Diamondback's Bible

Diamondback's Bible
Owners	James Lucas Dana Stryker † Willis Stryker
Users	James Lucas Dana Stryker † Willis Stryker
Status	Active
Appearances
TV Series	Luke Cage

"You quote the Bible like you actually believe in God."

―Mariah Dillard to Diamondback^[src]

Diamondback's Bible is a book used by Willis Stryker to quote scripture.

History

Preached by Diamondback

"I read that everyday. Gift from my father to my mother. My mother left it to me after she passed."

―Diamondback to Damon Boone^[src]

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Willis Stryker learned scripture from his father. He credited his Bible as a "rule book" which helped him get through "the darkness." Stryker made many biblical references during his campaign of vengeance against his half-brother, Luke Cage.

Passages

• 1 Peter 5:8 - "Your adversary, the devil... walks around like a roaring lion... seeking whom he may devour."
• Matthew 10:34 - "I did not come to bring peace... but a sword."
• Proverbs 18:24 - "A man of too many friends comes to ruin, but there is a friend who comes closer than a brother."
• 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."
• Proverbs 21:15 - "When justice is done... it is a joy to the righteous... but terror to evildoers."
• Revelation 6:8 - "And behold a pale horse... and he that sat upon him, his name was Death."

Appearances

In chronological order:

• Luke Cage | Episode 1.08: Blowin' Up the Spot (mentioned)
• Luke Cage | Episode 1.09: DWYCK (mentioned)
• Luke Cage | Episode 1.10: Take It Personal
• Luke Cage | Episode 1.11: Now You're Mine
• Luke Cage | Episode 1.12: Soliloquy of Chaos (mentioned)

Trivia

• The Marvel Cinematic Universe has referenced several other Bible passages.
  • Ezekiel 25:17 -

    

    "The path of the righteous man..."
  • Proverbs 25:26 - "Like a muddied spring or a polluted fountain is the righteous man who gives way before the wicked."
  • Luke 10:25-37
  • 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."
  • Samuel 16:7 - "The Lord sees not as man sees. Man looks on the outward appearance, but the Lord... looks on the heart."
  • Proverbs 13:6 - "Righteousness keepeth him that is upright in the way, but wickedness overthroweth the sinner."
  • John 12:40
  • Romans 12:21
  • Isaiah 1:17
  • Romans 12:19 - "'Vengeance is mine,' sayeth the Lord."
  • Job 12:22
  • Ecclesiastes 7:8
  • Romans 8:25
  • Proverbs 25:15
  • Proverbs 16:32
  • James 1:3
  • Psalm 27:14
  • James 5:7-8
  • Job 30:26
  • Exodus 14:14
  • James 5:8
  • Matthew 8:26
  • Lamentations 3:25-26
  • John 14:27
  • Proverbs 15:18
  • 1 Corinthians 16:13
  • Colossians 3:12
  • 2 Chronicles 15:7
  • Matthew 24:36
  • Deuteronomy 30:15
  • Romans 13:11
  • Lamentations 3:26
  • Psalm 37:7
  • Romans 2:8
  • Romans 1:21
  • Exodus 33:14
  • James 1:12
  • 1 Corinthians 15:58
  • Philippians 4:6
  • Daniel 9:5
  • James 1:2-4
  • Ecclesiastes 3:1
  • Colossians 3:15
  • Lamentations 3:1-2
  • Colossians 1:11
  • Romans 12:12
  • Acts 2:20
  • 1 Kings 14:9
  • Matthew 6:34
  • Malachi 4:1
  • Ephesians 4:2
  • James 4:3
  • 2 Corinthians 10:4
  • Matthew 5:4 - "Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted."
  • 2 Corinthians 1:20
  • Matthew 24:42
  • Revelation 22:12
  • John 10:10 - "The thief cometh not, but that may steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have life and may have it abundantly."
  • John 15:13 -

    

    "Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends."