30 Bible Verses About Abuse

“The Lord examines the righteous, but the wicked, those who love violence, he hates with a passion.”

“Rescue me, Lord, from evildoers; protect me from the violent, who devise evil plans in their hearts and stir up war every day.”

“Do not envy the violent or choose any of their ways. For the Lord detests the perverse but takes the upright into his confidence.”

“There are six things the Lord hates, seven that are detestable to him: haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood, a heart that devises wicked schemes, feet that are quick to rush into evil, a false witness who pours out lies and a person who stirs up conflict in the community.”

“The mouth of the righteous is a fountain of life, but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence.”

“Whoever brings ruin on their family will inherit only wind, and the fool will be servant to the wise.”

“A violent person entices their neighbor and leads them down a path that is not good.”

“The violence of the wicked will drag them away, for they refuse to do what is right.”

“Like a city whose walls are broken through is a person who lacks self-control.”

“Learn to do right; seek justice. Defend the oppressed. Take up the cause of the fatherless; plead the case of the widow.”

“Their cobwebs are useless for clothing; they cannot cover themselves with what they make. Their deeds are evil deeds, and acts of violence are in their hands.”

“This is what the Lord says: Do what is just and right. Rescue from the hand of the oppressor the one who has been robbed. Do no wrong or violence to the foreigner, the fatherless or the widow, and do not shed innocent blood in this place.”

“You have not strengthened the weak or healed the sick or bound up the injured. You have not brought back the strays or searched for the lost. You have ruled them harshly and brutally.”

“Woe to those who plan iniquity, to those who plot evil on their beds! At morning’s light they carry it out because it is in their power to do it. They covet fields and seize them, and houses, and take them. They defraud people of their homes, they rob them of their inheritance.”

“Your rich people are violent; your inhabitants are liars and their tongues speak deceitfully.”

“Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God.”

“You have heard that it was said, ‘Eye for eye, and tooth for tooth.’ But I tell you, do not resist an evil person. If anyone slaps you on the right cheek, turn to them the other cheek also.”

“You have heard that it was said, ‘Love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’ But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, that you may be children of your Father in heaven. He causes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous.”

“But to you who are listening I say: Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you.”

“Do not repay anyone evil for evil. Be careful to do what is right in the eyes of everyone. If it is possible, as far as it depends on you, live at peace with everyone. Do not take revenge, my dear friends, but leave room for God’s wrath, for it is written: ‘It is mine to avenge; I will repay,’ says the Lord.”

“Have nothing to do with the fruitless deeds of darkness, but rather expose them.”

“But now you must also rid yourselves of all such things as these: anger, rage, malice, slander, and filthy language from your lips.”

“Make sure that nobody pays back wrong for wrong, but always strive to do what is good for each other and for everyone else.”

“When they hurled their insults at him, he did not retaliate; when he suffered, he made no threats. Instead, he entrusted himself to him who judges justly.”

“Do not repay evil with evil or insult with insult. On the contrary, repay evil with blessing, because to this you were called so that you may inherit a blessing.”

“For it is better, if it is God’s will, to suffer for doing good than for doing evil.”

“Anyone who hates a brother or sister is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life residing in him.”

“Whoever claims to love God yet hates a brother or sister is a liar. For whoever does not love their brother and sister, whom they have seen, cannot love God, whom they have not seen. And he has given us this command: Anyone who loves God must also love their brother and sister.”

“If you really keep the royal law found in Scripture, ‘Love your neighbor as yourself,’ you are doing right. But if you show favoritism, you sin and are convicted by the law as lawbreakers.”

“For the entire law is fulfilled in keeping this one command: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’”