14 Bible Verses about Violence In The Earth

The earth was ruined in the sight of God; the earth was filled with violence.

So God said to Noah, "I have decided that all living creatures must die, for the earth is filled with violence because of them. Now I am about to destroy them and the earth.

He said to me, "Do you see, son of man? Is it a trivial thing that the house of Judah commits these abominations they are practicing here? For they have filled the land with violence and provoked me to anger still further. Look, they are putting the branch to their nose!

(Make the chain, because the land is full of murder and the city is full of violence.)

Remember your covenant promises, for the dark regions of the earth are full of places where violence rules.

Do not lose your courage or become afraid because of the reports that are heard in the land. For a report will come in one year. Another report will follow it in the next. There will be violence in the land with ruler fighting against ruler."

Confuse them, O Lord! Frustrate their plans! For I see violence and conflict in the city.

As a well continually pours out fresh water so it continually pours out wicked deeds. Sounds of violence and destruction echo throughout it. All I see are sick and wounded people.'

Then say to the people of the land, 'This is what the sovereign Lord says about the inhabitants of Jerusalem and of the land of Israel: They will eat their bread with anxiety and drink their water in fright, for their land will be stripped bare of all it contains because of the violence of all who live in it.

Egypt will be desolate and Edom will be a desolate wilderness, because of the violence they did to the people of Judah, in whose land they shed innocent blood.

The city's rich men think nothing of resorting to violence; her inhabitants lie, their tongues speak deceptive words.

How long, Lord, must I cry for help? But you do not listen! I call out to you, "Violence!" But you do not intervene!

Why do you force me to witness injustice? Why do you put up with wrongdoing? Destruction and violence confront me; conflict is present and one must endure strife.

unloving, irreconcilable, slanderers, without self-control, savage, opposed to what is good,