59 Bible Verses about Abuse

and those using this world, as not using it up; for passing away is the fashion of this world.

now, then, may we go forth unto him without the camp, his reproach bearing;

bless those cursing you, and pray for those accusing you falsely;

but now put off, even ye, the whole -- anger, wrath, malice, evil-speaking, filthy talking -- out of your mouth.

What then? shall we sin because we are not under law but under grace? let it not be!

greater wealth having reckoned the reproach of the Christ than the treasures in Egypt, for he did look to the recompense of reward;

What, then, shall we say? shall we continue in the sin that the grace may abound?

For of adulterers hath the land been full, For because of these hath the land mourned, Dried up hath been the pleasant places of the wilderness, And their course is evil, and their might -- not right.

'Any widow or orphan ye do not afflict;

I have seen the wicked terrible, And spreading as a green native plant,

And when a man smiteth his man-servant or his handmaid, with a rod, and he hath died under his hand -- he is certainly avenged;

for ye bear, if any one is bringing you under bondage, if any one doth devour, if any one doth take away, if any one doth exalt himself, if any one on the face doth smite you;

and labour, working with our own hands; being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we suffer;

Happy are ye whenever they may reproach you, and may persecute, and may say any evil thing against you falsely for my sake --

For ye -- to freedom ye were called, brethren, only not the freedom for an occasion to the flesh, but through the love serve ye one another,

the husbands! love your wives, and be not bitter with them;

The fruit of thy ground, and all thy labour, eat up doth a people whom thou hast not known; and thou hast been only oppressed and bruised all the days;

'Why have we fasted, and Thou hast not seen? We have afflicted our soul, and Thou knowest not.' Lo, in the day of your fast ye find pleasure, And all your labours ye exact.

Then crucified with him are two robbers, one on the right hand, and one on the left,

but I -- I say to you, Love your enemies, bless those cursing you, do good to those hating you, and pray for those accusing you falsely, and persecuting you,

The instructor of a scorner Is receiving for it -- shame, And a reprover of the wicked -- his blemish.

Even in thy mind a king revile not, And in the inner parts of thy bed-chamber Revile not the rich: For a fowl of the heavens causeth the voice to go, And a possessor of wings declareth the word.

and Saul saith to the bearer of his weapons, 'Draw thy sword, and pierce me with it, lest they come -- these uncircumcised -- and have pierced me, and rolled themselves on me;' and the bearer of his weapons hath not been willing, for he is greatly afraid, and Saul taketh the sword, and falleth upon it.

Son of man, prophesy concerning shepherds of Israel, prophesy, and thou hast said unto them: To the shepherds, thus said the Lord Jehovah: Woe to the shepherds of Israel, Who have been feeding themselves! The flock do not the shepherds feed?

Also to all the words that they speak give not thy heart, that thou hear not thy servant reviling thee.

'And a sojourner thou dost not oppress, nor crush him, for sojourners ye have been in the land of Egypt.

Rob not the poor because he is poor, And bruise not the afflicted in the gate.

Cast out a scorner -- and contention goeth out, And strife and shame cease.

and chiefly those going behind the flesh in desire of uncleanness, and lordship despising; presumptuous, self-complacent, dignities they are not afraid to speak evil of,

And those passing by were speaking evil of him, shaking their heads, and saying, 'Ah, the thrower down of the sanctuary, and in three days the builder!

lo, my daughter, the virgin, and his concubine, let me bring them out, I pray you, and humble ye them, and do to them that which is good in your eyes, and to this man do not this foolish thing.'

but see, lest this privilege of yours may become a stumbling-block to the infirm,

Have ye not known that your body is a sanctuary of the Holy Spirit in you, which ye have from God? and ye are not your own,

And whoever may speak a word against the Son of Man it shall be forgiven to him, but whoever may speak against the Holy Spirit, it shall not be forgiven him, neither in this age, nor in that which is coming.

They are making their heart glad, and lo, men of the city, men -- sons of worthlessness -- have gone round about the house, beating on the door, and they speak unto the old man, the master of the house, saying, 'Bring out the man who hath come unto thine house, and we know him.'

Devise not against thy neighbour evil, And he sitting confidently with thee.

He is oppressing the poor to multiply to him, He is giving to the rich -- only to want.

'And he who smiteth his father or his mother is certainly put to death.

What, then, is my reward? -- that proclaiming good news, without charge I shall make the good news of the Christ, not to abuse my authority in the good news;

so that whoever may eat this bread or may drink the cup of the Lord unworthily, guilty he shall be of the body and blood of the Lord:

in which they think it strange -- your not running with them to the same excess of dissoluteness, speaking evil,

who being reviled -- was not reviling again, suffering -- was not threatening, and was committing himself to Him who is judging righteously,

not giving back evil for evil, or railing for railing, and on the contrary, blessing, having known that to this ye were called, that a blessing ye may inherit;

and those passing by were speaking evil of him, wagging their heads,

as free, and not having the freedom as the cloak of the evil, but as servants of God;

partly both with reproaches and tribulations being made spectacles, and partly having become partners of those so living,

By day and by night they go round it, on its walls. Both iniquity and perverseness are in its midst,

And one of the evil-doers who were hanged, was speaking evil of him, saying, 'If thou be the Christ, save thyself and us.'