100 Bible Verses about Violence
Want to know what the Bible says about Violence? Here are 100 Bible verses about Violence from the Old and New Testaments of the Holy Bible, New International Version (NIV), sorted from the most relevant to the least relevant.
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Proverbs 10:11 NIV
The mouth of the righteous is a fountain of life,
but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence.
but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence.
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Proverbs 13:2 NIV
From the fruit of their lips people enjoy good things,
but the unfaithful have an appetite for violence.
but the unfaithful have an appetite for violence.
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Hosea 4:2 NIV
There is only cursing, lying and murder,
stealing and adultery;
they break all bounds,
and bloodshed follows bloodshed.
stealing and adultery;
they break all bounds,
and bloodshed follows bloodshed.
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Ezekiel 45:9 NIV
“‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: You have gone far enough, princes of Israel! Give up your violence and oppression and do what is just and right. Stop dispossessing my people, declares the Sovereign Lord.
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Genesis 4:7 NIV
If you do what is right, will you not be accepted? But if you do not do what is right, sin is crouching at your door; it desires to have you, but you must rule over it. ”
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Zephaniah 1:9 NIV
On that day I will punish
all who avoid stepping on the threshold,
who fill the temple of their gods
with violence and deceit.
all who avoid stepping on the threshold,
who fill the temple of their gods
with violence and deceit.
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Mark 7:21-22 NIV
21 For it is from within, out of a person’s heart, that evil thoughts come—sexual immorality, theft, murder, 22 adultery, greed, malice, deceit, lewdness, envy, slander, arrogance and folly.
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Psalm 73:6 NIV
Therefore pride is their necklace;
they clothe themselves with violence.
they clothe themselves with violence.
54
1 Peter 3:9 NIV
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.
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