With regard to the works of man, by the word of your lips I have avoided the ways of the violent.
Be sober-minded; be watchful. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.
for you are still of the flesh. For while there is jealousy and strife among you, are you not of the flesh and behaving only in a human way?
And they have conquered him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, for they loved not their lives even unto death.
Of his own will he brought us forth by the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.
and take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God,
Sanctify them in the truth; your word is truth.
Then Jesus said to him, “Be gone, Satan! For it is written, “‘You shall worship the Lord your God and him only shall you serve.’”
Jesus said to him, “Again it is written, ‘You shall not put the Lord your God to the test.’”
But he answered, “It is written, “‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.’”
They have as king over them the angel of the bottomless pit. His name in Hebrew is Abaddon, and in Greek he is called Apollyon.
if I have concealed my transgressions as others do by hiding my iniquity in my heart,
how much less one who is abominable and corrupt, a man who drinks injustice like water!
Now the earth was corrupt in God’s sight, and the earth was filled with violence.
The Lord saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every intention of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.
But David said to Abishai, “Do not destroy him, for who can put out his hand against the Lord’s anointed and be guiltless?”
The Lord forbid that I should put out my hand against the Lord’s anointed. But take now the spear that is at his head and the jar of water, and let us go.”