18 Bible Verses about Violence

When he was reviled, he did not revile again; when he suffered, he did not threaten, but committed himself to him that judges righteously.

Now the works of the flesh are well known, and they are these lewdness, uncleanness, wantonness, idolatry, sorcery, enmities, strifes, jealousies, anger, party-spirit, divisions, sects, envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like; with respect to which, I tell you now, as I also told you in times past, that those who practice such things shall riot inherit the kingdom of God.

with all lowliness and meekness, with long-suffering, bearing with one another in love,

Let your gentleness be known to all men: the Lord is at hand.

not fond of wine, not quarrelsome, not one who makes money by base means; but gentle, not contentious, not covetous;

and the servant of the Lord must not be contentious, but gentle toward all men, able to teach, patient under evils,

For the bishop must be blame less, as the steward of God; not self-willed, not passionate, not fond of wine, not quarrelsome, not one who makes money by base means;

When they had departed, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream, saying: Arise, and take the young child and his mother, and flee into Egypt, and be there till I bring you word; for Herod is about to seek for the young child, to destroy him.

And a certain one of them struck the servant of the chief priest, and cut off his right ear. And Jesus answered and said: Let this matter proceed thus far. And he touched his ear and healed him.

And Jesus answered and said: A certain man went down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among; robbers, who stripped him of his raiment, and wounded him, and went away, leaving him half dead.

Now, therefore, do you, together with the Sanhedrin, give notice to the officer, that he bring him down to you to-morrow, as if you intended to inquire more accurately into the matters concerning him: and before he comes near, we are ready to kill him. But the son of Paul's sister heard of the plot, and he went and entered the fortress, and told Paul.