Now the earth was corrupt in God's sight, and the earth was filled with violence.

And God said to Noah, “I have determined to make an end of all flesh, for the earth is filled with violence through them. Behold, I will destroy them with the earth.

“Simeon and Levi are brothers; weapons of violence are their swords.

that the violence done to the seventy sons of Jerubbaal might come, and their blood be laid on Abimelech their brother, who killed them, and on the men of Shechem, who strengthened his hands to kill his brothers.

my God, my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold and my refuge, my savior; you save me from violence.

who brought me out from my enemies; you exalted me above those who rose against me; you delivered me from men of violence.

although there is no violence in my hands, and my prayer is pure.

Behold, I cry out, ‘Violence!’ but I am not answered; I call for help, but there is no justice.

His mischief returns upon his own head, and on his own skull his violence descends.

The Lord tests the righteous, but his soul hates the wicked and the one who loves violence.

from the wicked who do me violence, my deadly enemies who surround me.

who rescued me from my enemies; yes, you exalted me above those who rose against me; you delivered me from the man of violence.

Give me not up to the will of my adversaries; for false witnesses have risen against me, and they breathe out violence.

Destroy, O Lord, divide their tongues; for I see violence and strife in the city.

No, in your hearts you devise wrongs; your hands deal out violence on earth.

From oppression and violence he redeems their life, and precious is their blood in his sight.

Therefore pride is their necklace; violence covers them as a garment.

Have regard for the covenant, for the dark places of the land are full of the habitations of violence.

Do not envy a man of violence and do not choose any of his ways,

For they eat the bread of wickedness and drink the wine of violence.

Blessings are on the head of the righteous, but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence.

The mouth of the righteous is a fountain of life, but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence.

From the fruit of his mouth a man eats what is good, but the desire of the treacherous is for violence.

A man of violence entices his neighbor and leads him in a way that is not good.

He who does violence to his father and chases away his mother is a son who brings shame and reproach.