20 Bible Verses about Handing Over People

Listen to them as they sing to Jehovah from the ends of the earth: Glory and praise to the righteous one! But I say: My heart is heavy with grief. I am discouraged, for evil still prevails, and treachery is everywhere.

She weeps bitterly in the night. Her cheeks are wet from crying. Her lovers offer no comfort. Her friends have been false to her. They have become her enemies.

Do not hand over an escaped slave to his master.

Come to an agreement quickly with the one who has a legal case against you. Do it before he turns the case over to the judge and you are thrown into jail.

For example when an opponent brings you to court, try to settle before you get there. Otherwise, he will drag you in front of a judge and the judge will hand you over to an officer who will throw you into prison.

Beware of men! They will take you to court! They will have you beaten in their meeting places.

Be on guard for they will deliver you up to courts. You will be beaten in the meeting places. You will be taken before governors and kings for a testimony to them for my sake.

Even before all these things, they will capture you, and persecute you. You will be delivered to synagogues and prisons. You will be brought before kings and governors for my name's sake.

People will cause you tribulation, and kill you. You will be hated by all the nations for my name's sake.

Many will stumble and betray and hate one another.

People will hand over their brothers to be put to death. Parents will oppose children and children will oppose parents, causing them to be put to death.

Brother shall deliver up brother to death, and the father his child; and children shall rise up against parents, and cause them to be put to death.

Parent, brothers and sisters and friends will turn you over and cause you to be put to death.

When they hand you over, do not worry about what to say and how to say it. You will be given the words to speak at that time.

When they deliver you up to judgment, do not worry before hand what you shall speak. Holy Spirit will give it to you at that time.

Hand over those perverts in Gibeah, so that we can kill them and remove this evil from Israel. But the people of Benjamin would not listen to their brothers.

All my relatives have turned against me and are demanding that I hand my son over to them. They want to kill him for murdering his brother. If they do this, I will be left without a son. They will destroy my last hope. They will leave my husband without a son to keep his name alive.

That is not so. A man from the mountains of Ephraim by the name of Sheba son of Bichri has rebelled against King David. Give him to me and I will withdraw from the city. The woman told Joab: Watch, for his head will be thrown to you from the wall.

Jehovah said: I will not withdraw punishment from Gaza for they transgressed many times. They captured all the people and delivered them to Edom.

Jehovah continued: For the many transgressions of Tyre I will not withdraw punishment! They captured all the people and delivered them to Edom. They did not remember the brotherly covenant.