14 Bible Verses about Violence In The Earth

Most Relevant Verses

Genesis 6:11

And the earth was corrupt before God, and the earth was full of violence.

Genesis 6:13

And God said to Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me, for the earth is full of violence through them; and behold, I will destroy them with the earth.

Ezekiel 8:17

And he said unto me, Seest thou, son of man? Is it a light thing to the house of Judah to commit the abominations which they commit here, that they yet fill the land with violence, and keep provoking me afresh to anger? And behold, they put the branch to their nose.

Ezekiel 7:23

Make the chain; for the land is full of bloody crimes, and the city is full of violence.

Psalm 74:20

Have respect unto the covenant; for the dark places of the earth are full of the dwellings of violence.

Jeremiah 51:46

lest your heart faint, and ye fear for the rumour that shall be heard in the land; for a rumour shall come one year, and after that a rumour in another year, and violence in the earth, ruler against ruler.

Jeremiah 6:7

As a well poureth forth her waters, so she poureth forth her wickedness: violence and destruction are heard in her; before me continually are grief and wounds.

Ezekiel 12:19

and say unto the people of the land, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah concerning the inhabitants of Jerusalem, in the land of Israel: They shall eat their bread with anxiety, and drink their water with astonishment, because her land shall be left desolate of all that is in it, for the violence of all them that dwell therein.

Joel 3:19

Egypt shall be a desolation, and Edom shall be a desolate wilderness, for the violence against the children of Judah, in that they have shed innocent blood in their land.

Micah 6:12

For her rich men are full of violence, and her inhabitants speak lies, and their tongue is deceitful in their mouth.

Habakkuk 1:2

Jehovah, how long shall I cry and thou wilt not hear? I cry out unto thee, Violence! and thou dost not save.

Habakkuk 1:3

Why dost thou cause me to see iniquity, and lookest thou upon grievance? For spoiling and violence are before me; and there is strife, and contention riseth up.

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