Quotes about Violence
The Jews put all their enemies to the sword, killing and destroying them, and they did as they pleased to those who hated them.
— Esther 9:5
In the citadel of Susa, the Jews killed and destroyed five hundred men,
— Esther 9:6
yet my hands are free of violence and my prayer is pure.
— Job 16:17
Though I cry out, ‘Violence!’ I get no response; though I call for help, there is no justice.
— Job 19:7
It is drawn out of his back, the gleaming point from his liver. Terrors come over him.
— Job 20:25
When daylight is gone, the murderer rises to kill the poor and needy; in the night he is like a thief.
— Job 24:14
His young ones feast on blood; and where the slain are, there he is.”
— Job 39:30
His trouble recoils on himself, and his violence falls on his own head.
— Psalm 7:16
His mouth is full of cursing, deceit, and violence; trouble and malice are under his tongue.
— Psalm 10:7
He lies in wait near the villages; in ambush he slays the innocent; his eyes watch in stealth for the helpless.
— Psalm 10:8
The LORD tests the righteous and the wicked; His soul hates the lover of violence.
— Psalm 11:5
Do not hand me over to the will of my foes, for false witnesses rise up against me, breathing out violence.
— Psalm 27:12