Verse 2
The godly man has perished out of the earth, and there is no one upright among men. They all lie in wait for blood; every man hunts his brother with a net.
Referenced Verses
- Ps 12:1 : 1 Help, Yahweh; for the godly man ceases. For the faithful fail from among the children of men.
- Isa 57:1 : 1 The righteous perishes, and no man lays it to heart; and merciful men are taken away, none considering that the righteous is taken away from the evil [to come].
- Jer 5:26 : 26 For among my people are found wicked men. They watch, as fowlers lie in wait. They set a trap. They catch men.
- Isa 59:7 : 7 Their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed innocent blood: their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity; desolation and destruction are in their paths.
- Prov 1:11 : 11 If they say, "Come with us, Let's lay in wait for blood; let's lurk secretly for the innocent without cause;
- Ps 14:1-3 : 1 The fool has said in his heart, "There is no God." They are corrupt. They have done abominable works. There is none who does good. 2 Yahweh looked down from heaven on the children of men, to see if there were any who did understand, who did seek after God. 3 They have all gone aside. They have together become corrupt. There is none who does good, no, not one.
- Ps 57:6 : 6 They have prepared a net for my steps. My soul is bowed down. They dig a pit before me. They fall into its midst themselves. Selah.
- 1 Sam 24:11 : 11 Moreover, my father, behold, yes, see the skirt of your robe in my hand; for in that I cut off the skirt of your robe, and didn't kill you, know and see that there is neither evil nor disobedience in my hand, and I have not sinned against you, though you hunt for my life to take it.
- 1 Sam 26:20 : 20 Now therefore, don't let my blood fall to the earth away from the presence of Yahweh; for the king of Israel has come out to seek a flea, as when one hunts a partridge in the mountains."
- Prov 12:6 : 6 The words of the wicked are about lying in wait for blood, but the speech of the upright rescues them.
- Jer 5:16 : 16 Their quiver is an open tomb, they are all mighty men.
- Jer 16:16 : 16 Behold, I will send for many fishermen, says Yahweh, and they shall fish them up; and afterward I will send for many hunters, and they shall hunt them from every mountain, and from every hill, and out of the clefts of the rocks.
- Lam 4:18 : 18 They hunt our steps, so that we can't go in our streets: Our end is near, our days are fulfilled; for our end is come.
- Mic 3:10 : 10 They build up Zion with blood, and Jerusalem with iniquity.
- Hab 1:15-17 : 15 He takes up all of them with the hook. He catches them in his net, and gathers them in his dragnet. Therefore he rejoices and is glad. 16 Therefore he sacrifices to his net, and burns incense to his dragnet, because by them his life is luxurious, and his food is good. 17 Will he therefore continually empty his net, and kill the nations without mercy?
- Rom 3:10-18 : 10 As it is written, "There is no one righteous; no, not one. 11 There is no one who understands. There is no one who seeks after God. 12 They have all turned aside. They have together become unprofitable. There is no one who does good, no, not, so much as one." 13 "Their throat is an open tomb. With their tongues they have used deceit." "The poison of vipers is under their lips;" 14 "whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness." 15 "Their feet are swift to shed blood. 16 Destruction and misery are in their ways. 17 The way of peace, they haven't known." 18 "There is no fear of God before their eyes."