Thematic Bible: Cruelty


Thematic Bible




Cursed be their anger, for it is fierce, and their wrath, for it is cruel! I will divide them in Jacob and scatter them in Israel. Verse ConceptsCursing The UngodlyFierce MenAngry People

A stone is heavy, and sand is weighty, but a fool's provocation is heavier than both. Wrath is cruel, anger is overwhelming, but who can stand before jealousy?

And he brought out the people who were in it and set them to labor with saws and iron picks and iron axes and made them toil at the brick kilns. And thus he did to all the cities of the Ammonites. Then David and all the people returned to Jerusalem. Verse ConceptsAxesIronToolsCaptivesClay, UsesHorrors Of WarSawsFurnacesIron ObjectsForced Labour

They slaughtered the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, and put out the eyes of Zedekiah and bound him in chains and took him to Babylon. Verse ConceptsdisabilitiesUnkindnessDisfigurementBrassBlindingOther BlindingKilling Sons And DaughtersBronze Shackles

Adoni-bezek fled, but they pursued him and caught him and cut off his thumbs and his big toes. Verse ConceptsCruelty, examples ofInjuryKnivesCaptivesMutilationThumbsToesCutting Off Hands And Feet

Having received this order, he put them into the inner prison and fastened their feet in the stocks. Verse ConceptsImprisonmentsInjury To Feet

Then Pharaoh commanded all his people, "Every son that is born to the Hebrews you shall cast into the Nile, but you shall let every daughter live." Verse ConceptsCruelty, examples ofCommands, in OTKept Alive By MenDeath Of All MalesKilling IsraelitesThe King's Orders

And they took him and threw him into a pit. The pit was empty; there was no water in it. Verse ConceptsPrisonersEmpty ThingsDry Places

So every one of the people cut down his bundle and following Abimelech put it against the stronghold, and they set the stronghold on fire over them, so that all the people of the Tower of Shechem also died, about 1,000 men and women. Verse ConceptsA Thousand PeopleBurning CitiesKilling Within IsraelPrivate Rooms

But Nahash the Ammonite said to them, "On this condition I will make a treaty with you, that I gouge out all your right eyes, and thus bring disgrace on all Israel." Verse ConceptsBlindness, Causes OfdisabilitiesNegotiationUnkindnessEyes HarmedBlindingOther BlindingOther Right PartsSurrendercredibility

So they took Jeremiah and cast him into the cistern of Malchiah, the king's son, which was in the court of the guard, letting Jeremiah down by ropes. And there was no water in the cistern, but only mud, and Jeremiah sank in the mud. Verse ConceptsDungeonsInjuryMonotonyPersecution, Forms OfPersecution, Nature OfPrisonersPunishment, Legal Aspects OfRopesSuffering, Causes OfCisternsLowering PeopleMarshes

And he ordered some of the mighty men of his army to bind Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, and to cast them into the burning fiery furnace. Verse ConceptsTying Up

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The soldiers' plan was to kill the prisoners, lest any should swim away and escape. Verse ConceptsSwimmingNo EscapeAttempting To Kill Specific People

When the donkey saw the angel of the LORD, she lay down under Balaam. And Balaam's anger was kindled, and he struck the donkey with his staff. Verse ConceptsBalaams DonkeyGesturesAnger, Sinful ExamplesAnger Of Man, UnrighteousAnimal RightsLying Down To RestSeeing AngelsNamed People Angry With Others


And David took from him 1,700 horsemen, and 20,000 foot soldiers. And David hamstrung all the chariot horses but left enough for 100 chariots. Verse ConceptsChariotsHorsesSoldiersAnimals, Cruelty TowardsCavalryAnimal RightsOne HundredThousandsTwenty Thousand And UpDestroying ChariotsTaking Possessions

And David took from him 1,000 chariots, 7,000 horsemen, and 20,000 foot soldiers. And David hamstrung all the chariot horses, but left enough for 100 chariots. Verse ConceptsChariotsHorsesAnimal RightsOne HundredA Thousand ThingsSeven ThousandTwenty Thousand And Upmuscles

"Simeon and Levi are brothers; weapons of violence are their swords. Verse ConceptsWeapons

Give me not up to the will of my adversaries; for false witnesses have risen against me, and they breathe out violence. Verse ConceptsFalsehoodWitnesses, FalseOvercoming EnemiesSurrenderProtection From Enemiesbreathing

A man who is kind benefits himself, but a cruel man hurts himself. Verse ConceptsUnkindnessGood ReboundingHurt

They came up to him, saying, "Hail, King of the Jews!" and struck him with their hands. Verse ConceptsMockingThe Smiting Of JesusBatteryBeating JesusChrist Is King Of IsraelSpoken GreetingsTurning The Other Cheek

They also blindfolded him and kept asking him, "Prophesy! Who is it that struck you?" Verse ConceptsBeating JesusWho Is The Doer?BlindingJesus The ProphetOther BlindingProphesy!


And they stripped him and put a scarlet robe on him, and twisting together a crown of thorns, they put it on his head and put a reed in his right hand. And kneeling before him, they mocked him, saying, "Hail, King of the Jews!" And they spit on him and took the reed and struck him on the head. read more.
And when they had mocked him, they stripped him of the robe and put his own clothes on him and led him away to crucify him.

But Abram said to Sarai, "Behold, your servant is in your power; do to her as you please." Then Sarai dealt harshly with her, and she fled from her. Verse ConceptsAbuse Of Authority, Examples OfMastersOppression, Nature OfSuffering, Causes OfEmployers, Bad ExamplesGiven Into One's HandsLeaving People Alonemistress

But Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, whom she had borne to Abraham, laughing. So she said to Abraham, "Cast out this slave woman with her son, for the son of this slave woman shall not be heir with my son Isaac." And the thing was very displeasing to Abraham on account of his son. read more.
But God said to Abraham, "Be not displeased because of the boy and because of your slave woman. Whatever Sarah says to you, do as she tells you, for through Isaac shall your offspring be named. And I will make a nation of the son of the slave woman also, because he is your offspring." So Abraham rose early in the morning and took bread and a skin of water and gave it to Hagar, putting it on her shoulder, along with the child, and sent her away. And she departed and wandered in the wilderness of Beersheba.

On the day when Elkanah sacrificed, he would give portions to Peninnah his wife and to all her sons and daughters. But to Hannah he gave a double portion, because he loved her, though the LORD had closed her womb. And her rival used to provoke her grievously to irritate her, because the LORD had closed her womb. read more.
So it went on year by year. As often as she went up to the house of the LORD, she used to provoke her. Therefore Hannah wept and would not eat.


Their bows will slaughter the young men; they will have no mercy on the fruit of the womb; their eyes will not pity children. Verse ConceptsMercy, HumanInfanticidePitilessnessPeople Without Mercypity

Their infants will be dashed in pieces before their eyes; their houses will be plundered and their wives ravished. Verse ConceptsHorrors Of WarSeeing SituationsChild AbuseKilling Sons And Daughters

The same day Pharaoh commanded the taskmasters of the people and their foremen, "You shall no longer give the people straw to make bricks, as in the past; let them go and gather straw for themselves. But the number of bricks that they made in the past you shall impose on them, you shall by no means reduce it, for they are idle. Therefore they cry, 'Let us go and offer sacrifice to our God.' read more.
Let heavier work be laid on the men that they may labor at it and pay no regard to lying words." So the taskmasters and the foremen of the people went out and said to the people, "Thus says Pharaoh, 'I will not give you straw. Go and get your straw yourselves wherever you can find it, but your work will not be reduced in the least.'" So the people were scattered throughout all the land of Egypt to gather stubble for straw. The taskmasters were urgent, saying, "Complete your work, your daily task each day, as when there was straw." And the foremen of the people of Israel, whom Pharaoh's taskmasters had set over them, were beaten and were asked, "Why have you not done all your task of making bricks today and yesterday, as in the past?" Then the foremen of the people of Israel came and cried to Pharaoh, "Why do you treat your servants like this? No straw is given to your servants, yet they say to us, 'Make bricks!' And behold, your servants are beaten; but the fault is in your own people." But he said, "You are idle, you are idle; that is why you say, 'Let us go and sacrifice to the LORD.' Go now and work. No straw will be given you, but you must still deliver the same number of bricks."

Therefore deliver up their children to famine; give them over to the power of the sword; let their wives become childless and widowed. May their men meet death by pestilence, their youths be struck down by the sword in battle. Verse ConceptsRevenge, Examples OfFamine KillingApproval To Kill

Women are raped in Zion, young women in the towns of Judah. Princes are hung up by their hands; no respect is shown to the elders. Young men are compelled to grind at the mill, and boys stagger under loads of wood. read more.
The old men have left the city gate, the young men their music.

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