Willis Stryker learned scripture from his father.[1] He credited his Bible as a "rule book" which helped him get through "the darkness."[2] Stryker made many biblical references during his campaign of vengeance against his half-brother, Luke Cage.[1][2][3][4]
Passages[]
1 Peter 5:8 - "Your adversary, the devil... walks around like a roaring lion... seeking whom he may devour."[1]
Matthew 10:34 - "I did not come to bring peace... but a sword."[1]
Proverbs 18:24 - "A man of too many friends comes to ruin, but there is a friend who comes closer than a brother."[2]
Matthew 24:10-13 - "And then many will fall away, and they will betray each other and hate one another. And many false prophets will arise and lead many astray. But the one who endures to the end... he will be saved."[2]
Proverbs 21:15 - "When justice is done... it is a joy to the righteous... but terror to evildoers."[3]
Revelation 6:8 - "And behold a pale horse... and he that sat upon him, his name was Death."[4]
Luke 4:18 - "The Spirit of the Lord is on me... because I have been anointed to preach good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners, and recovery of sight for the blind... to release the oppressed."[10]
Samuel 16:7 - "The Lord sees not as man sees. Man looks on the outward appearance, but the Lord... looks on the heart."[11]
Proverbs 13:6 - "Righteousness keepeth him that is upright in the way, but wickedness overthroweth the sinner."[12]
Luke Cage | Episode 1.08: Blowin' Up the Spot (mentioned)
Luke Cage | Episode 1.11: Now You're Mine
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