59 Bible Verses about Abuse
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And for those who make use of the world, not to be using it fully; for this world's way of life will quickly come to an end.
Let us then go out to him outside the circle of the tents, taking his shame on ourselves.
But now it is right for you to put away all these things; wrath, passion, bad feeling, curses, unclean talk;
What then? are we to go on in sin because we are not under law but under grace? Let it not be so.
Judging a part in the shame of Christ to be better than all the wealth of Egypt; for he was looking forward to his reward.
For the land is full of men who are untrue to their wives; because of the curse the land is full of grief; the green fields of the waste land have become dry; and they are quick to do evil, their strength is for what is not right.
I have seen the evil-doer in great power, covering the earth like a great tree.
If a man gives his man-servant or his woman-servant blows with a rod, causing death, he is certainly to undergo punishment.
You put up with a man if he makes servants of you, if he makes profit out of you, if he makes you prisoners, if he puts himself in a high place, if he gives you blows on the face.
And with our hands we do the hardest work: when they give us curses we give blessings, when we undergo punishment we take it quietly;
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.
Because you, brothers, were marked out to be free; only do not make use of your free condition to give the flesh its chance, but through love be servants one to another.
Husbands, have love for your wives, and be not bitter against them.
The fruit of your land and all the work of your hands will be food for a nation which is strange to you and to your fathers; you will only be crushed down and kept under for ever:
They say, Why have we kept ourselves from food, and you do not see it? why have we kept ourselves from pleasure, and you take no note of it? If, in the days when you keep from food, you take the chance to do your business, and get in your debts;
But I say to you, Have love for those who are against you, and make prayer for those who are cruel to you;
He who gives teaching to a man of pride gets shame for himself; he who says sharp words to a sinner gets a bad name.
Say not a curse against the king, even in your thoughts; and even secretly say not a curse against the man of wealth; because a bird of the air will take the voice, and that which has wings will give news of it.
Then Saul said to the servant who had the care of his arms, Take out your sword and put it through me, before these men without circumcision come and make sport of me. But his servant, full of fear, would not do so. Then Saul took out his sword, and falling on it, put an end to himself.
Son of man, be a prophet against the keepers of the flock of Israel, and say to them, O keepers of the sheep! this is the word of the Lord: A curse is on the keepers of the flock of Israel who take the food for themselves! is it not right for the keepers to give the food to the sheep?
Do not give ear to all the words which men say, for fear of hearing the curses of your servant.
Do no wrong to a man from a strange country, and do not be hard on him; for you yourselves were living in a strange country, in the land of Egypt.
Do not take away the property of the poor man because he is poor, or be cruel to the crushed ones when they come before the judge:
Send away the man of pride, and argument will go out; truly fighting and shame will come to an end.
But specially those who go after the unclean desires of the flesh, and make sport of authority. Ready to take chances, uncontrolled, they have no fear of saying evil of those in high places:
And those who went by made sport of him, shaking their heads, and saying, Ha! you who give the Temple to destruction, and put it up again in three days,
See, here is my daughter, a virgin, and his servant-wife: I will send them out for you to take them and do with them whatever you will. But do no such thing of shame to this man.
But take care that this power of yours does not give cause for trouble to the feeble.
Or are you not conscious that your body is a house for the Holy Spirit which is in you, and which has been given to you by God? and you are not the owners of yourselves;
And whoever says a word against the Son of man, will have forgiveness; but whoever says a word against the Holy Spirit, will not have forgiveness in this life or in that which is to come.
While they were taking their pleasure at the meal, the good-for-nothing men of the town came round the house, giving blows on the door; and they said to the old man, the master of the house, Send out that man who came to your house, so that we may take our pleasure with him.
Do not make evil designs against your neighbour, when he is living with you without fear.
He who is cruel to the poor for the purpose of increasing his profit, and he who gives to the man of wealth, will only come to be in need.
Any man who gives a blow to his father or his mother is certainly to be put to death.
What then is my reward? This, that when I am giving the good news, I may give it without payment, not making use of my rights as a preacher of the good news.
If, then, anyone takes the bread or the cup of the Lord in the wrong spirit, he will be responsible for the body and blood of the Lord.
And they are wondering that you no longer go with them in this violent wasting of life, and are saying evil things of you:
To sharp words he gave no sharp answer; when he was undergoing pain, no angry word came from his lips; but he put himself into the hands of the judge of righteousness:
Not giving back evil for evil, or curse for curse, but in place of cursing, blessing; because this is the purpose of God for you that you may have a heritage of blessing.
And those who went by said bitter words to him, shaking their heads and saying,
As those who are free, not using your free position as a cover for wrongdoing, but living as the servants of God;
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.
By day and night they go round the town, on the walls; trouble and sorrow are in the heart of it.
And one of the evil-doers on the cross, with bitter feeling, said to him, Are you not the Christ? Get yourself and us out of this.
From Thematic Bible
Christian Liberty » False teachers » Abuse
For certain men have come among you secretly, marked out before in the holy Writings for this evil fate, men without the fear of God, turning his grace into an unclean thing, and false to our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ.
Longsuffering Of God » The wicked » Abuse
Because punishment for an evil work comes not quickly, the minds of the sons of men are fully given to doing evil.
But if that evil servant says in his heart, My lord is a long time in coming; And is cruel to the other servants, taking his pleasure with those who are overcome with wine;
Riches » Denunciations against those who » Abuse
Come now, you men of wealth, give yourselves to weeping and crying because of the bitter troubles which are coming to you.
You have been living delicately on earth and have taken your pleasure; you have made your hearts fat for a day of destruction.
Topics on Abuse
Abuse From a Spouse
Colossians 3:19Husbands, have love for your wives, and be not bitter against them.
Abuse Of Authority, Examples Of
Genesis 16:6And Abram said, The woman is in your power; do with her whatever seems good to you. And Sarai was cruel to her, so that she went running away from her.
Abuse Of Authority, Warnings Against
Ephesians 6:9And, you masters, do the same things to them, not making use of violent words: in the knowledge that their Master and yours is in heaven, and he has no respect for a man's position.
Abuse, Of Christian Freedom
Romans 6:12For this cause do not let sin be ruling in your body which is under the power of death, so that you give way to its desires;
Abuse, Of Spiritual Things
Numbers 20:10Then Moses and Aaron made the people come together in front of the rock, and he said to them, Give ear now, you people whose hearts are turned from the Lord; are we to get water for you out of the rock?
Alcohol Abuse
Proverbs 20:1Wine makes men foolish, and strong drink makes men come to blows; and whoever comes into error through these is not wise.
Child Abuse
Matthew 18:6But whoever is a cause of trouble to one of these little ones who have faith in me, it would be better for him to have a great stone fixed to his neck, and to come to his end in the deep sea.
Freedom, Abuse Of Christian
Romans 8:1For this cause those who are in Christ Jesus will not be judged as sinners.
Love, Abuse Of
Philippians 2:3-4Doing nothing through envy or through pride, but with low thoughts of self let everyone take others to be better than himself;
Mental Abuse
1 Peter 5:8Be serious and keep watch; the Evil One, who is against you, goes about like a lion with open mouth in search of food;