Psalm 12:8

Oppression By The Wicked

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You, O Lord, will preserve and keep them;
You will protect him from this [evil] generation forever.
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The wicked strut about [in pompous self-importance] on every side,
As vileness is exalted and baseness is prized among the sons of men.

Sons of Men

Children Of Men

David

Judges 9:18-57

but you have risen against my father’s house today and have murdered his sons, seventy men, on one stone, and have made Abimelech, son of his maidservant, king over the people of Shechem, because he is your relative—

1 Samuel 18:17-18

Then Saul said to David, “Behold I will give you my older daughter Merab as a wife; only be brave for me and fight the Lord’s battles.” For Saul thought, “My hand shall not be against him, but let the hand of the Philistines be against him.”

Esther 3:6-15

But he disdained laying hands on Mordecai alone, for they had told him who the people of Mordecai were (his nationality); so Haman determined to destroy all the Jews, the people of Mordecai, who lived throughout the kingdom of Ahasuerus.

Job 30:8

“They are the sons of [worthless and nameless] fools,
They have been driven out of the land.

Psalm 55:10-11

Day and night they go around her walls;
Wickedness and mischief are in her midst.

Proverbs 29:12

If a ruler pays attention to lies [and encourages corruption],
All his officials will become wicked.

Isaiah 32:4-6

The heart (mind) of those who act impulsively will discern the truth,
And the tongue of the stammerers will hurry to speak clearly.

Daniel 11:21

And in his place [in Syria] will arise a despicable and despised person, to whom royal majesty and the honor of kingship have not been conferred, but he will come [without warning] in a time of tranquility and seize the kingdom by intrigue.

Hosea 5:11

Ephraim is oppressed; he is broken and crushed by [divine] judgment,
Because he was determined to follow man’s command (vanities, filth, secular precepts).

Micah 6:16

“For [you have kept] the statutes of Omri [the idolatrous king],
And all the works of the [wicked] house (dynasty) of Ahab;
And you walk in their counsels and policies.
Therefore, I shall hand you over for destruction and horror
And your [city’s] inhabitants for ridicule,
And you shall bear the rebuke and scorn of My people.”

Mark 14:63-65

Then tearing his robe [to express his indignation], the high priest said, “What further need do we have of witnesses?