60 Verses About Violence from 22 Books

2 Samuel 22:3

God, my rock, in him I will take refuge; my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower, and my refuge. My savior, you save me from violence.

Acts 5:26

Then the captain went with the officers, and brought them without violence, for they were afraid that the people might stone them.

Acts 21:35

When he came to the stairs, it happened that he was carried by the soldiers because of the violence of the crowd;

Acts 27:41

But coming to a place where two seas met, they ran the vessel aground. The bow struck and remained immovable, but the stern began to break up by the violence of the waves.

Amos 6:3

Those who put far away the evil day, and cause the seat of violence to come near;

Additions to Esther 6:7

Thus may they, who from of old and now also are malicious, may in one day with violence go into the grave, and so ever hereafter cause our affairs to be well settled and without trouble."

Ezekiel 7:11

Violence is risen up into a rod of wickedness; none of them [shall remain], nor of their multitude, nor of their wealth: neither shall there be eminency among them.



Ezekiel 7:23

Make the chain; for the land is full of bloody crimes, and the city is full of violence.

Ezekiel 8:17

Then he said to me, Have you seen [this], son of man? Is it a light thing to the house of Judah that they commit the abominations which they commit here? for they have filled the land with violence, and have turned again to provoke me to anger: and behold, they put the branch to their nose.

Ezekiel 12:19

and tell the people of the land, Thus says the Lord the LORD concerning the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and the land of Israel: They shall eat their bread with fearfulness, and drink their water in dismay, that her land may be desolate, [and despoiled] of all that is therein, because of the violence of all those who dwell therein.

Ezekiel 22:26

Her priests have done violence to my law, and have profaned my holy things: they have made no distinction between the holy and the common, neither have they caused men to discern between the unclean and the clean, and have hidden their eyes from my Sabbaths, and I am profaned among them.

Ezekiel 28:16

By the abundance of your traffic they filled the midst of you with violence, and you have sinned: therefore I have cast you as profane out of the mountain of God; and I have destroyed you, covering cherub, from the midst of the stones of fire.

Ezekiel 45:9

Thus says the Lord the LORD: Let it suffice you, princes of Israel: remove violence and spoil, and execute justice and righteousness; dispossessing my people, says the Lord the LORD.

Genesis 6:11

The earth was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.



Genesis 6:13

God said to Noah, "The end of all flesh has come before me, for the earth is filled with violence through them. Behold, I will destroy them with the earth.

Genesis 49:5

"Simeon and Levi are brothers. Their swords are weapons of violence.

Habakkuk 1:2

the LORD, how long will I cry, and you will not hear? I cry out to you "Violence!" and will you not save?

Habakkuk 1:3

Why do you show me iniquity, and look at perversity? For destruction and violence are before me. There is strife, and contention rises up.

Habakkuk 1:9

All of them come for violence. Their hordes face the desert. He gathers prisoners like sand.

Habakkuk 2:8

Because you have plundered many nations, all the remnant of the peoples will plunder you, because of men's blood, and for the violence done to the land, to the city and to all who dwell in it.

Habakkuk 2:17

For the violence done to Lebanon will overwhelm you, and the destruction of the animals, which made them afraid; because of men's blood, and for the violence done to the land, to every city and to those who dwell in them.



Isaiah 53:9

They made his grave with the wicked, and with a rich man in his death; although he had done no violence, neither was any deceit in his mouth.

Isaiah 59:6

Their webs shall not become garments, neither shall they cover themselves with their works: their works are works of iniquity, and the act of violence is in their hands.

Isaiah 60:18

Violence shall no more be heard in your land, desolation nor destruction within your borders; but you shall call your walls Salvation, and your gates Praise.

Jeremiah 6:7

As a well casts forth its waters, so she casts forth her wickedness: violence and destruction is heard in her; before me continually is sickness and wounds.

Jeremiah 13:22

If you say in your heart, Why are these things come on me? for the greatness of your iniquity are your skirts uncovered, and your heels suffer violence.

Jeremiah 20:8

For as often as I speak, I cry out; I cry, Violence and destruction! because the word of the LORD is made a reproach to me, and a derision, all the day.

Jeremiah 22:3

Thus says the LORD: Execute justice and righteousness, and deliver him who is robbed out of the hand of the oppressor: and do no wrong, do no violence, to the foreigner, the fatherless, nor the widow; neither shed innocent blood in this place.



Jeremiah 22:17

But your eyes and your heart are not but for your covetousness, and for shedding innocent blood, and for oppression, and for violence, to do it.

Jeremiah 51:35

The violence done to me and to my flesh be on Babylon, shall the inhabitant of Zion say; and, My blood be on the inhabitants of Chaldea, shall Jerusalem say.

Jeremiah 51:46

Don't let your heart faint, neither fear for the news that shall be heard in the land; for news shall come one year, and after that in another year [shall come] news, and violence in the land, ruler against ruler.

Job 16:17

Although there is no violence in my hands, and my prayer is pure.

Joel 3:19

Egypt will be a desolation, and Edom will be a desolate wilderness, for the violence done to the children of Judah, because they have shed innocent blood in their land.

Jonah 3:8

but let them be covered with sackcloth, both man and animal, and let them cry mightily to God. Yes, let them turn everyone from his evil way, and from the violence that is in his hands.

Judges 9:24

that the violence done to the seventy sons of Jerubbaal might come, and that their blood might be laid on Abimelech their brother, who killed them, and on the men of Shechem, who strengthened his hands to kill his brothers.



Luke 3:14

Soldiers also asked him, saying, "What about us? What must we do?" He said to them, "Extort from no one by violence, neither accuse anyone wrongfully. Be content with your wages."

Malachi 1:13

You say also, 'Behold, what a weariness it is!' and you have sniffed at it," says the LORD of Armies; "and you have brought that which was taken by violence, the lame, and the sick; thus you bring the offering. Should I accept this at your hand?" says the LORD.

Malachi 2:16

For I hate divorce," says the LORD, the God of Israel, "and him who covers his garment with violence!" says the LORD of Armies. "Therefore take heed to your spirit, that you don't deal treacherously.

Matthew 11:12

From the days of John the Baptizer until now, the Kingdom of Heaven suffers violence, and the violent take it by force.

Micah 6:12

Her rich men are full of violence, her inhabitants speak lies, and their tongue is deceitful in their speech.

Obadiah 1:10

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

Proverbs 3:31

Don't envy the man of violence. Choose none of his ways.

Proverbs 4:17

For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence.

Proverbs 10:6

Blessings are on the head of the righteous, but violence covers the mouth of the wicked.

Proverbs 10:11

The mouth of the righteous is a spring of life, but violence covers the mouth of the wicked.

Proverbs 13:2

By the fruit of his lips, a man enjoys good things; but the unfaithful crave violence.

Proverbs 16:29

A man of violence entices his neighbor, and leads him in a way that is not good.

Proverbs 21:7

The violence of the wicked will drive them away, because they refuse to do what is right.

Proverbs 24:2

for their hearts plot violence, and their lips talk about mischief.

Proverbs 26:6

One who sends a message by the hand of a fool is cutting off feet and drinking violence.

Psalms 7:16

The trouble he causes shall return to his own head. His violence shall come down on the crown of his own head.

Psalms 11:5

the LORD examines the righteous, but the wicked and him who loves violence his soul hates.

Psalms 55:9

Confuse them, Lord, and confound their language, for I have seen violence and strife in the city.

Psalms 58:2

No, in your heart you plot injustice. You measure out the violence of your hands in the earth.

Psalms 72:14

He will redeem their soul from oppression and violence. Their blood will be precious in his sight.

Psalms 73:6

Therefore pride is like a chain around their neck. Violence covers them like a garment.

Psalms 74:20

Honor your covenant, for haunts of violence fill the dark places of the earth.

Revelation 18:21

A mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone and cast it into the sea, saying, "Thus with violence will Babylon, the great city, be thrown down, and will be found no more at all.

Zephaniah 1:9

In that day, I will punish all those who leap over the threshold, who fill their master's house with violence and deceit.

Zephaniah 3:4

Her prophets are arrogant and treacherous people. Her priests have profaned the sanctuary. They have done violence to the law.





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