'Violence' in the Bible

And the earth [was] corrupted before God, and the earth was filled [with] violence.

And God said to Noah, "The end of all flesh [has] come before me, for the earth was filled [with] violence because of them. Now, look, I [am going] to destroy them [along] with the earth.

Simeon and Levi [are] brothers; weapons of violence [are] their swords. Let me not come into their council.

so that the violence done to the seventy brothers of Abimelech would be avenged and their blood be placed on Abimelech their brother, who killed them, and on the lords of Shechem, {who helped} to kill his brothers.

Here is my virgin daughter and his concubine. Please, let me bring them out; do violence to them, and do to them {whatever you please}. Do not do this disgraceful thing to this man."

I take refuge in God, my rock, my shield, and the {strength} of my salvation. My stronghold and my refuge, O my savior, you will save me from violence!

He brings me out from my enemies, and from those who rose up against me you lift me up, and from men of violence you rescue me.

{although} violence [is] not on my hands, and my prayer [is] pure.

"Look, I cry out, 'Violence!' but I am not answered; I cry out, but there is no justice.

His trouble comes back on his head, and his violence comes down on his skull.

Yahweh tests [the] righteous, but [the] wicked and [the] lover of violence his soul hates.

who delivered me from my enemies. Indeed, you exalted me higher than [those who] rose against me. You delivered me from the man of violence.

Do not give me over to the desire of my enemies, because false witnesses have arisen against me, and [each] breathing out violence.

Confuse, O Lord; divide their speech, because I see violence and strife in the city.

No, in [your] heart you plan injustices; in the land you weigh out the violence of your hands.

From oppression and from violence he will redeem their lives, and their blood will be precious in his eyes.

Therefore pride is their necklace; an outfit of violence covers them.

Have regard for the covenant, because [the] dark places of [the] land are full of [the] haunts of violence.

Do not let a {slanderer} be established in the land; as for [the] man of violence, let evil hunt him quickly.

Do not envy a man of violence, and do not choose any of his ways,

For they ate the bread of wickedness, and they drank the wine of violence.

Blessings [belong] to the head of the righteous, but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence.

A fountain of life [is] a mouth of righteousness, and a mouth of wickedness conceals violence.

A person of violence will entice his neighbor and cause him to walk on a way [that is] not good.

He who does violence to a father, he who chases away a mother, [is] a child who causes shame and brings reproach.

The violence of the wicked will sweep them away, for they refuse to do justice.

For their minds will devise violence, and their lips will speak mischief.

Do not lie in wait [like] an outlaw against the home of the righteous; do not do violence [to] his dwelling place.

[Like] cutting off feet [or] drinking violence, so [is] he who sends messages in the hand of a fool.

Do not be surprised if you see the poor being oppressed with violence or [do not see] justice and righteousness in the province. For one official is watched by a higher official, and [there are] even higher officials over them!

He made his grave with [the] wicked, and with [the] rich in his death, although he had done no violence, and [there was] no deceit in his mouth.

Their webs cannot become clothing, and they cannot cover themselves with their works. Their works [are] works of iniquity, and deeds of violence [are] in their hands.

Violence shall no longer be heard in your land; devastation or destruction on your borders. And you shall call your walls Salvation, and your gates, Praise.

As a water well keeps its water cool, so she keeps cool her wickedness. Violence and destruction are heard within her, sickness and wounds [are] continually {before me}.

And if you say in your heart, 'Why have these [things] happened to me?' Because of the greatness of your iniquity your skirts are uncovered; your heels have endured violence.

For {as often as} I speak, I must cry out violence and destruction. I must shout, for the word of Yahweh has become for me a disgrace and derision all day [long].

"[May] the violence done to me and to my flesh [be] on Babylon," the inhabitants of Zion will say; and "My blood [be] upon the inhabitants of Chaldea," Jerusalem will say.

Now {so that you are not fainthearted}, and you are afraid at the rumors that are heard in the land-- and in the year the rumor comes, and in the year after it the rumor, and violence [is] in the land, with ruler against ruler--

Violence has grown to [become] a staff of wickedness; {none} from them [will remain], and {none} from their abundance nor from their wealth; and prominence [will] not [be] among them.

Make a chain for the land; it is full of {bloody crimes} and the city is full of violence.

And he said to me, "Have you seen, son of man? {Was it too small a thing} for the house of Judah {to do} the detestable things that they did here? For they filled up the land [with] violence, and {they provoked me to anger again}, and look! They [are] putting the branch to their nose.

And you must say to the people of the land, 'Thus says the Lord Yahweh to the inhabitants of Jerusalem about the land of Israel: "They will eat their food with anxiety and their water they will drink with horror, because their land will be desolate from its fullness because of all the violence of {those who are dwelling in it}.

In the abundance of your trading, they filled the midst of you [with] violence, and you sinned; and I cast you as a profane thing from the mountain of God, and I expelled you, [the] guardian cherub, from the midst of [the] stones of fire.

Thus says the Lord Yahweh, "Enough [of this] for you, the princes of Israel; put away violence and destruction and do justice and righteousness; revoke your [acts of] dispossession from upon my people!" {declares} the Lord Yahweh.

Ephraim herds [the] wind and [is] pursuing [the] east wind all day long; he multiplies deception and violence and he {makes a treaty with Assyria}, and oil is brought to Egypt.

Egypt will become a desolation, and Edom will become a {desolate desert}, because of the violence [they did] against the children of Judah, in whose land they have shed innocent blood.

"They do not know [how] to do right," {declares Yahweh}, "those who store up violence and destruction in their citadel fortresses."

You that put off the day of disaster and bring near a reign of violence!

"Because of the violence done to your brother Jacob, shame will cover you and you will be cut off forever.

And [the] human beings and [the] animals must be covered [with] sackcloth! And they must call forcefully to God, and each must turn from his evil way and from the violence that is in his hands.

Because her rich are full of violence, and her inhabitants speak lies, and their tongue [is] deceitful in their mouth.

O Yahweh, how long shall I cry for help and you will not listen? [How long] will I cry out to you, "Violence!" and you will not save?

Why do you cause me to see evil [while] you look at trouble? Destruction and violence happen before me; contention and strife arise.

All of them come for violence, their faces pressing forward. They gather captives like the sand.

Because you plundered many nations, all the remaining nations will plunder you on account of the blood of humanity and violence [against the] land, [and against] cities and all who live in them.

For [the] violence of Lebanon will cover you, and [the] destruction of wild animals will shatter them on account of the blood of humanity, and [the] violence [against the] land, [against] a city and all the inhabitants in it.

And on that day I will punish all who leap over the threshold, who fill up the house of their master [with] violence and deceit.

Her prophets [are] arrogant men of treachery; her priests have defiled [that which is] holy; they do violence to [the] law.

"For hate divorce," says Yahweh, the God of Israel, "and he [who] covers his clothing [with] violence," says Yahweh of hosts. "{You must be attentive to} your spirit and you must not be unfaithful."

And when he came to the steps, it happened that he had to be carried by the soldiers on account of the violence of the crowd,

But falling into a place of crosscurrents, they ran the ship aground. And the bow stuck fast [and] stayed immovable, but the stern was being broken up by the violence.

And one powerful angel picked up a stone like a great millstone and threw [it] into the sea, saying, "In this way Babylon the great city will be thrown down with violence, and will never be found again!