39 Bible Verses about Abuse
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and those who use the world as those not abusing it; for the fashion of this world passes away.
Let us therefore go out to him without the encampment, bearing his reproach;
but now do you put away also all these, anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, vile conversation out of your mouth;
What then? Shall we sin because we are not under the law but under the grace? By no means.
judging the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures of Egypt; for he had respect to the reward.
WHAT shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that the grace may abound?
for you endure it if any one reduces you to servitude, if any one devours you, if any one takes from you, if any one exalts himself against you, if any one beats you in the face.
and labor, working with our hands; being reviled we bless, being persecuted we endure,
Blessed are you when they shall reproach you, and persecute you, and say every evil against you, falsely, for my sake.
For you are called to liberty, brothers, only make not your liberty an occasion for the flesh, but by love serve one another.
Then two robbers were crucified with him, one on the right hand, and the other on the left.
But I tell you, Love your enemies, and pray for those that persecute you;
but especially those who walk after the flesh, in corrupt desires, and despise goverment. Presumptuous, self-complacent, they fear not to revile glories,
And those who passed by reviled him, wagging their heads, and saying, Aha, you that destroy the temple and build it in three days!
Know you not that your bodies are a temple of the Holy Spirit in you which you have from God, and you are not your own?
And if one speaks a word against the Son of man it shall be forgiven him; but if one speaks against the Holy Spirit it shall not be forgiven him either in this life or in that to come.
What then is my reward? That preaching I may make the gospel without expense, that I may not abuse my right in the gospel.
So that whoever eats this bread or drinks this cup of the Lord unworthily, is guilty of the body and blood of the Lord.
in which they think it strange that you run not with them to the same excessive intemperance, blaspheming,
who being reviled reviled not, suffering threatened not, but committed himself to him that judges righteously,
not returning evil for evil or railing for railing, but on the contrary blessing [your enemies], because to this you are called, that you may inherit blessing.
as free, and not using freedom for a cloak of vice, but as servants of God.
partly in being made a spectacle by reproaches and afflictions, and partly being companions of those so treated.
And one of the criminals crucified, reviled him, [saying], Are you not the Christ? save yourself and us.
From Thematic Bible
Christian Liberty » False teachers » Abuse
For some men have come in by deception, who were of old appointed to this judgment, impious, changing the grace of our God into lewdness, and denying our only master and Lord, Jesus Christ.
Longsuffering Of God » The wicked » Abuse
But if that evil servant says in his heart, My Lord delays his coming, and begins to beat his fellow-servants, and eats and drinks with drunkards,
Riches » Denunciations against those who » Abuse
Come now, rich men, weep and lament for the miseries which are coming upon you.
You have lived in luxury on the earth and in pleasure, you have nourished your hearts in a day of slaughter.
Topics on Abuse
Abuse Of Authority, Examples Of
James 2:6But you dishonor the poor. Do not the rich oppress you and drag you to tribunals?
Abuse Of Authority, Warnings Against
Ephesians 6:9And, masters, do the same things to them, forbearing threatening, knowing also that their master and yours is in heaven, and there is no respect of persons with him.
Abuse, Of Christian Freedom
Romans 6:12Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal bodies, to obey its desires,
Abuse, Of Spiritual Things
1 Corinthians 9:18What then is my reward? That preaching I may make the gospel without expense, that I may not abuse my right in the gospel.
Alcohol Abuse
Romans 13:13Let us walk becomingly, as in the day; not in revelries and drinking, not in lewdness and excesses, not in strife and envy;
Child Abuse
Matthew 18:6but whoever offends one of these little ones that believe in me, it would be better for him that a millstone should be hung to his neck, and that he should be plunged into the depths of the sea.
Love, Abuse Of
Philippians 2:3-4Do nothing in strife or vain glory, but in humility let each esteem others better than himself,
Mental Abuse
1 Peter 5:8Be sober, be watchful. Your adversary the devil goes about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour;
