Unrestrained physical or verbal force designed to hurt others, or to gain mastery over them.

Genesis 6:11-13

The world is full of violence

Job 24:2-4
Psalms 55:9; 74:20
Proverbs 13:2
Isaiah 59:1-8
Ezekiel 7:23
Micah 2:1-2
Psalms 11:5; 139:19

God hates violence

Jeremiah 22:3
Ezekiel 45:9
Malachi 2:16
Isaiah 42:1-3; 53:9

Jesus Christ was not violent

1 Peter 2:23
Galatians 5:19-21

Christians should not be violent

Ephesians 4:2,31
Philippians 4:5
1 Chronicles 22:8-9

Christian leaders should not be violent

1 Timothy 3:3
2 Timothy 2:24
Titus 1:7
2 Samuel 22:3,49

God helps the victims of violence

Psalms 18:48; 72:14; 140:1-4
Matthew 2:13
Luke 22:50-51
Genesis 14:14

Christians should help the victims of violence

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
5215 authority
5283 cup
5311 extortion
5347 injustice
5568 suffering, causes
5585 towers
5605 warfare
5823 cruelty
8734 evil