Quotes about Violence
They said in their hearts, “We will crush them completely.” They burned down every place where God met us in the land.
— Psalm 74:8
Consider Your covenant, for haunts of violence fill the dark places of the land.
— Psalm 74:20
They have poured out their blood like water all around Jerusalem, and there is no one to bury the dead.
— Psalm 79:3
Sharp arrows will come from the warrior, with burning coals of the broom tree!
— Psalm 120:4
Blessed is he who seizes your infants and dashes them against the rocks.
— Psalm 137:9
For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. Rescue me, O LORD, from evil men. Protect me from men of violence,
— Psalm 140:1
Guard me, O LORD, from the hands of the wicked. Keep me safe from men of violence who scheme to make me stumble.
— Psalm 140:4
May no slanderer be established in the land; may calamity hunt down the man of violence.
— Psalm 140:11
For their feet run to evil, and they are swift to shed blood.
— Proverbs 1:16
Do not envy a violent man or choose any of his ways;
— Proverbs 3:31
For they eat the bread of wickedness and drink the wine of violence.
— Proverbs 4:17
haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood,
— Proverbs 6:17