7 Bible Verses about Avoiding Violence

Thou shalt not envy against a man of violence, and thou shalt choose in all his ways.

Thou shalt not take up a false report: thou shalt not put thy hand with the unjust one to be a witness of wrong.

Thus said the Lord Jehovah: Enough to you, O princes of Israel: remove ye violence and oppression, and do judgment and justice, lift up your expulsions from off my people, says the Lord Jehovah.

And they making war asked him, saying, And what shall do? And he said to them, Shake none violently, neither make slanderous accusation; and be content with your pay.

And man and beast shall be covered with sackcloth, and they shall cry with strength to Jehovah: and they shall turn back each from his evil way, and the violence which is in their hands.

For he hated sending away, says Jehovah God of Israel: and he covered violence with his clothing, said Jehovah of armies: and ye watched in your spirit, and ye shall not deal faithlessly.

For the works of men, by the word of thy lips I watched the ways of the violent one.