25 Bible Verses about Wronging Other People

If you make a sale to your fellow citizen or buy from your fellow citizen, no one is to wrong his brother.

No one is to oppress his fellow citizen, but you must fear your God, because I am the Lord your God.

After these things happened, the cupbearer to the king of Egypt and the royal baker offended their master, the king of Egypt.

Reuben said to them, "Didn't I say to you, 'Don't sin against the boy,' but you wouldn't listen? So now we must pay for shedding his blood!"

So Jonathan spoke on David's behalf to his father Saul. He said to him, "The king should not sin against his servant David, for he has not sinned against you. On the contrary, his actions have been very beneficial for you.

He risked his life when he struck down the Philistine and the Lord gave all Israel a great victory. When you saw it, you were happy. So why would you sin against innocent blood by putting David to death for no reason?"

Tell Joseph this: Please forgive the sin of your brothers and the wrong they did when they treated you so badly.' Now please forgive the sin of the servants of the God of your father." When this message was reported to him, Joseph wept.

No straw is given to your servants, but we are told, 'Make bricks!' Your servants are even being beaten, but the fault is with your people."

For the matter concerning the queen will spread to all the women, leading them to treat their husbands with contempt, saying, 'When King Ahasuerus gave orders to bring Queen Vashti into his presence, she would not come.'

These ten times you have been reproaching me; you are not ashamed to attack me!

"Yes, I know what you are thinking, the schemes by which you would wrong me.

You have seen the wrong done to me, O Lord; pronounce judgment on my behalf!

He said to them, "The Lord will need to be with you if I release you and your dependents! Watch out! Trouble is right in front of you!

Then Jeremiah asked King Zedekiah, "What crime have I committed against you, or the officials who serve you, or the people of Judah? What have I done to make you people throw me into prison?

"For if you forgive others their sins, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.

But if you do not forgive others, your Father will not forgive you your sins.

"If your brother sins, go and show him his fault when the two of you are alone. If he listens to you, you have regained your brother.

Then Peter came to him and said, "Lord, how many times must I forgive my brother who sins against me? As many as seven times?"

And the landowner replied to one of them, 'Friend, I am not treating you unfairly. Didn't you agree with me to work for the standard wage?

Even if he sins against you seven times in a day, and seven times returns to you saying, 'I repent,' you must forgive him."

The next day Moses saw two men fighting, and tried to make peace between them, saying, 'Men, you are brothers; why are you hurting one another?'

The fact that you have lawsuits among yourselves demonstrates that you have already been defeated. Why not rather be wronged? Why not rather be cheated?

But you yourselves wrong and cheat, and you do this to your brothers and sisters!

If you sin against your brothers or sisters in this way and wound their weak conscience, you sin against Christ.

I beg you, brothers and sisters, become like me, because I have become like you. You have done me no wrong!