Quotes about Violence
The wicked have drawn the sword and bent the bow to bring down the poor and needy, to slay those whose ways are upright.
- Psalm 37:14
O Lord, confuse and confound their speech, for I see violence and strife in the city.
- Psalm 55:9
My companion attacks his friends; he violates his covenant.
- Psalm 55:20
No, in your hearts you devise injustice; with your hands you mete out violence on the earth.
- Psalm 58:2
Deliver me from workers of iniquity, and save me from men of bloodshed.
- Psalm 59:2
They will fall to the power of the sword; they will become a portion for foxes.
- Psalm 63:10
ambushing the innocent in seclusion, shooting suddenly, without fear.
- Psalm 64:4
that your foot may be dipped in the blood of your foes—the tongues of your dogs in the same.”
- Psalm 68:23
He will redeem them from oppression and violence, for their blood is precious in his sight.
- Psalm 72:14
Therefore pride is their necklace; a garment of violence covers them.
- Psalm 73:6
and smashing all the carvings with hatchets and picks.
- Psalm 74:6
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