59 Bible Verses about Abuse

and those that use the world, as not using it to the full: for the fashion of this world passeth away.

Let us therefore go forth unto him without the camp, bearing his reproach.

bless them that curse you, pray for them that despitefully use you.

but now do ye also put them all away: anger, wrath, malice, railing, shameful speaking out of your mouth:

What then? shall we sin, because we are not under law, but under grace? God forbid.

accounting the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures of Egypt: for he looked unto the recompense of reward.

What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound?

For the land is full of adulterers; for because of swearing the land mourneth; the pastures of the wilderness are dried up. And their course is evil, and their might is not right;

Ye shall not afflict any widow, or fatherless child.

I have seen the wicked in great power, And spreading himself like a green tree in its native soil.

And if a man smite his servant, or his maid, with a rod, and he die under his hand; he shall surely be punished.

For ye bear with a man, if he bringeth you into bondage, if he devoureth you, if he taketh you captive , if he exalteth himself, if he smiteth you on the face.

and we toil, working with our own hands: being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we endure;

Blessed are ye when men'shall reproach you, and persecute you, and say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake.

For ye, brethren, were called for freedom; only use not your freedom for an occasion to the flesh, but through love be servants one to another.

Husbands, love your wives, and be not bitter against them.

The fruit of thy ground, and all thy labors, shall a nation which thou knowest not eat up; and thou shalt be only oppressed and crushed alway;

Wherefore have we fasted,'say they , and thou seest not? wherefore have we afflicted our soul, and thou takest no knowledge? Behold, in the day of your fast ye find your own pleasure, and exact all your labors.

Then are there crucified with him two robbers, one on the right hand and one on the left.

but I say unto you, love your enemies, and pray for them that persecute you;

He that correcteth a scoffer getteth to himself reviling; And he that reproveth a wicked man getteth himself a blot.

Revile not the king, no, not in thy thought; and revile not the rich in thy bedchamber: for a bird of the heavens shall carry the voice, and that which hath wings shall tell the matter.

Then said Saul to his armorbearer, Draw thy sword, and thrust me through therewith, lest these uncircumcised come and thrust me through, and abuse me. But his armorbearer would not; for he was sore afraid. Therefore Saul took his sword, and fell upon it.

Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel, prophesy, and say unto them, even to the shepherds, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Woe unto the shepherds of Israel that do feed themselves! should not the shepherds feed the sheep?

Also take not heed unto all words that are spoken, lest thou hear thy servant curse thee;

And a sojourner shalt thou not wrong, neither shalt thou oppress him: for ye were sojourners in the land of Egypt.

Rob not the poor, because he is poor; Neither oppress the afflicted in the gate:

Cast out the scoffer, and contention will go out; Yea, strife and ignominy will cease.

but chiefly them that walk after the flesh in the lust of defilement, and despise dominion. Daring, self-willed, they tremble not to rail at dignities:

And they that passed by railed on him, wagging their heads, and saying, Ha! Thou that destroyest the temple, and buildest it in three days,

Behold, here is my daughter a virgin, and his concubine; them I will bring out now, and humble ye them, and do with them what seemeth good unto you: but unto this man do not any such folly.

But take heed lest by any means this liberty of yours become a stumblingblock to the weak.

Or know ye not that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit which is in you, which ye have from God? and ye are not your own;

And whosoever shall speak a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him; but whosoever shall speak against the Holy Spirit, it shall not be forgiven him, neither in this world, nor in that which is to come.

As they were making their hearts merry, behold, the men of the city, certain base fellows, beset the house round about, beating at the door; and they spake to the master of the house, the old man, saying, Bring forth the man that came into thy house, that we may know him.

Devise not evil against thy neighbor, Seeing he dwelleth securely by thee.

He that oppresseth the poor to increase his gain , And he that giveth to the rich,'shall come only to want.

And he that smiteth his father, or his mother, shall be surely put to death.

What then is my reward? That, when I preach the gospel, I may make the gospel without charge, so as not to use to the full my right in the gospel.

Wherefore whosoever shall eat the bread or drink the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner, shall be guilty of the body and the blood of the Lord.

wherein they think strange that ye run not with them into the same excess of riot, speaking evil of of :

who, when he was reviled, reviled not again; when he suffered threatened not; but committed himself to him that judgeth righteously:

not rendering evil for evil, or reviling for reviling; but contrariwise blessing; for hereunto were ye called, that ye should inherit a blessing.

And they that passed by railed on him, wagging their heads,

as free, and not using your freedom for a cloak of wickedness, but as bondservants of God.

partly, being made a gazingstock both by reproaches and afflictions; and partly, becoming partakers with them that were so used.

Day and night they go about it upon the walls thereof: Iniquity also and mischief are in the midst of it.

And one of the malefactors that were hanged railed on him, saying, Art not thou the Christ? save thyself and us.