39 verses contain “cruel” (in the KJV: 37, in the BSB: 15) — showing 1–39
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Simeon and Levi are brethren; instruments of
cruelty are in their habitations.
Simeon and Levi are brothers; their swords are weapons of violence.
Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce; and their wrath, for it was
cruel: I will divide them in Jacob, and
scatter them in Israel.
Cursed be their anger, for it is strong, and their wrath, for it is
cruel! I will
disperse them in Jacob and
scatter them in Israel.
And Moses spake so unto the children of Israel: but they
hearkened not unto Moses for
anguish of spirit, and for
cruel bondage.
Moses relayed this message to the Israelites, but on account of their broken spirit and
cruel bondage, they did not
listen to him.
Their wine is the poison of
dragons, and the
cruel venom of asps.
Their wine is the
venom of serpents, the deadly poison of cobras.
That the
cruelty done to the
threescore and ten sons of Jerubbaal might come, and their blood be laid upon
Abimelech their brother, which
slew them; and upon the men of
Shechem, which aided him in the killing of his brethren.
in order that the crime against the seventy sons of Jerubbaal might come to justice and their blood be
avenged on their brother
Abimelech and on the leaders of
Shechem, who had helped him murder his brothers.
Thou art become
cruel to me: with thy strong hand thou opposest
thyself against me.
Consider mine enemies; for they are many; and they
hate me with
cruel hatred.
Consider my enemies, for they are many, and they
hate me with
vicious hatred.
Deliver me not over unto the will of mine enemies: for false witnesses are risen up against me, and such as
breathe out
cruelty.
Do not hand me over to the will of my foes, for false witnesses rise up against me, breathing out violence.
Deliver me, O my God, out of the hand of the wicked, out of the hand of the unrighteous and cruel man.
Deliver me, O my God, from the hand of the wicked, from the
grasp of the unjust and
ruthless.
Have respect unto the covenant: for the dark places of the earth are full of the habitations of cruelty.
Consider Your covenant, for haunts of violence fill the dark places of the land.
Lest thou give thine honour unto others, and thy years unto the cruel:
lest you
concede your
vigor to others, and your years to one who is
cruel;
The
merciful man doeth good to his own soul: but he that is
cruel troubleth his own flesh.
A kind man benefits himself, but a cruel man brings trouble on himself.
A righteous man regardeth the life of his beast: but the tender
mercies of the wicked are
cruel.
A righteous man regards the life of his animal, but the tender
mercies of the wicked are only
cruelty.
An evil man seeketh only rebellion: therefore a
cruel messenger shall be sent against him.
An evil man seeks only rebellion; a
cruel messenger will be sent against him.
Wrath is
cruel, and anger is
outrageous; but who is able to stand before
envy?
Wrath is
cruel and anger is like a flood, but who can
withstand jealousy?
For man also knoweth not his time: as the fishes that are taken in an evil net, and as the birds that are caught in the
snare; so are the sons of men
snared in an evil time, when it falleth suddenly upon them.
For surely no man knows his time: Like fish caught in a
cruel net or birds
trapped in a
snare, so men are ensnared in an evil time that suddenly falls upon them.
Set me as a seal upon thine heart, as a seal upon thine arm: for love is strong as death; jealousy is
cruel as the grave: the coals thereof are coals of fire, which hath a most
vehement flame.
Set me as a seal over your heart, as a seal upon your arm. For love is as strong as death, its jealousy as
unrelenting as
Sheol. Its sparks are
fiery flames, the fiercest
blaze of all.
Behold, the day of the LORD cometh,
cruel both with wrath and fierce anger, to lay the land
desolate: and he shall destroy the sinners thereof out of it.
Behold, the Day of the LORD is coming—
cruel, with
fury and burning anger— to make the earth a
desolation and to destroy the sinners within it.
And the Egyptians will I give over into the hand of a cruel lord; and a fierce king shall rule over them, saith the Lord, the LORD of hosts.
I will deliver the Egyptians into the hands of harsh masters, and a fierce king will rule over them,” declares the Lord GOD of Hosts.
They shall lay hold on bow and
spear; they are
cruel, and have no mercy; their voice roareth like the sea; and they
ride upon horses, set in
array as men for war against thee, O daughter of
Zion.
They
grasp the bow and
spear; they are
cruel and
merciless. Their voice roars like the sea, and they
ride upon horses, lined up like men in formation against you, O Daughter of
Zion.”
All thy lovers have forgotten thee; they seek thee not; for I have wounded thee with the wound of an enemy, with the
chastisement of a
cruel one, for the multitude of thine iniquity; because thy sins were increased.
All your lovers have forgotten you; they no longer seek you, for I have struck you as an enemy would, with the discipline of someone cruel, because of your great iniquity and your numerous sins.
They shall hold the bow and the
lance: they are
cruel, and will not
shew mercy: their voice shall
roar like the sea, and they shall
ride upon horses, every one put in
array, like a man to the battle, against thee, O daughter of Babylon.
They
grasp the bow and
spear; they are
cruel and
merciless. Their voice roars like the sea, and they
ride upon horses, lined up like men in formation against you, O Daughter of Babylon.
Even the sea monsters draw out the breast, they give
suck to their young ones: the daughter of my people is become
cruel, like the ostriches in the wilderness.
Even jackals offer their breasts to
nurse their young, but the daughter of my people has become
cruel, like an
ostrich in the wilderness.
As for his father, because he
cruelly oppressed,
spoiled his brother by violence, and did that which is not good among his people, lo, even he shall die in his iniquity.
As for his father, he will die for his own iniquity, because he practiced
extortion,
robbed his brother, and did what was wrong among his people.
The diseased have ye not strengthened, neither have ye
healed that which was sick, neither have ye bound up that which was broken, neither have ye brought again that which was driven away, neither have ye sought that which was lost; but with force and with
cruelty have ye ruled them.
You have not strengthened the weak,
healed the sick, bound up the injured, brought back the strays, or searched for the lost. Instead, you have ruled them with violence and
cruelty.
There is no
healing of thy
bruise; thy wound is
grievous: all that hear the
bruit of thee shall
clap the hands over thee: for upon whom hath not thy wickedness passed continually?
There is no
healing for your injury; your wound is severe. All who hear the news of you
applaud your
downfall, for who has not experienced your constant
cruelty?
And others had trial of
cruel mockings and scourgings,
yea, moreover of bonds and imprisonment:
Up then, and eat bread, and
forsake us not, as the
shepherd that leaveth his flock in the hands of
cruel wolves.
This is the
anointed, which the Highest hath kept for them and for their wickedness unto the end: he shall reprove them, and shall
upbraid them with their
cruelty.
And make my speech and
deceit to be their wound and
stripe, who have purposed
cruel things against thy covenant, and thy
hallowed house, and against the top of
Sion, and against the house of the possession of thy children.
And hailstones full of wrath shall be cast as out of a stone bow, and the water of the sea shall
rage against them, and the floods shall
cruelly drown them.
Not that thou
wast unable to bring the ungodly under the hand of the righteous in battle, or to destroy them at once with
cruel beasts, or with one rough word:
But
cruelly he will lay up thy words, and will not
spare to do thee
hurt, and to put thee in prison.
So he came with the king’s
mandate, bringing nothing worthy the high priesthood, but having the
fury of a
cruel tyrant, and the
rage of a savage beast.
But she bowing herself toward him,
laughing the
cruel tyrant to
scorn, spake in her country language on this manner; O my son, have
pity upon me that bare thee nine months in my
womb, and gave thee such three years, and
nourished thee, and brought thee up unto this age, and
endured the troubles of education.
And to set before their eyes the injury that they had unjustly done to the holy place, and the
cruel handling of the city,
whereof they made a
mockery, and also the taking away of the government of their forefathers:
Then they praised the
merciful God all together, and took heart,
insomuch that they were ready not only to fight with men, but with most
cruel beasts, and to
pierce through walls of iron.
When
Judas heard of this
cruelty done unto his countrymen, he commanded those that were with him to make them ready.
Nevertheless the Jews that were compelled to go with him said, O destroy not so
cruelly and barbarously, but give honour to that day, which he, that
seeth all things, hath honoured with
holiness above all other days.
