A Cyclopædia of Sacred Poetical Quotations / Consisting of Choice Passages from the Sacred Poetry of All Ages and Countries, Classified and Arranged, for Facility of Reference, Under Subject Headings; Illustrated by Striking Passages from Scripture, and Forming Altogether a Complete Book of Devotional Poetry.

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Violence shall no more be heard in thy land, wasting nor destruction within thy borders.—Isaiah, lx. 18.

Thus saith the Lord, do no wrong, do no violence to the stranger, the fatherless, nor the widow.—Jeremiah, xxii. 3.

And the soldiers likewise demanded of him, saying, and what shall we do? And he said unto them, Do violence to no man.—Luke, iii. 14.

All the elements

At least had gone to wreck, disturbed and torn

With violence of this conflict, had not soon

Th’ Eternal hung his golden scales.

Milton.

Grieved at heart, when looking down He saw

The whole earth filled with violence; and all flesh