But You, O God, will bring them down to the Pit of destruction; men of bloodshed and deceit will not live out half their days. But I will trust in You.
The fear of the LORD prolongs life, but the years of the wicked will be cut short.
It will be paid in full before his time, and his branch will not flourish.
You destroy those who tell lies; the LORD abhors the man of bloodshed and deceit.
He has dug a hole and hollowed it out; he has fallen into a pit of his own making.
Surely You set them on slick ground; You cast them down into ruin.
Surely for my own welfare I had such great anguish; but Your love has delivered me from the pit of oblivion, for You hav
Do not be excessively wicked, and do not be a fool. Why should you die before your time?
Before your pots can feel the burning thorns—whether green or dry—He will sweep them away.
Sheol and Abaddon lie open before the LORD—how much more the hearts of men!
When Abner returned to Hebron, Joab pulled him aside into the gateway, as if to speak to him privately, and there Joab s
“I have sinned by betraying innocent blood,” he said. “What is that to us?” they replied. “You bear the responsibility.”
in You, my God, I trust. Do not let me be put to shame; do not let my enemies exult over me.
By the sins of their mouths and the words of their lips, let them be trapped in their pride, in the curses and lies they
Moreover, you know what Joab son of Zeruiah did to me—what he did to Abner son of Ner and Amasa son of Jether, the two c
Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied; so the eyes of man are never satisfied.
“Are you well, my brother?” Joab asked Amasa. And with his right hand Joab grabbed Amasa by the beard to kiss him.