The wicked have drawn the sword and bent the bow to bring down the poor and needy, to slay those whose ways are upright.
An unjust man is detestable to the righteous, and one whose way is upright is detestable to the wicked.
For behold, the wicked bend their bows. They set their arrow on the string to shoot from the shadows at the upright in h
Men of bloodshed hate a blameless man, but the upright care for his life.
Do not be like Cain, who belonged to the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did Cain slay him? Because his own d
Then Peter came to himself and said, “Now I know for sure that the Lord has sent His angel and rescued me from Herod’s g
Which of the prophets did your fathers fail to persecute? They even killed those who foretold the coming of the Righteou
See, my father, look at the corner of your robe in my hand. For I cut it off, but I did not kill you. Know and see that
Hide me from the scheming of the wicked, from the mob of workers of iniquity,
All my bones will exclaim, “Who is like You, O LORD, who delivers the afflicted from the aggressor, the poor and needy f
and said to David, “You are more righteous than I, for you have rewarded me with good, though I have rewarded you with e
Immediately, because Herod did not give glory to God, an angel of the Lord struck him down, and he was eaten by worms an
He had James, the brother of John, put to death with the sword.
And you say, ‘If we had lived in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partners with them in shedding the bloo
Your eyes are too pure to look upon evil, and You cannot tolerate wrongdoing. So why do You tolerate the faithless? Why