17 occurrences

'Wrong' in the Bible

And Sarai said unto Abram, My wrong be upon thee: I gave my handmaid into they bosom; and when she saw that she had conceived, I was despised in her eyes: Jehovah judge between me and thee.

Verse ConceptsGod, As JudgeCriticism, against believersAbraham, Testing And VictoryPeople Possibly Doing Evil

And he went out the second day, and, behold, two men of the Hebrews were striving together: and he said to him that did the wrong, Wherefore smitest thou thy fellow?

Verse ConceptsFighting One AnotherTwo Other Men

And if thou sell aught unto thy neighbor, or buy of thy neighbor's hand, ye shall not wrong one another.

Verse ConceptsBuying and sellingTradeWronging Other Peoplecheaterssales

I therefore have not sinned against thee, but thou doest me wrong to war against me: Jehovah, the Judge, be judge this day between the children of Israel and the children of Ammon.

Verse ConceptsGod, As JudgeJudgesJustification, Necessity Of

And she said unto him, Not so, because this great wrong in putting me forth is worse than the other that thou didst unto me. But he would not hearken unto her.

It may be that Jehovah will look on the wrong done unto me, and that Jehovah will requite me good for his cursing of me this day.

Verse ConceptsGod Seeing Their AfflictionGod Sending His SonGod Will Requite

And David went out to meet them, and answered and said unto them, If ye be come peaceably unto me to help me, my heart shall be knit unto you; but if ye be come to betray me to mine adversaries, seeing there is no wrong in my hands, the God of our fathers look thereon, and rebuke it.

Verse ConceptsBetrayalPeople HelpingHurt And Betrayal

He suffered no man to do them wrong; Yea, he reproved kings for their sakes,

And Memucan answered before the king and the princes, Vashti the queen hath not done wrong to the king only, but also to all the princes, and to all the peoples that are in all the provinces of the king Ahasuerus.

Behold, I know your thoughts, And the devices wherewith ye would wrong me.

Verse ConceptsPeople With General KnowledgeWronging Other PeopleThoughtsimagination

He suffered no man to do them wrong; Yea, he reproved kings for their sakes,

Verse ConceptsRebukeGod ForbiddingGod Requite Them!For The Sake Of God's People

Thus saith Jehovah: Execute ye justice and righteousness, and deliver him that is robbed out of the hand of the oppressor: and do no wrong, do no violence, to the sojourner, the fatherless, nor the widow; neither shed innocent blood in this place.

Verse ConceptsCruelty, God's attitude toAliens, God's AttitudeExploitationsBereaved, Care ForSocial JusticeInnocence, Teaching OnOppression, Nature OfOppression, God's Attitude ToOrphansOutsidersRighteousness, Of BelieversSanctity Of LifeViolenceWidows, Should Not BeSheddingOppressing ForeignersSaving PeopleDo Not MurderRobbing PeopleImmigrants

O Jehovah, thou hast seen my wrong; judge thou my cause.

Verse ConceptsWronging Other People

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Unseasonable (1 instance)
Unsuitable (2 instances)
Untimely (6 instances)

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