1 Bible Verses about Self Defence

But what praise is due, if, when you commit faults and are buffeted, you bear it patiently? Yet if, when you do well, and suffer, you bear it patiently, this is acceptable with God. Besides, to this you were called; for even Christ suffered for us, leaving us a pattern, that you should follow his footsteps; who did not sin, neither was guile found in his mouth;read more.
who, when he was reviled, did not revile in return; when he suffered he did not threaten, but committed his cause to him who judges righteously-