39 Bible Verses about Abuse

and those who use the world, as not using it to the full; for the fashion of this world is passing away.

Therefore, let us go forth to Him without the camp, bearing His reproach;

bless those who curse you; pray for those who revile you.

But now do ye also put away all these; anger, wrath, malice, reviling, shameful talk out of your mouth.

What, then? May we sin, because we are not under law, but under grace? It could not be!

regarding the reproach of the Christ greater riches than the treasures of Egypt; for he was looking away to the recompense.

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

For ye bear with it, if one brings you into bondage, if one devours you, if one takes you captive, if one exalts himself, if one smites you on the face.

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

"Happy are ye, when they shall reproach you, and persecute you, and say all manner of evil against you falsely, for My sake.

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

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

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

but I say to you, Love your enemies; and pray for those who persecute you;

but especially those who walk after the flesh in a desire for pollution, and despise dominion; daring, self-willed, they tremble not, when railing at dignities;

And those passing by railed on Him, wagging their beads, and saying, "Aha! Thou Who destroyest the temple, and buildest it in three days!

But take heed, lest this liberty of yours become a stumbling-block to the weak.

Or know ye not that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit, Who is in you, Whom ye have from 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, neither in this age nor in that which is to come.

What, then, is my reward? That, when proclaiming the Gospel, I may make the Gospel without charge, to the end that I may not fully use my right in the Gospel.

Therefore, whosoever eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord unworthily, shall be guilty of the body, and blood of the Lord.

at which they are surprised, since ye run not with them to the same excess of riot, speaking evil of you;

Who, when reviled, reviled not again; when suffering, was not threatening, but committed Himself to Him Who judgeth righteously;

not returning evil for evil, or reviling for reviling; but, on the contrary, blessing; because to this end ye were called, that ye might inherit a blessing.

And those passing by were reviling Him, wagging their heads,

as free, and not holding your freedom as a cloak for wickedness, but as servants of God.

partly, indeed, when ye were made a spectacle both with reproaches and tribulations; and partly, when ye became partakers with those who were so used;

And one of the suspended malefactors kept reviling Him, saying, "Art not Thou the Christ? Save Thyself and us!"