18 Bible Verses about Violence
Most Relevant Verses
He was abused but he did not retort. He suffered but he did not threaten, but committed his case to him who judges justly.
The things our physical nature does are clear enough??mmorality, impurity, licentiousness, idolatry, sorcery, enmity, quarreling, jealousy, anger, selfishness, dissension, party-spirit, envy, drunkenness, carousing, and the like. I warn you as I did before that people who do such things will have no share in the Kingdom of God.
with perfect humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another lovingly.
not addicted to drink or pugnacious, but a man of moderation and peace, not avaricious,
and a slave of the Lord must not quarrel, but treat everyone kindly; he must be persuasive and unresentful,
For as God's overseer a superintendent must be irreproachable, not arrogant or quick-tempered or given to drink or pugnacious or addicted to dishonest gain,
When they were gone, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream, and said, "Wake up! Take the child and his mother and make your escape to Egypt, and stay there until I tell you to leave. For Herod is going to look for the child in order to make away with him."
And one of them did strike at the high priest's slave and cut his right ear off. But Jesus answered, "Let me do this much!" And he touched his ear and healed him.
Jesus replied, "A man was on his way down from Jerusalem to Jericho, when he fell into the hands of robbers, and they stripped him and beat him and went off leaving him half dead.
Now you and the council must suggest to the colonel that he should have Paul brought down to you, as you mean to look into his case more carefully, and we will be ready to kill him before he gets down." But Paul's nephew heard of the plot, and he came and got into the barracks, and told Paul.
From Thematic Bible
Riches » Often lead to » Violence
Strife » Leads to » Violence
Violence » Not performing violence
He said to him, "Which ones?" Jesus said, "These: 'You shall not murder, You shall not commit adultery, You shall not steal, You shall not bear false witness,
Owe nobody anything??xcept the duty of mutual love, for whoever loves his fellow-men has fully satisfied the Law. For the commandments, "You must not commit adultery, You must not murder, You must not steal, You must not covet," and any other commandments there are, are all summed up in one saying, "You must love your neighbor as you do yourself."
For he who said, "You must not commit adultery," said also, "You must not commit murder." Now if you abstain from adultery, but commit murder, you are still a violator of the Law.
And soldiers would ask him, "And what ought we to do?" He said to them, "Do not extort money or make false charges against people, but be satisfied with your pay."
Violence » Who is violent
Whoever hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that no murderer can have eternal life remain in his heart.
Violence » The reward for violence
Violence » The lord hating violence
Violence » Who shall eat violence
Violence » What violence does
Topics on Violence
Avoiding Violence
Luke 3:14And soldiers would ask him, "And what ought we to do?" He said to them, "Do not extort money or make false charges against people, but be satisfied with your pay."
Death Penalty For Violence
Mark 7:10For Moses said, 'Honor your father and your mother,' and again, 'Whoever abuses his father or mother must be put to death.'
Domestic Violence
Matthew 5:31-32"They were told, 'Anyone who divorces his wife must give her a certificate of divorce.'
Pursuing Violence
Matthew 11:12But from the time of John the Baptist until now men have been taking the Kingdom of Heaven by storm and impetuously crowding into it.
Violence In The Earth
2 Timothy 3:3unfeeling, irreconcilable, slanderous, with no self-control, brutal, with no love for what is good,
