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Though people tried to bribe me, I have kept myself from the ways of the violent through what your lips have commanded.
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who saves me from my enemies. You exalted me above my foes; from a violent man you rescued me.
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Lord, confuse the wicked, confound their words, for I see violence and strife in the city.
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My companion attacks his friends; he violates his covenant.
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No, in your heart you devise injustice, and your hands mete out violence on the earth.
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He will rescue them from oppression and violence, for precious is their blood in his sight.
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Therefore pride is their necklace; they clothe themselves with violence.
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Have regard for your covenant, because haunts of violence fill the dark places of the land.
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if they violate my decrees and fail to keep my commands,
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I will not violate my covenant or alter what my lips have uttered.
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Psalm 140
For the director of music. A psalm of David.
Rescue me, Lord, from evildoers; protect me from the violent,
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Keep me safe, Lord, from the hands of the wicked; protect me from the violent, who devise ways to trip my feet.
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May slanderers not be established in the land; may disaster hunt down the violent.
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Do not envy the violent or choose any of their ways.
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They eat the bread of wickedness and drink the wine of violence.
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Blessings crown the head of the righteous, but violence overwhelms the mouth of the wicked.
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The mouth of the righteous is a fountain of life, but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence.
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From the fruit of their lips people enjoy good things, but the unfaithful have an appetite for violence.
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A violent person entices their neighbor and leads them down a path that is not good.
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The violence of the wicked will drag them away, for they refuse to do what is right.
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for their hearts plot violence, and their lips talk about making trouble.
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Their infants will be dashed to pieces before their eyes; their houses will be looted and their wives violated.
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The earth is defiled by its people; they have disobeyed the laws, violated the statutes and broken the everlasting covenant.
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The earth is broken up, the earth is split asunder, the earth is violently shaken.
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So he poured out on them his burning anger, the violence of war. It enveloped them in flames, yet they did not understand; it consumed them, but they did not take it to heart.
