'Violence' in the Bible

The earth was ruined in the sight of God; the earth was filled with violence.

So God said to Noah, "I have decided that all living creatures must die, for the earth is filled with violence because of them. Now I am about to destroy them and the earth.

Simeon and Levi are brothers, weapons of violence are their knives!

My God is my rocky summit where I take shelter, my shield, the horn that saves me, my stronghold, my refuge, my savior. You save me from violence!

although there is no violence in my hands and my prayer is pure.

"If I cry out, 'Violence!' I receive no answer; I cry for help, but there is no justice.

Then from the wicked the light is withheld, and the arm raised in violence is broken.

He becomes the victim of his own destructive plans and the violence he intended for others falls on his own head.

The Lord approves of the godly, but he hates the wicked and those who love to do violence.

"Because of the violence done to the oppressed, because of the painful cries of the needy, I will spring into action," says the Lord. "I will provide the safety they so desperately desire."

Confuse them, O Lord! Frustrate their plans! For I see violence and conflict in the city.

Disaster is within it; violence and deceit do not depart from its public square.

Because they are bent on violence, do not let them escape! In your anger bring down the nations, O God!

No! You plan how to do what is unjust; you deal out violence in the earth.

From harm and violence he will defend them; he will value their lives.

Arrogance is their necklace, and violence their clothing.

They mock and say evil things; they proudly threaten violence.

Remember your covenant promises, for the dark regions of the earth are full of places where violence rules.

For they eat bread gained from wickedness and drink wine obtained from violence.

Blessings are on the head of the righteous, but the speech of the wicked conceals violence.

The teaching of the righteous is a fountain of life, but the speech of the wicked conceals violence.

From the fruit of his speech a person eats good things, but the faithless desire the fruit of violence.

The violence done by the wicked will drag them away because they refuse to do what is right.

for their hearts contemplate violence, and their lips speak harm.

Like cutting off the feet or drinking violence, so is sending a message by the hand of a fool.

Sounds of violence will no longer be heard in your land, or the sounds of destruction and devastation within your borders. You will name your walls, 'Deliverance,' and your gates, 'Praise.'

As a well continually pours out fresh water so it continually pours out wicked deeds. Sounds of violence and destruction echo throughout it. All I see are sick and wounded people.'

They do one act of violence after another, and one deceitful thing after another. They refuse to pay attention to me," says the Lord.

For whenever I prophesy, I must cry out, "Violence and destruction are coming!" This message from the Lord has made me an object of continual insults and derision.

I will certainly save you. You will not fall victim to violence. You will escape with your life because you trust in me. I, the Lord, affirm it!"'"

The person who lives in Zion says, "May Babylon pay for the violence done to me and to my relatives." Jerusalem says, "May those living in Babylonia pay for the bloodshed of my people."

Do not lose your courage or become afraid because of the reports that are heard in the land. For a report will come in one year. Another report will follow it in the next. There will be violence in the land with ruler fighting against ruler."

Violence has grown into a staff that supports wickedness. Not one of them will be left -- not from their crowd, not from their wealth, not from their prominence.

(Make the chain, because the land is full of murder and the city is full of violence.)

He said to me, "Do you see, son of man? Is it a trivial thing that the house of Judah commits these abominations they are practicing here? For they have filled the land with violence and provoked me to anger still further. Look, they are putting the branch to their nose!

Then say to the people of the land, 'This is what the sovereign Lord says about the inhabitants of Jerusalem and of the land of Israel: They will eat their bread with anxiety and drink their water in fright, for their land will be stripped bare of all it contains because of the violence of all who live in it.

In the abundance of your trade you were filled with violence, and you sinned; so I defiled you and banished you from the mountain of God -- the guardian cherub expelled you from the midst of the stones of fire.

"'This is what the sovereign Lord says: Enough, you princes of Israel! Put away violence and destruction, and do what is just and right. Put an end to your evictions of my people, declares the sovereign Lord.

There is only cursing, lying, murder, stealing, and adultery. They resort to violence and bloodshed.

Ephraim continually feeds on the wind; he chases the east wind all day; he multiplies lies and violence. They make treaties with Assyria, and send olive oil as tribute to Egypt.

Egypt will be desolate and Edom will be a desolate wilderness, because of the violence they did to the people of Judah, in whose land they shed innocent blood.

Make this announcement in the fortresses of Ashdod and in the fortresses in the land of Egypt. Say this: "Gather on the hills around Samaria! Observe the many acts of violence taking place within the city, the oppressive deeds occurring in it."

"They do not know how to do what is right." (The Lord is speaking.) "They store up the spoils of destructive violence in their fortresses.

You refuse to believe a day of disaster will come, but you establish a reign of violence.

Every person and animal must put on sackcloth and must cry earnestly to God, and everyone must turn from their evil way of living and from the violence that they do.

You build Zion through bloody crimes, Jerusalem through unjust violence.

The city's rich men think nothing of resorting to violence; her inhabitants lie, their tongues speak deceptive words.

How long, Lord, must I cry for help? But you do not listen! I call out to you, "Violence!" But you do not intervene!

Why do you force me to witness injustice? Why do you put up with wrongdoing? Destruction and violence confront me; conflict is present and one must endure strife.

All of them intend to do violence; every face is determined. They take prisoners as easily as one scoops up sand.

On that day I will punish all who leap over the threshold, who fill the house of their master with wealth taken by violence and deceit.

"I hate divorce," says the Lord God of Israel, "and the one who is guilty of violence," says the Lord who rules over all. "Pay attention to your conscience, and do not be unfaithful."