Genesis 6:11
11Now the earth was corrupt in God’s sight, and the earth was filled with violence.Psalms 58:2
2No, in your hearts you devise wrongs;your hands adeal out violence on earth.
Isaiah 5:7
7 bFor the vineyard of the Lord of hostsis the house of Israel,
and the men of Judah
are his pleasant planting;
and he looked for justice,
but behold, bloodshed; ▼
for righteousness,
but behold, an outcry! ▼
Jeremiah 6:7
7 eAs a well keeps its water fresh,so she keeps fresh her evil;
fviolence and destruction are heard within her;
sickness and wounds are ever before me.
Ezekiel 7:11
11 gViolence has grown up into ha rod of wickedness. iNone of them shall remain, nor their abundance, nor their wealth; neither shall there be preeminence among them. ▼▼The meaning of this last Hebrew sentence is uncertain
Ezekiel 7:23
23 k“Forge a chain! ▼▼Probably refers to an instrument of captivity
mFor the land is full of bloody crimes nand the city is full of violence. Amos 3:10
10“They do not know how to do right,” declares the Lord,o“those who store up violence and robbery in their strongholds.”
Amos 6:3
3 pO you who put far away the day of disasterqand bring near the seat of violence?
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