'Cruel' in the Bible

Happy are you when men give you a bad name, and are cruel to you, and say all evil things against you falsely, because of me.

But I say to you, Have love for those who are against you, and make prayer for those who are cruel to you;

Be on the watch for false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing, but inside they are cruel wolves.

But when they are cruel to you in one town, go in flight to another: for truly, I say to you, You will not have gone through the towns of Israel before the Son of man comes.

They say to him, He will put those cruel men to a cruel death, and will let out the vine-garden to other workmen, who will give him the fruit when it is ready.

Then they will be cruel to you, and will put you to death: and you will be hated by all nations because of my name.

And is cruel to the other servants, taking his pleasure with those who are overcome with wine;

Then they put shame on him, and were cruel to him: and some gave him blows, saying,

And crying out with a loud voice he said, What have I to do with you, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? In God's name, do not be cruel to me.

And they will make sport of him, and put shame on him, and give him cruel blows, and will put him to death; and after three days he will come back from the dead.

And again he sent to them another servant; and they gave him wounds on the head, and were very cruel to him.

Give blessing to those who give you curses, say prayers for those who are cruel to you.

And when he saw Jesus, he gave a loud cry and went down on the earth before him and in a loud voice said, What have I to do with you, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? Do not be cruel to me.

And Jesus, answering him, said, A certain man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and he got into the hands of thieves, who took his clothing and gave him cruel blows, and when they went away, he was half dead.

For this reason the wisdom of God has said, I will send them prophets and teachers, and to some of them they will give death and cruel pains;

And he will be given cruel blows and put to death, and on the third day he will come back to life.

But before all this, they will take you and be very cruel to you, giving you up to the Synagogues and to prisons, taking you before kings and rulers, because of my name.

Meanwhile the men who held Jesus in custody repeatedly beat Him in cruel sport,

Keep in mind the words I said to you, A servant is not greater than his lord. If they were cruel to me, they will be cruel to you; if they kept my words, they will keep yours.

And now, Lord, take note of their cruel words, and give your servants power to be preachers of your word without fear,

And God said that his seed would be living in a strange land, and that they would make them servants, and be cruel to them for four hundred years.

This was the one who exploited our people and was cruel to our ancestors, forcing them to abandon their infants so they would die.

Now, about that time, Herod the king made cruel attacks on the Christians.

I know that, when I am gone, cruel wolves will come among you and will not spare the flock;

until they were filled (permeated, saturated) with every kind of unrighteousness, wickedness, greed, evil; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, malice and mean-spiritedness. They are gossips [spreading rumors],

Who will come between us and the love of Christ? Will trouble, or pain, or cruel acts, or the need of food or of clothing, or danger, or the sword?

Bless those who persecute you [who cause you harm or hardship]; bless and do not curse [them].

For I am the least of the Apostles, having no right to be named an Apostle, because of my cruel attacks on the church of God.

So I take pleasure in being feeble, in unkind words, in needs, in cruel attacks, in troubles, on account of Christ: for when I am feeble, then am I strong.

For news has come to you of my way of life in the past in the Jews' religion, how I was cruel without measure to the church of God, and did great damage to it:

Only it came to their ears that he who at one time was cruel to us is now preaching the faith which before had been attacked by him;

But as in those days he who had birth after the flesh was cruel to him who had birth after the Spirit, even so it is now.

In bitter hate I was cruel to the church; I kept all the righteousness of the law to the last detail.

These things seem to have a sort of wisdom in self-ordered worship and making little of oneself, and being cruel to the body, not honouring it by giving it its natural use.

Though I had said violent words against God, and done cruel acts, causing great trouble: but I was given mercy, because I did it without knowledge, not having faith;

He has an over-high opinion of himself; being without knowledge, having only an unhealthy love of questionings and wars of words, from which come envy, fighting, cruel words, evil thoughts,

My punishments and pain; the things which came to me at Antioch, at Iconium, at Lystra; the cruel attacks made on me: and the Lord made me free from them all.

The Lord will deliver me from every cruel attack and will keep me safe in preparation for His heavenly Kingdom. To Him be the glory until the Ages of the Ages! Amen.

In part, in being attacked by angry words and cruel acts, before the eyes of everyone, and in part, in being united with those who were attacked in this way.

And others had trial of cruel mockings and scourgings, yea, moreover of bonds and imprisonment:

Household slaves, submit with all fear to your masters, not only to the good and gentle but also to the cruel.

And when the dragon saw that he was forced down to the earth, he made cruel attacks on the woman who gave birth to the male child.

To him will be given of the wine of God's wrath which is ready unmixed in the cup of his wrath and he will have cruel pain, burning with fire before the holy angels and before the Lamb: