Verse 2

There is not a godly vpon earth, there is not one righteous among men: they al lye in wayte for blood, and euery man hunteth his brother to death.

Referenced Verses

  • Ps 12:1 : 1 To the chiefe musition vpon (an instrument) of eyght stringes, a psalme of Dauid. Saue thou me O God, for there is not one godly man left: for the faythfull are diminished from among the chyldren of men.
  • Isa 57:1 : 1 The ryghteous perisheth, and no man regardeth it in his heart: good godly people are taken away, & no man considereth it, namely, that the righteous is conueyed away from the wicked.
  • Jer 5:26 : 26 For among my people are found wicked persons, that priuily lay snares and wayte for men, to take them and destroy them.
  • Isa 59:7 : 7 Their feete runne to euyll, and they make haste to shed innocent blood: their counsels are wicked counsels, harme and destruction are in their wayes.
  • Prov 1:11 : 11 If they say, come with vs, let vs lay wayte for blood, and lurke priuily for the innocent without a cause:
  • Ps 14:1-3 : 1 To the chiefe musition, a Psalme of Dauid. The foole hath sayde in his heart there is no God: they haue corrupted them selues and done an abhominable worke, there is not one that doth good. 2 God loked downe from heauen vpon the children of men: to see yf there were any that did vnderstande and seke after the Lorde. 3 But they are all gone out of the way, they are altogether become abhominable: there is none that doth good, no not one.
  • Ps 57:6 : 6 They haue prepared a net for my feete, that some man might presse downe my soule: they haue digged a pit before me, and are fallen into the midst of it them selues. Selah.
  • 1 Sam 24:11 : 11 And moreouer my father, beholde and see yet the lap of thy garment in my hand: Inasmuch as I killed thee not when I cut of the lap of thy garment, vnderstand therfore, & see that there is neither euyll nor wickednesse in me, and that I haue not sinned against thee: And yet thou huntest after my soule to take it.
  • 1 Sam 26:20 : 20 Now therefore let not my blood fall to the earth before the face of the Lorde: For the king of Israel is come out to seeke a flea, as when one doth hunt a partridge in the mountaynes.
  • Prov 12:6 : 6 The talkyng of the vngodly is howe they may lay wayte for blood: but the mouth of the righteous will deliuer the.
  • Jer 5:16 : 16 Their arrowes are sodayne death, yea they them selues be very giauntes.
  • Jer 16:16 : 16 Beholde, saith the Lorde, I wyll sende out many fisshers to take them, and after that wyll I sende out many hunters, to hunt them out from all mountaynes and hylles, and out of the caues of stone.
  • Lam 4:18 : 18 They lay so sharpe wayte for vs, that we can not go safe vpon the streetes, for our ende is come, our dayes are fulfilled, our ende is here.
  • Mic 3:10 : 10 They builde vp Sion with blood, and Hierusalem with iniquitie.
  • Hab 1:15-17 : 15 They take vp all with the angle, they catche it in their net, and gather it in their yarne: wherof they reioyce and are glad. 16 Therfore they sacrifice vnto their net, and burne incense vnto their yarne: because by them their portion is fat, and their meate plenteous. 17 Shall they therfore stretche out their net, and not spare continually to slay the nations?
  • Rom 3:10-18 : 10 As it is written: There is none righteous, no not one. 11 There is none that vnderstandeth, there is none that seketh after God. 12 They are all gone out of the waye, they are all vnprofitable, there is none that doth good, no not one. 13 Their throte is an open sepulchre, with their tongues they haue deceaued, the poyso of aspes is vnder their lippes. 14 Whose mouth is full of cursyng and bytternesse. 15 Their feete are swyft to shed blood. 16 Heartes griefe & miserie are in their wayes. 17 And they way of peace haue they not knowen. 18 There is no feare of God before their eyes.