25 Bible Verses about Wronging Other People
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And if you sell anything to your neighbor, or buy from your neighbor's hand, you shall not oppress one another.
And you shall not oppress one another. But you shall fear your God. For I am Jehovah your God.
And after these things it happened that the cupbearer of the king of Egypt, and his baker, had offended their lord the king of Egypt.
And Reuben answered them, saying, Did I not speak to you saying, Do not sin against the youth? And you would not hear. Therefore, behold, also his blood is required.
And Jonathan spoke good of David to Saul his father, and said to him, Do not let the king sin against his servant, against David, because he has not sinned against you, and because his works are very good toward you.
For he took his life in his hand and killed the Philistine, and Jehovah worked out a great salvation for all Israel. You saw and rejoiced! Why then will you sin against innocent blood, to kill David without a cause?
So shall you say to Joseph, please lift up the rebellion of your brothers, and their sin. For they did evil to you. And please now lift up the rebellion of the servants of the God of your father. And Joseph wept when they spoke to him.
There is no straw given to your servants, and they say to us, Make bricks! And behold, your servants are beaten, but the fault is in your own people.
For the matter of the queen shall go out to all women, so that their husbands shall be despised in their eyes, and it shall be reported that King Ahasuerus commanded to bring Vashti the queen in before him, but she did not come.
Behold, I know your thoughts, and the plots which you wrongfully hatch against me.
And he said to them, May Jehovah be so with you, as I send you and your little ones away. Watch out, for evil is before you.
And Jeremiah said to King Zedekiah, What have I offended against you, or against your servants, or against this people, that you have put me in prison?
but if you do not forgive men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.
But if your brother shall trespass against you, go and tell him his fault between you and him alone. If he hears you, you have gained your brother.
Then Peter came to Him and said, Lord, how often shall my brother sin against me and I forgive him? Until seven times?
But he answered one of them and said, Friend, I do you no wrong. Did you not agree with me for a denarius?
And if he trespasses against you seven times in a day, and seven times in a day turns again to you, saying, I repent, you shall forgive him.
And the next day he appeared to them while fighting. And he urged them to peace, saying, Men, you are brothers, why do you wrong one another?
Indeed then there is already on the whole a failure among you, that you have lawsuits with yourselves. Why not instead be wronged? Why not instead be defrauded?
And sinning in this way against your brothers, and wounding their conscience, being weak, you sin against Christ.
Brothers, I beseech you, be as I am; for I am as you. You have not injured me at all.
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- Wronging (5 instances)