Cursed [be] their anger, for [it was] fierce; and their wrath, for it was cruel: I will divide them in Jacob, and scatter them in Israel.
And Moses spake so unto the children of Israel: but they hearkened not unto Moses for anguish of spirit, and for cruel bondage.
Their wine [is] the poison of dragons, and the cruel venom of asps.
Thou art become cruel to me: with thy strong hand thou opposest thyself against me.
Consider mine enemies; for they are many; and they hate me with cruel hatred.
Deliver me, O my God, out of the hand of the wicked, out of the hand of the unrighteous and cruel man.
Lest thou give thine honour unto others, and thy years unto the cruel:
The merciful man doeth good to his own soul: but [he that is] cruel troubleth his own flesh.
A righteous [man] regardeth the life of his beast: but the tender mercies of the wicked [are] cruel.
An evil [man] seeketh only rebellion: therefore a cruel messenger shall be sent against him.
Wrath [is] cruel, and anger [is] outrageous; but who [is] able to stand before envy?
Set me as a seal upon thine heart, as a seal upon thine arm: for love [is] strong as death; jealousy [is] cruel as the grave: the coals thereof [are] coals of fire, [which hath a] most vehement flame.
Behold, the day of the LORD cometh, cruel both with wrath and fierce anger, to lay the land desolate: and he shall destroy the sinners thereof out of it.
And the Egyptians will I give over into the hand of a cruel lord; and a fierce king shall rule over them, saith the Lord, the LORD of hosts.
They shall lay hold on bow and spear; they [are] cruel, and have no mercy; their voice roareth like the sea; and they ride upon horses, set in array as men for war against thee, O daughter of Zion.
All thy lovers have forgotten thee; they seek thee not; for I have wounded thee with the wound of an enemy, with the chastisement of a cruel one, for the multitude of thine iniquity; [because] thy sins were increased.
They shall hold the bow and the lance: they [are] cruel, and will not show mercy: their voice shall roar like the sea, and they shall ride upon horses, [every one] put in array, like a man to the battle, against thee, O daughter of Babylon.
Even the sea monsters draw out the breast, they give suck to their young ones: the daughter of my people [is become] cruel, like the ostriches in the wilderness.
And others had trial of [cruel] mockings and scourgings, yea, moreover of bonds and imprisonment: