59 Bible Verses about Abuse

and those that use this world, as not using it as their own, for the fashion of this world passes away.

Let us go forth, therefore, unto him outside the camp, bearing his reproach.

bless those that curse you, and pray for those who despitefully use you.

But now put ye also off all these things: anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy communication out of your mouth.

What then? shall we sin because we are not under the law, but under grace? No, in no wise.

esteeming the reproach of the Christ greater riches than the treasures in Egypt, for he had respect unto the recompense of the 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 the oath the land is deserted; the booths of the wilderness are dried up, and their course was evil, and their force was not right.

Ye shall not afflict any widow or fatherless child.

Resh I have seen the wicked in great power and spreading himself like a green bay tree.

And if a man smites his slave or his maid with a rod and he dies under his hand, he shall be surely punished.

For ye suffer it if anyone brings you into bondage, if anyone devours you, if anyone takes of you, if anyone exalts himself, if anyone smites you on the face.

and labour, working with our own hands; being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we suffer it;

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

For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only do not use liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by charity serve one another.

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

The fruit of thy land and all thy labours shall a people which thou knowest not eat up; and thou shalt only be oppressed and crushed all the days.

Why have we fasted, they say, and thou dost not see? why have we afflicted our soul, and thou dost take no knowledge? Behold, in the day of your fast ye find your own pleasure and exact your own estates.

Then there were two thieves crucified with him, one on the right hand and another on the left.

But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless those that curse you, do good to those that hate you, and pray for those who speak evil about you, and persecute you;

He that chastens a scorner brings shame unto himself, and he that chastens a wicked man brings himself a blot.

Do not curse the king, not even in thy thought; and do not curse the rich even in the secret place of thy bedchamber; for the birds of the air shall carry the voice, and those who have wings shall tell the matter.

Then said Saul unto his armourbearer, Draw thy sword and thrust me through with it lest these uncircumcised come and thrust me through and abuse me. But his armourbearer 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 the pastors, Thus hath the Lord GOD said; Woe unto the shepherds of Israel that feed themselves! should not the shepherds feed the flocks?

Also do not take to heart all the words that are spoken lest thou hear thy slave speak evil of thee:

Thou shalt neither mistreat a stranger nor oppress him; for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.

Rob not the poor, because he is poor: neither destroy the destitute in judgment:

Cast out the scorner, and contention shall go out; strife and reproach shall cease.

and chiefly those that walk after the flesh in the lust of uncleanness and despise dominion; presumptuous, arrogant, they are not afraid to speak evil of the higher powers;

And those that passed by railed on him, wagging their heads and saying, Ah, thou that would destroy the temple of God and build it in three days,

Behold, here is my virgin daughter and his concubine; I will bring them out now, humble them, and do with them what seems good unto you, but unto this man do not commit this vile folly.

But take heed lest by any means this liberty of yours becomes a stumblingblock to those that are weak.

What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom ye have of God, and that ye are not your own?

And whosoever speaks a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him, but whosoever speaks against the Holy Spirit, it shall not be forgiven him, neither in this age, neither in the age to come.

Now as they were making their hearts merry, behold, that men of the city, certain sons of Belial, beset the house round about and beat at the doors and spoke to the master of the house, the old man, saying, Bring forth the man that came into thy house that we may know him.

Do not devise evil against thy neighbour, seeing he dwells securely by thee.

He that oppresses the poor to increase his riches and who gives to the rich shall surely come to want.

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

What reward, then, shall I have? That preaching the gospel, I may make the gospel of the Christ without charge, that I abuse not my authority in the gospel.

Therefore whoever shall eat this bread and drink this cup of the Lord unworthily shall be guilty of the body and blood of the Lord.

And it seems strange to those that speak evil of you, that ye do not run with them to the same unchecked dissolution;

who, when he was cursed, did not return the curse; when he suffered, he did not threaten, but committed himself to him that judges righteously;

not rendering evil for evil or curse for curse, but to the contrary, blessing, knowing that ye are called, that ye should possess a blessing by inheritance.

And they that passed by reviled him, wagging their heads

as being free, yet not using your liberty to cover maliciousness, but as slaves of God.

on the one hand ye were made a spectacle both by reproaches and tribulations, and on the other ye became companions of those that were so used.

Day and night they go about it upon the walls thereof; iniquity also and sorrow are in the midst of it.

And one of the malefactors which were hanged railed on him, saying, If thou art the Christ, save thyself and us.