You have sheltered me from the conspiracy of them that do wickedly; from the multitude of them that work iniquity;

to shoot in secret at the blameless; they will shoot him suddenly, and will not fear.

They have searched out iniquity; they have wearied themselves with searching diligently, a man shall approach and the heart is deep,

And he put to death James the brother of John with the sword.

And seeing that it was pleasing to the Jews, he proceeded further to arrest Peter also (and then were the Days of Unleavened Bread),

And Peter, having come to himself, said, "Now I know truly that the Lord has sent forth His angel, and has delivered me from the hand of Herod and from all the expectation of the Jews."

Then immediately an angel of the Lord struck him, because he did not give glory to God. And becoming eaten by worms, he died.

[ 24:12] And behold, the skirt of your mantle is in my hand, I cut off the skirt, and did not kill you. Know then and see this day, there is no evil in my hand, nor impiety, nor rebellion; and I have not sinned against you, yet you lay snares for my life, to take it.

[ 24:18] And Saul said to David, You are more righteous than I, for you have recompensed me with good, but I have recompensed you with evil.

Bloody men hate a holy [person], but the upright will seek his soul.

A righteous man is an abomination to an unrighteous man, and the direct way is an abomination to the sinner.

His eye is too pure to behold evil doings, and to look upon grievous afflictions: why do You look upon despisers? Will You be silent when the ungodly swallows up the just?

and say, 'If we had lived in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets.'

And you, fill up then, the measure of your fathers' guilt.

Therefore, behold, I send you prophets, wise [men], and scribes: some of them you will kill and you will crucify, and [some] of them you will flog in your synagogues and you will persecute from city to city,

Which of the prophets did your fathers not persecute? And they killed those who foretold about the coming of the Righteous One, of whom you have now become betrayers and murderers,

not as Cain who was of the evil one and slew his brother. And for what reason did he slay him? Because his works were evil and the [works] of his brother were righteous.