Verse 2

Perished hath the kind out of the land, And upright among men -- there are none, All of them for blood lie in wait, Each his brother they hunt `with' a net.

Referenced Verses

  • Ps 12:1 : 1 To the Overseer, on the octave. -- A Psalm of David. Save, Jehovah, for the saintly hath failed, For the stedfast have ceased From the sons of men:
  • Isa 57:1 : 1 The righteous hath perished, And there is none laying `it' to heart, And men of kindness are gathered, Without any considering that from the face of evil Gathered is the righteous one.
  • Jer 5:26 : 26 For the wicked have been found among My people. It looketh about the covering of snares, They have set up a trap -- men they capture.
  • Isa 59:7 : 7 Their feet to evil do run, And they haste to shed innocent blood, Their thoughts `are' thoughts of iniquity, Spoiling and destruction `are' in their highways.
  • Prov 1:11 : 11 If they say, `Come with us, we lay wait for blood, We watch secretly for the innocent without cause,
  • Ps 14:1-3 : 1 To the Overseer. -- By David. A fool hath said in his heart, `God is not;' They have done corruptly, They have done abominable actions, There is not a doer of good. 2 Jehovah from the heavens Hath looked on the sons of men, To see if there is a wise one -- seeking God. 3 The whole have turned aside, Together they have been filthy: There is not a doer of good, not even one.
  • Ps 57:6 : 6 A net they have prepared for my steps, Bowed down hath my soul, They have digged before me a pit, They have fallen into its midst. Selah.
  • 1 Sam 24:11 : 11 `And, my father, see, yea see the skirt of thine upper robe in my hand; for by cutting off the skirt of thy upper robe, and I have not slain thee, know and see that there is not in my hand evil and transgression, and I have not sinned against thee, and thou art hunting my soul to take it!
  • 1 Sam 26:20 : 20 `And now, let not my blood fall to the earth over-against the face of Jehovah, for the king of Israel hath come out to seek one flea, as `one' pursueth the partridge in mountains.'
  • Prov 12:6 : 6 The words of the wicked `are': `Lay wait for blood,' And the mouth of the upright delivereth them.
  • Jer 5:16 : 16 Its quiver `is' as an open sepulchre, All of them -- mighty ones.
  • Jer 16:16 : 16 Lo, I am sending for many fishers, An affirmation of Jehovah, And they have fished them, And after this I send for many hunters, And they have hunted them from off every mountain, And from off every hill, and from holes of the rocks.
  • Lam 4:18 : 18 They have hunted our steps from going in our broad-places, Near hath been our end, fulfilled our days, For come hath our end.
  • Mic 3:10 : 10 Building up Zion with blood, And Jerusalem with iniquity.
  • Hab 1:15-17 : 15 Each of them with a hook he hath brought up, He doth catch it in his net, and gathereth it in his drag, Therefore he doth joy and rejoice. 16 Therefore he doth sacrifice to his net, And doth make perfume to his drag, For by them `is' his portion fertile, and his food fat. 17 Doth he therefore empty his net, And continually to slay nations spare not?
  • Rom 3:10-18 : 10 according as it hath been written -- `There is none righteous, not even one; 11 There is none who is understanding, there is none who is seeking after God. 12 All did go out of the way, together they became unprofitable, there is none doing good, there is not even one. 13 A sepulchre opened `is' their throat; with their tongues they used deceit; poison of asps `is' under their lips. 14 Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness. 15 Swift `are' their feet to shed blood. 16 Ruin and misery `are' in their ways. 17 And a way of peace they did not know. 18 There is no fear of God before their eyes.'