For I, the Lord, take pleasure in upright judging; I will not put up with the violent taking away of right; and I will certainly give them their reward, and I will make an eternal agreement with them.
And again ships, though they are so great and are moved by violent winds, are turned by a very small guiding-blade, at the impulse of the man who is using it.
And if you say in your heart, Why have these things come on me? because of the number of your sins, your skirts have been uncovered and violent punishment overtakes you.
And more than this, I will give all the wealth of this town and all its profits and all its things of value, even all the stores of the kings of Judah will I give into the hands of their haters, who will put violent hands on them and take them away to Babylon.
For every word I say is a cry for help; I say with a loud voice, Violent behaviour and wasting: because the word of the Lord is made a shame to me and a cause of laughing all the day.
But your eyes and your heart are fixed only on profit for yourself, on causing the death of him who has done no wrong, and on violent and cruel acts.
This is what the Lord has said: Do what is right, judging uprightly, and make free from the hands of the cruel one him whose goods have been violently taken away: do no wrong and be not violent to the man from a strange country and the child without a father and the widow, and let not those who have done no wrong be put to death in this place.
Those who went in flight from the fear are waiting under the shade of Heshbon: for a fire has gone out from Heshbon and a flame from the house of Sihon, burning up the pride of Moab and the crown of the head of the violent ones.
May the violent things done to me, and my downfall, come on Babylon, the daughter of Zion will say; and, May my blood be on the people of Chaldaea, Jerusalem will say.
So that your hearts may not become feeble and full of fear because of the news which will go about in the land; for a story will go about one year, and after that in another year another story, and violent acts in the land, ruler against ruler.
As the spring keeps its waters cold, so she keeps her evil in her: the sound of cruel and violent behaviour is in her; before me at all times are disease and wounds.
Though my hands have done no violent acts, and my prayer is clean.
Truly, I make an outcry against the violent man, but there is no answer: I give a cry for help, but no one takes up my cause.
See, I am conscious of your thoughts, and of your violent purposes against me;
And the Lord sent out a great wind on to the sea and there was a violent storm in the sea, so that the ship seemed in danger of being broken.
And let man and beast be covered with haircloth, and let them make strong prayers to God: and let everyone be turned from his evil way and the violent acts of their hands.
Violent waves of the sea, streaming with their shame, wandering stars for whom the darkest night is kept in store for ever.
Now when Michael, one of the chief angels, was fighting against the Evil One for the body of Moses, fearing to make use of violent words against him, he only said, May the Lord be your judge.
And they came in front of Gibeah, ten thousand of the best men in all Israel, and the fighting became more violent; but the children of Benjamin were not conscious that evil was coming on them.
So that punishment for the violent attack made on the seventy sons of Jerubbaal, and for their blood, might come on Abimelech, their brother, who put them to death, and on the townsmen of Shechem who gave him their help in putting his brothers to death.
But they became more violent than before, saying, He has made trouble among the people, teaching through all Judaea from Galilee to this place.
And men of the army put questions to him, saying, And what have we to do? And he said to them, Do no violent acts to any man, and do not take anything without right, and let your payment be enough for you.
For I am against the putting away of a wife, says the Lord, the God of Israel, and against him who is clothed with violent acts, says the Lord of armies: so give thought to your spirit and do not be false in your acts.
And they took him to him: and when he saw him, the spirit in him straight away became violent; and he went down on the earth, rolling about and streaming at the lips.
And the rest put violent hands on his servants, and did evil to them, and put them to death.
A curse is on you, scribes and Pharisees, false ones! for you make clean the outside of the cup and of the plate, but inside they are full of violent behaviour and uncontrolled desire.
And when he had come to the other side, to the country of the Gadarenes, there came out to him from the place of the dead, two who had evil spirits, so violent that no man was able to go that way.
A curse is on the town of blood; it is full of deceit and violent acts; and there is no end to the taking of life.
Because you were the cause of violent death and because of your cruel behaviour to your brother Jacob, you will be covered with shame and will be cut off for ever.
Hate is a cause of violent acts, but all errors are covered up by love.
The fruit of righteousness is a tree of life, but violent behaviour takes away souls.
A man will get good from the fruit of his lips, but the desire of the false is for violent acts.
A violent man puts desire of evil into his neighbour's mind, and makes him go in a way which is not good.
Better a bit of dry bread in peace, than a house full of feasting and violent behaviour.
A brother wounded is like a strong town, and violent acts are like a locked tower.
He who is violent to his father, driving away his mother, is a son causing shame and a bad name.
By their violent acts the evil-doers will be pulled away, because they have no desire to do what is right.
Who says, Oh! who says, Ah! who has violent arguments, who has grief, who has wounds without cause, whose eyes are dark?
Do not be a violent witness against your neighbour, or let your lips say what is false.
A man of wealth who is cruel to the poor is like a violent rain causing destruction of food.
Men of pride are the cause of violent acts in a town, but by wise men wrath is turned away.
Have no envy of the violent man, or take any of his ways as an example.
The bread of evil-doing is their food, the wine of violent acts their drink.
His mind is ever designing evil: he lets loose violent acts.
A false witness, breathing out untrue words, and one who lets loose violent acts among brothers.
My haters say evil of me all day; those who are violent against me make use of my name as a curse.
The Lord puts the upright and the sinner to the test, but he has hate in his soul for the lover of violent acts.
<To the chief music-maker. A Psalm. Of David.> O Lord, take me out of the power of the evil man; keep me safe from the violent man:
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