Verse 2

The good man is perished out of the earth, and there is none righteous among men: they all lye in wayte for blood: euery man hunteth his brother with a net.

Referenced Verses

  • Ps 12:1 : 1 To him that excelleth vpon the eight tune. A Psalme of Dauid. Helpe Lord, for there is not a godly man left: for the faithfull are fayled from among the children of men.
  • Isa 57:1 : 1 The righteous perisheth, and no man considereth it in heart: and mercifull men are taken away, and no man vnderstandeth that the righteous is taken away from the euill to come.
  • Jer 5:26 : 26 For among my people are founde wicked persons, that lay waite as hee that setteth snares: they haue made a pit, to catch men.
  • Isa 59:7 : 7 Their feete runne to euill, and they make haste to shed innocent blood: their thoughts are wicked thoughts: desolation and destruction is in their paths.
  • Prov 1:11 : 11 If they say, Come with vs, we will lay waite for blood, and lie priuilie for the innocent without a cause:
  • Ps 14:1-3 : 1 To him that excelleth. A Psalme of Dauid. The foole hath said in his heart, There is no God: they haue corrupted, & done an abominable worke: there is none that doeth good. 2 The Lord looked downe from heauen vpon the children of men, to see if there were any that would vnderstand, and seeke God. 3 All are gone out of the way: they are all corrupt: there is none that doeth good, no not one.
  • Ps 57:6 : 6 They haue layd a net for my steps: my soule is pressed downe: they haue digged a pit before me, and are fallen into the mids of it. Selah.
  • 1 Sam 24:11 : 11 (24:12) Moreouer my father, behold: behold, I say, the lappe of thy garment in mine hand: for when I cut off the lappe of thy garment, I killed thee not. Vnderstad & see, that there is neither euil nor wickednesse in mee, neither haue I sinned against thee, yet thou huntest after my soule to take it.
  • 1 Sam 26:20 : 20 Nowe 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 one would hunt a partridge in the mountaines.
  • Prov 12:6 : 6 The talking of the wicked is to lye in waite for blood: but the mouth of the righteous will deliuer them.
  • Jer 5:16 : 16 Whose quiuer is as an open sepulchre: they are all very strong.
  • Jer 16:16 : 16 Behold, sayth the Lord, I wil send out many fishers, and they shal fish them, and after, will I send out many hunters, and they shal hunt them from euery mountaine and from euery hill, and out of the caues of the rockes.
  • Lam 4:18 : 18 They hunt our steppes that we cannot goe in our streetes: our ende is neere, our dayes are fulfilled, for our ende is come.
  • Mic 3:10 : 10 They build vp Zion with blood, and Ierusalem with iniquitie.
  • Hab 1:15-17 : 15 They take vp all with the angle: they catch it in their net, and gather it in their yarne, whereof they reioyce and are glad. 16 Therefore they sacrifice vnto their net, and burne incense vnto their yarne, because by them their portion is fat & their meat plenteous. 17 Shall they therefore stretch 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 seeketh God. 12 They haue all gone out of the way: they haue bene made altogether vnprofitable: there is none that doeth good, no not one. 13 Their throte is an open sepulchre: they haue vsed their tongues to deceit: the poyson of aspes is vnder their lippes. 14 Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitternesse. 15 Their feete are swift to shead blood. 16 Destruction & calamity are in their waies, 17 And ye way of peace they haue not knowen. 18 The feare of God is not before their eies.