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 of5025 killing5040 murder5214 attack5282 crushing5311 extortion5346 injury5568 suffering, causes5584 torture5605 warfare5823 cruelty8734 evil
