Dictionary of Bible Themes » 5000 Humanity » 5760 Human attitudes and behaviour » 5975 violence
Unrestrained physical or verbal force designed to hurt others, or to gain mastery over them.
The world is full of violence
Genesis 6:11-13; Job 24:2-4; Psalm 55:9; Psalm 74:20; Proverbs 13:2; Isaiah 59:1-8; Ezekiel 7:23; Micah 2:1-2
God hates violence
Psalm 11:5; Psalm 139:19; Jeremiah 22:3; Ezekiel 45:9; Malachi 2:16
Jesus Christ was not violent
Isaiah 42:1-3; Isaiah 53:9; 1 Peter 2:23
Christians should not be violent
Galatians 5:19-21; Ephesians 4:2,31; Philippians 4:5
Christian leaders should not be violent
1 Chronicles 22:8-9; 1 Timothy 3:3; 2 Timothy 2:24; Titus 1:7
God helps the victims of violence
2 Samuel 22:3,49; Psalm 18:48; Psalm 72:14; Psalm 140:1-4; Matthew 2:13; Luke 22:50-51
Christians should help the victims of violence
Genesis 14:14; 2 Chronicles 28:9-15; Jeremiah 38:9-12; Luke 10:30,33; Acts 23:15-16
See also
1075 God, justice of 5025 killing 5040 murder 5214 attack 5282 crushing 5311 extortion 5346 injury 5568 suffering, causes 5584 torture 5605 warfare 5823 cruelty 8734 evil
