39 Bible Verses about Abuse

let those who mix in the world live as if they were not engrossed in it, for the present phase of things is passing away.

Let us go to him outside the camp, then, bearing his obloquy

bless those who curse you, pray for those who abuse you.

but off with them all now, off with anger, rage, malice, slander, foul talk!

What follows, then? Are we 'to sin, because we live under grace, not under law'? Never!

considering obloquy with the messiah to be richer wealth than all Egypt's treasures ??for he had an eye to the Reward.

Now what are we to infer from this? That we are to 'remain on in sin, so that there may be all the more grace'?

You put up with a man who assumes control of your souls, with a man who spends your money, with a man who dupes you, with a man who gives himself airs, with a man who flies in your face.

we work hard for our living; when reviled, we bless; when persecuted, we put up with it;

Blessed are you when men denounce you and persecute you and utter all manner of evil against you for my sake;

Brothers, you were called to be free; only, do not make your freedom an opening for the flesh, but serve one another in love.

Husbands, love your wives, do not be harsh to them.

Two robbers were also crucified with him at that time, one on the right hand and one on the left.

But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you,

particularly those who fall in with the polluting appetite of the flesh and despise the Powers celestial. Daring, presumptuous creatures! they are not afraid to scoff at the angelic Glories;

Those who passed by scoffed at him, nodding at him in derision and calling, "Ha! You were to destroy the temple and build it in three days!

But see that the exercise of your right does not prove any stumbling-block to the weak.

Do you not know your body is the temple of the holy Spirit within you ??the Spirit you have received from God? You are not your own,

Whoever says a word against the Son of man will be forgiven, but whoever speaks against the holy Spirit will never be forgiven, neither in this world nor in the world to come.

And my reward? This, that I can preach the gospel free of charge, that I can refrain from insisting on all my rights as a preacher of the gospel.

Hence anyone who eats the loaf or drinks the cup of the Lord carelessly, will have to answer for a sin against the body and the blood of the Lord.

and it astonishes them that you will not plunge with them still into the same flood of profligacy. They abuse you,

he was reviled and made no retort, he suffered and never threatened, but left everything to Him who judges justly;

never paying back evil for evil, never reviling when you are reviled, but on the contrary blessing. For this is your vocation, to bless and to inherit blessing;

Those who passed by scoffed at him, nodding at him in derision

Live like free men, only do not make your freedom a pretext for misconduct; live like servants of God.

partly by being held up yourselves to obloquy and anguish, partly by making common cause with those who fared in this way;

One of the criminals who had been hung also abused him, saying, "Are you not the Christ? Save yourself and us as well."