What are some Bible verses about violence?

Answer  
  

Psalm 11:5  

The Lord tests the righteous, but his soul hates the wicked and the one who loves violence.  
  

Matthew 26:52\-54  

Then Jesus said to him, “Put your sword back into its place. For all who take the sword will perish by the sword. Do you think that I cannot appeal to my Father, and he will at once send me more than twelve legions of angels? But how then should the Scriptures be fulfilled, that it must be so?”  
  

Proverbs 3:31  

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

Isaiah 60:18  

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

Matthew 5:38\-39  

“You have heard that it was said, ‘An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.’ But I say to you, Do not resist the one who is evil. But if anyone slaps you on the right cheek, turn to him the other also."  
  

Titus 3:2  

To speak evil of no one, to avoid quarreling, to be gentle, and to show perfect courtesy toward all people.  
  

Romans 13:4  

For he is God’s servant for your good. But if you do wrong, be afraid, for he does not bear the sword in vain. For he is the servant of God, an avenger who carries out God’s wrath on the wrongdoer.  
  

1 Timothy 3:3  

Not a drunkard, not violent but gentle, not quarrelsome, not a lover of money.  
  

Hebrews 10:30  

For we know him who said, “Vengeance is mine; I will repay.” And again, “The Lord will judge his people.”  
  

Galatians 5:19\-21  

Now the works of the flesh are evident: sexual immorality, impurity, sensuality, idolatry, sorcery, enmity, strife, jealousy, fits of anger, rivalries, dissensions, divisions, envy, drunkenness, orgies, and things like these. I warn you, as I warned you before, that those who do such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.  
  

Romans 14:1  

As for the one who is weak in faith, welcome him, but not to quarrel over opinions.  
  

Genesis 9:5\-6  

And for your lifeblood I will require a reckoning: from every beast I will require it and from man. From his fellow man I will require a reckoning for the life of man. “Whoever sheds the blood of man, by man shall his blood be shed, for God made man in his own image."  
  

Psalm 144:1  

Of David. Blessed be the Lord, my rock, who trains my hands for war, and my fingers for battle;  
  

Romans 14:10\-13  

Why do you pass judgment on your brother? Or you, why do you despise your brother? For we will all stand before the judgment seat of God; for it is written, “As I live, says the Lord, every knee shall bow to me, and every tongue shall confess to God.” So then each of us will give an account of himself to God. Therefore let us not pass judgment on one another any longer, but rather decide never to put a stumbling block or hindrance in the way of a brother.  
  

Psalm 55:15  

Let death steal over them; let them go down to Sheol alive; for evil is in their dwelling place and in their heart.  
  

Genesis 6:11  

Now the earth was corrupt in God’s sight, and the earth was filled with violence.  
  

Proverbs 3:29  

Do not plan evil against your neighbor, who dwells trustingly beside you.  
  

Matthew 7:1\-2  

Judge not, that you be not judged. For with the judgment you pronounce you will be judged, and with the measure you use it will be measured to you.  
  

Jeremiah 22:3  

Thus says the Lord: Do justice and righteousness, and deliver from the hand of the oppressor him who has been robbed. And do no wrong or violence to the resident alien, the fatherless, and the widow, nor shed innocent blood in this place.  
  

Psalm 72:14  

From oppression and violence he redeems their life, and precious is their blood in his sight.  
  

*Unless otherwise noted, all Bible verses are from The Holy Bible, English Standard Version® Copyright© 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers.*  
  

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