14 Bible Verses about Violence In The Earth

And the earth [was] corrupted before God, and the earth was filled [with] violence.

And God said to Noah, "The end of all flesh [has] come before me, for the earth was filled [with] violence because of them. Now, look, I [am going] to destroy them [along] with the earth.

And he said to me, "Have you seen, son of man? {Was it too small a thing} for the house of Judah {to do} the detestable things that they did here? For they filled up the land [with] violence, and {they provoked me to anger again}, and look! They [are] putting the branch to their nose.

Make a chain for the land; it is full of {bloody crimes} and the city is full of violence.

Have regard for the covenant, because [the] dark places of [the] land are full of [the] haunts of violence.

Now {so that you are not fainthearted}, and you are afraid at the rumors that are heard in the land-- and in the year the rumor comes, and in the year after it the rumor, and violence [is] in the land, with ruler against ruler--

Confuse, O Lord; divide their speech, because I see violence and strife in the city.

As a water well keeps its water cool, so she keeps cool her wickedness. Violence and destruction are heard within her, sickness and wounds [are] continually {before me}.

And you must say to the people of the land, 'Thus says the Lord Yahweh to the inhabitants of Jerusalem about the land of Israel: "They will eat their food with anxiety and their water they will drink with horror, because their land will be desolate from its fullness because of all the violence of {those who are dwelling in it}.

Egypt will become a desolation, and Edom will become a {desolate desert}, because of the violence [they did] against the children of Judah, in whose land they have shed innocent blood.

Because her rich are full of violence, and her inhabitants speak lies, and their tongue [is] deceitful in their mouth.

O Yahweh, how long shall I cry for help and you will not listen? [How long] will I cry out to you, "Violence!" and you will not save?

Why do you cause me to see evil [while] you look at trouble? Destruction and violence happen before me; contention and strife arise.

hardhearted, irreconcilable, slanderous, without self-control, savage, with no interest for what is good,