fire.
Eze 45:9 “Thus says the Lord God: Enough, O princes of Israel! Put away violence and oppression, and execute justice and righteousness. Cease your evictions of my people, declares the Lord God.
Joe 3:19 “Egypt shall become a desolation
and Edom a desolate wilderness,
for the violence done to the people of Judah,
because they have shed innocent blood in their land.
and Edom a desolate wilderness,
for the violence done to the people of Judah,
because they have shed innocent blood in their land.
Amo 3:10 “They do not know how to do right,” declares the Lord,
“those who store up violence and robbery in their strongholds.”
“those who store up violence and robbery in their strongholds.”
Amo 6:3 O you who put far away the day of disaster
and bring near the seat of violence?
and bring near the seat of violence?
Obd 10 Because of the violence done to your brother Jacob,
shame shall cover you,
and you shall be cut off forever.
shame shall cover you,
and you shall be cut off forever.
Jon 3:8 but let man and beast be covered with sackcloth, and let them call out mightily to God. Let everyone turn from his evil way and from the violence that is in his hands.
Mic 6:12 Your rich men are full of violence;
your inhabitants speak lies,
and their tongue is deceitful in their mouth.
your inhabitants speak lies,
and their tongue is deceitful in their mouth.
Hab 1:2 O Lord, how long shall I cry for help,
and you will not hear?
Or cry to you “Violence!”
and you will not save?
and you will not hear?
Or cry to you “Violence!”
and you will not save?
Hab 1:3 Why do you make me see iniquity,
and why do you idly look at wrong?
Destruction and violence are before me;
strife and contention arise.
and why do you idly look at wrong?
Destruction and violence are before me;
strife and contention arise.
Hab 1:9 They all come for violence,
all their faces forward.
They gather captives like sand.
all their faces forward.
They gather captives like sand.
Hab 2:8 Because you have plundered many nations,
all the remnant of the peoples shall plunder you,
for the blood of man and violence to the earth,
to cities and all who dwell in them.
all the remnant of the peoples shall plunder you,
for the blood of man and violence to the earth,
to cities and all who dwell in them.
Hab 2:17 The violence done to Lebanon will overwhelm you,
as will the destruction of the beasts that terrified them,
for the blood of man and violence to the earth,
to cities and all who dwell in them.
as will the destruction of the beasts that terrified them,
for the blood of man and violence to the earth,
to cities and all who dwell in them.
Zep 1:9 On that day I will punish
everyone who leaps over the threshold,
and those who fill their master’s house
with violence and fraud.
everyone who leaps over the threshold,
and those who fill their master’s house
with violence and fraud.
Mal 2:16 “For the man who does not love his wife but divorces her, says the Lord, the God of Israel, covers his garment with violence, says the Lord of hosts. So guard yourselves in your spirit, and do not be faithless.”
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