25 Bible Verses about Wronging Other People

And when you sell something to your fellow citizen or [you] buy from your neighbor's hand, you must not oppress {one another}.

And you must not oppress {one another}, but you shall revere your God, because I [am] Yahweh, your God.

And it happened [that] after these things the cupbearer of the king of Egypt and [his] baker did wrong against their lord, against the king of Egypt.

Then Reuben answered them, saying, "Did I not say to you, do not sin against the boy? But you did not listen, and now, behold, his blood has been sought."

So Jonathan spoke well about David to his father Saul and said to him, "The king should not sin against his servant David, because he has not sinned against you, and because his service for you [has been] very good.

He put his life in his hand and attacked the Philistine, and Yahweh brought about a great victory for all of Israel, and you saw [it] and rejoiced! Now why should you sin against innocent blood by killing David without cause?"

"Thus you must say to Joseph, 'O, please now forgive the transgression of your brothers and their sin, for they did evil to you.' So now, please forgive the transgression of the servants of the God of your father." And Joseph wept when they spoke to him.

Straw [is] not being given to your servants, but [they are] saying to us, 'Make bricks!' and, look, your servants [are] being beaten, but it is the fault of your people."

For this deed of the queen {will be known} to all the women, causing them {to look with contempt on their husbands}, as they will say, 'King Ahasuerus commanded Queen Vashti to be brought before him but she did not come!'

These ten times you have disgraced me; you are not ashamed [that] you have attacked me.

"Look, I know your thoughts and [the] schemes you devise against me.

You have seen my injustice, O Yahweh; judge my case.

And he said to them, "Let Yahweh be thus with you [as soon] as I release you and your dependents. See that evil is before your faces.

Then Jeremiah said to King Zedekiah, "What did I do wrong to you, or to your servants, or to this people, that you have put me in {prison}?

For if you forgive people their sins, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.

But if you do not forgive people, neither will your Father forgive your sins.

"Now if your brother sins against you, go correct him between you and him alone. If he listens to you, you have gained your brother.

Then Peter came up to him [and] said, "Lord, how many times will my brother sin against me and I will forgive him? Up to seven times?"

But he answered one of them [and] said, 'Friend, I am not doing you wrong. Did you not come to an agreement with me for a denarius?

And if he sins against you seven times in a day, and seven times he returns to you saying, 'I repent,' you must forgive him."

And on the following day, he made an appearance to them [while they] were fighting and was attempting to reconcile them in peace, saying, 'Men [and] brothers, why are you doing wrong to one another?'

Therefore it is already completely a loss for you that you have lawsuits with one another. Why not rather be wronged? Why not rather be defrauded?

But you wrong and defraud, and [do] this [to] brothers!

Now [if you] sin in this way against the brothers and wound their conscience, which is weak, you sin against Christ.

I ask you, brothers, become like me, because I also [have become] like you. You have done me no [wrong]!