25 Bible Verses about Wronging Other People

And if ye sell ought unto your neighbour, or buy of your neighbour's hand, ye shall not overreach one another.

And ye shall not oppress one another; but thou shalt fear thy God; for I am Jehovah your God.

And it came to pass after these things, that the cup-bearer of the king of Egypt and the baker offended their lord the king of Egypt.

And Reuben answered them, saying, Did I not speak to you, saying, Do not sin against the lad? But ye did not hearken; and now behold, his blood also is required.

And Jonathan spoke good of David to Saul his father, and said to him, Let not the king sin against his servant, against David, because he has not sinned against thee; for also what he did was very advantageous to thee;

for he put his life in hand, and smote the Philistine, and Jehovah wrought a great salvation for all Israel: thou didst see it, and didst rejoice; why then wilt thou sin against innocent blood, in slaying David without cause?

Thus shall ye speak to Joseph: Oh forgive, I pray thee, the transgression of thy brethren, and their sin! for they did evil to thee. And now, we pray thee, forgive the transgression of the servants of the God of thy father. And Joseph wept when they spoke to him.

There is no straw given to thy bondmen, and they say to us, Make brick; and behold, thy bondmen are beaten, but it is the fault of thy people.

For the act of the queen will come abroad to all women, so as to render their husbands contemptible in their eyes, when they shall say, The king Ahasuerus commanded the queen Vashti to be brought in before him, and she came not!

These ten times have ye reproached me; ye are not ashamed to stupefy me.

Lo, I know your thoughts, and the devices ye wrongfully imagine against me.

Jehovah, thou hast seen my wrong: judge thou my cause.

And he said to them, Let Jehovah be so with you, as I let you go, and your little ones: see that evil is before you!

And Jeremiah said unto king Zedekiah, What have I offended against thee, or against thy servants, or against this people, that ye have put me in the prison?

For if ye forgive men their offences, your heavenly Father also will forgive you yours,

but if ye do not forgive men their offences, neither will your Father forgive your offences.

But if thy brother sin against thee, go, reprove him between thee and him alone. If he hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother.

Then Peter came to him and said, Lord, how often shall my brother sin against me and I forgive him? until seven times?

But he answering said to one of them, My friend, I do not wrong thee. Didst thou not agree with me for a denarius?

And if he should sin against thee seven times in the day, and seven times should return to thee, saying, I repent, thou shalt forgive him.

And on the morrow he shewed himself to them as they were contending, and compelled them to peace, saying, Ye are brethren, why do ye wrong one another?

Already indeed then it is altogether a fault in you that ye have suits between yourselves. Why do ye not rather suffer wrong? why are ye not rather defrauded?

But ye do wrong, and defraud, and this your brethren.

Now, thus sinning against the brethren, and wounding their weak conscience, ye sin against Christ.

Be as I am, for I also am as ye, brethren, I beseech you: ye have not at all wronged me.