For they eat bread ¹  gained from wickedness ²  and drink wine obtained from violence. ³ 

Arrogance is their necklace, ¹  and violence their clothing. ² 

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Simeon and Levi are brothers, weapons of violence are their knives! ¹ 

for their hearts contemplate violence, and their lips speak harm. ¹ 

The earth was ruined ¹  in the sight of ²  God; the earth was filled with violence. ³ 

(Make the chain, ¹  because the land is full of murder ²  and the city is full of violence.)

although ¹  there is no violence in my hands and my prayer is pure.

The Lord approves of ¹  the godly, ²  but he ³  hates ⁴  the wicked and those who love to do violence. ⁵ 

Confuse them, ¹  O Lord! Frustrate their plans! ²  For I see violence and conflict in the city.

No! ¹  You plan how to do what is unjust; ²  you deal out violence in the earth. ³ 

From harm and violence he will defend them; ¹  he will value their lives. ² 

For you will pay in full for your violent acts against Lebanon; ¹  terrifying judgment will come upon you because of the way you destroyed the wild animals living there. ²  You have shed human blood and committed violent acts against lands, cities, and those who live in them.

He becomes the victim of his own destructive plans ¹  and the violence he intended for others falls on his own head. ² 

Blessings ¹  are on the head of the righteous, but the speech ²  of the wicked conceals ³  violence. ⁴ 

The teaching ¹  of the righteous is a fountain of life, ²  but the speech ³  of the wicked conceals ⁴  violence. ⁵ 

From the fruit of his speech ¹  a person eats good things, ²  but the faithless ³  desire ⁴  the fruit of violence. ⁵ 

The violence ¹  done by the wicked ²  will drag them away because ³  they refuse to do what is right. ⁴ 

When he came to the steps, Paul ¹  had to be carried ²  by the soldiers because of the violence ³  of the mob,

Violence ¹  has grown into a staff that supports wickedness. Not one of them will be left ²  – not from their crowd, not from their wealth, not from their prominence. ³