18 Bible Verses about Violence

who, being reviled, reviled not again; suffering, he threatened not, but gave up to the one judging righteously:

But the works of carnality are manifest, which are fornication, uncleanness, debauchery, idolatry, sorcery, enmities, strife, jealousy, animosities, selfseekings, divisions, heresies, envyings, drunkenness, revellings, and things like unto these: which I tell you beforehand, as I did previously say to you, that those doing such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.

with all humility and meekness, with long suffering, forbearing one another in divine love;

Let your clemency be made known to all men; the Lord is nigh.

not given to wine, not a controvertist; but gentle, peaceable, not a money lover;

But it does not behoove the servant of the Lord to strive, but to be gentle toward all, competent to teach, enduring evil,

For it behooves the bishop to be blameless, as the steward of God; not audacious, not irascible, not given to wine, not a controvertist, not fond of filthy lucre;

And they having gone away, behold, the angel of the Lord appears in a dream to Joseph, saying; Having arisen, take the young child and His mother, and fly into Egypt; and be thou there until I may speak to thee; for Herod is about to seek the young child in order to destroy Him.

And one of them smote the servant of the high priest, and cut off his right ear. And Jesus responding said, Hold on until this: and touching his ear, healed him.

Jesus responding said, A certain man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho; and fell among thieves, who indeed having stripped him of his raiment, administered blows, went away, leaving him half dead.

Now therefore do you appeal to the chiliarch along with the sanhedrim, that he may lead him down to you, as about to investigate matters concerning him more thoroughly: and we are ready to kill him before he comes nigh. And the son of Paul's sister, having heard of ambuscade, coming and entering into the castle, reported it to Paul.