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Psalms 11:2
for behold, the wicked bend the bow; they have fitted their arrow to the string to shoot in the dark at the upright in heart;
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Proverbs 29:27
An unjust man is an abomination to the righteous, but one whose way is straight is an abomination to the wicked.
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Matthew 23:30-34
saying,‘ If we had lived in the days of our fathers, we would not have taken part with them in shedding the blood of the prophets.’Thus you witness against yourselves that you are sons of those who murdered the prophets.Fill up, then, the measure of your fathers.You serpents, you brood of vipers, how are you to escape being sentenced to hell?Therefore I send you prophets and wise men and scribes, some of whom you will kill and crucify, and some you will flog in your synagogues and persecute from town to town,
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Psalms 64:2-6
Hide me from the secret plots of the wicked, from the throng of evildoers,who whet their tongues like swords, who aim bitter words like arrows,shooting from ambush at the blameless, shooting at him suddenly and without fear.They hold fast to their evil purpose; they talk of laying snares secretly, thinking,“ Who can see them?”They search out injustice, saying,“ We have accomplished a diligent search.” For the inward mind and heart of a man are deep.
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Psalms 35:10
All my bones shall say,“ O Lord, who is like you, delivering the poor from him who is too strong for him, the poor and needy from him who robs him?”
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Acts 12:11
When Peter came to himself, he said,“ Now I am sure that the Lord has sent his angel and rescued me from the hand of Herod and from all that the Jewish people were expecting.”
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Acts 12:2-3
He killed James the brother of John with the sword,and when he saw that it pleased the Jews, he proceeded to arrest Peter also. This was during the days of Unleavened Bread.
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1 Samuel 24 17
He said to David,“ You are more righteous than I, for you have repaid me good, whereas I have repaid you evil.
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Acts 7:52
Which of the prophets did your fathers not persecute? And they killed those who announced beforehand the coming of the Righteous One, whom you have now betrayed and murdered,
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1 Samuel 24 11
See, my father, see the corner of your robe in my hand. For by the fact that I cut off the corner of your robe and did not kill you, you may know and see that there is no wrong or treason in my hands. I have not sinned against you, though you hunt my life to take it.
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1 John 3 12
We should not be like Cain, who was of the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? Because his own deeds were evil and his brother’s righteous.
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Proverbs 29:10
Bloodthirsty men hate one who is blameless and seek the life of the upright.
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Acts 12:23
Immediately an angel of the Lord struck him down, because he did not give God the glory, and he was eaten by worms and breathed his last.
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Habakkuk 1:13
You who are of purer eyes than to see evil and cannot look at wrong, why do you idly look at traitors and remain silent when the wicked swallows up the man more righteous than he?