Lexicon :: Strong's H2555 - ḥāmās

The [population of the] earth was corrupt [absolutely depraved—spiritually and morally putrid] in God’s sight, and the land was filled with violence [desecration, infringement, outrage, assault, and lust for power].

God said to Noah, “I intend to make an end of all that lives, for through men the land is filled with violence; and behold, I am about to [fn]destroy them together with the land.

“Simeon and Levi are brothers [equally headstrong, deceitful, vindictive, and cruel];

Their swords are weapons of violence and revenge.

“You shall not give a false report; you shall not join hands with the wicked to be a malicious witness [promoting wrong and violence].

[fn]My God, my rock, in whom I take refuge;

My shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold and my refuge,

My Savior—You save me from violence.

Who also brings me out from my enemies.

You even lift me above those who rise up against me;

You rescue me from the violent man.

Although there is no violence or wrongdoing in my hands,

And my prayer is pure.

“Behold, I cry out, ‘Violence!’ but I am not heard;

I shout for help, but there is no justice.

His mischief will return on his own head,

And his violence will come down on the top of his head [like loose dirt].

The LORD tests the righteous and the wicked,

And His soul hates the [malevolent] one who loves violence.

He rescues me from my enemies;

Yes, You lift me up above those who rise up against me;

You deliver me from the man of violence.

Look upon my enemies, for they are many;

They hate me with cruel and violent hatred.

Do not give me up to the will of my adversaries,

For false witnesses have come against me;

They breathe out violence.

Malicious witnesses rise up;

They ask me of things that I do not know.

[fn]Confuse [my enemies], O Lord, divide their tongues [destroying their schemes],

For I have seen violence and strife in the city.

No, in your heart you devise wrongdoing;

On earth you deal out the violence of your hands.

He will redeem their life from oppression and fraud and violence,

And their blood will be precious in His sight.

Therefore pride is their necklace;

Violence covers them like a garment [like a long, luxurious robe].

Consider the covenant [You made with Abraham],

For the dark places of the land are full of the habitations of violence.

To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David.

Rescue me, O LORD, from evil men;

Protect me from violent men.

Keep me, O LORD, from the hands of the wicked;

Protect me from violent men

Who intend to trip up my steps.

“Do not let a slanderer be established in the earth;

Let evil quickly hunt the violent man [to overthrow him and stop his evil acts].”

Do not envy a man of violence

And do not choose any of his ways.

For they eat the bread of wickedness

And drink the wine of violence.

Blessings are on the head of the righteous [the upright, those in right standing with God],

But the mouth of the wicked conceals violence.

The mouth of the righteous is a fountain of life and his words of wisdom are a source of blessing,

But the mouth of the wicked conceals violence and evil.

From the fruit of his mouth a [wise] man enjoys good,

But the desire of the treacherous is for violence.

A violent and exceedingly covetous man entices his neighbor [to sin],

And leads him in a way that is not good.

He who sends a message by the hand of a fool

Cuts off his own feet (sabotages himself) and drinks the violence [it brings on himself as a consequence].

His grave was assigned with the wicked,

But He was with a rich man in His death,

Because He had done no violence,

Nor was there any deceit in His mouth.

Their webs will not serve as clothing,

Nor will they cover themselves with what they make;

Their works are works of wickedness [of sin, of injustice, of wrongdoing],

And the act of violence is in their hands.

“Violence will not be heard again in your land,

Nor devastation or destruction within your borders;

But you will call your walls Salvation, and your gates Praise [to God].

“As a fountain springs up and pours out its fresh waters,

So she [continually] pours out her fresh wickedness.

Violence and destruction are heard inside her [walls];

Sickness and wounds are always before Me.

For whenever I speak, I must shout out;

I shout violence and destruction,

Because the word of the LORD has become to me

A reprimand and a mockery and has brought me insult all day long.

“May the violence done to me and to my flesh and blood be upon Babylon,”

The inhabitant of Zion will say;

And, “May my blood be upon the inhabitants of Chaldea,”

Jerusalem will say.

“Now beware so that you do not lose heart,

And so that you are not afraid at the rumor that will be heard in the land—

For the rumor shall come one year,

And after that another rumor in another year,

And violence shall be in the land,

Ruler against ruler—

‘Prepare the chain [for imprisonment], for the land is full of bloody crimes [murders committed under the pretense of civil justice] and the city is full of violence.

“Through the abundance of your commerce

You were internally filled with lawlessness and violence,

And you sinned;

Therefore I have cast you out as a profane and unholy thing

From the mountain of God.

And I have destroyed you, O covering cherub,

From the midst of the stones of fire.

‘Thus says the Lord GOD, “Enough, O princes of Israel! Put away violence and destruction, and practice justice and righteousness. Stop your [fn]forceful seizure of property from My people,” says the Lord GOD.

Egypt will become a waste,

And Edom will become a desolate wilderness,

Because of their violence against the children of Judah,

In whose land they have shed innocent blood.

Do you put off the day of punishment,

Yet cause the seat of violence to come near?

“Because of the violence you did against your brother Jacob,

Shame shall cover you [completely],

And you shall be cut off forever.