Concordance

“Violence” in the Bible

80 verses contain “violence” (including word forms) in the Berean Standard Bible.

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Genesis 6:11 Now the earth was corrupt in the sight of God, and full of violence.
Genesis 6:13 …s come before Me, because through them the earth is full of violence. Now behold, I will destroy both them and the…
Genesis 49:5 Simeon and Levi are brothers; their swords are weapons of violence.
2 Samuel 22:3 My God is my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield, and the horn of my salvation. My stronghold, my refuge, and my Savior, You save me from violence.
2 Samuel 22:49 who frees me from my enemies. You exalt me above my foes; You rescue me from violent men.
1 Chronicles 12:17 …e come to betray me to my enemies when my hands are free of violence, may the God of our fathers see it and judge…
Job 16:17 yet my hands are free of violence and my prayer is pure.
Job 19:7 Though I cry out, ‘Violence!’ I get no response; though I call for help, there is no justice.
Psalms 7:16 His trouble recoils on himself, and his violence falls on his own head.
Psalms 10:7 His mouth is full of cursing, deceit, and violence; trouble and malice are under his tongue.
Psalms 11:5 The LORD tests the righteous and the wicked; His soul hates the lover of violence.
Psalms 17:4 As for the deeds of men— by the word of Your lips I have avoided the ways of the violent.
Psalms 18:48 who delivers me from my enemies. You exalt me above my foes; You rescue me from violent men.
Psalms 27:12 Do not hand me over to the will of my foes, for false witnesses rise up against me, breathing out violence.
Psalms 55:9 O Lord, confuse and confound their speech, for I see violence and strife in the city.
Psalms 58:2 No, in your hearts you devise injustice; with your hands you mete out violence on the earth.
Psalms 72:14 He will redeem them from oppression and violence, for their blood is precious in his sight.
Psalms 73:6 Therefore pride is their necklace; a garment of violence covers them.
Psalms 74:20 Consider Your covenant, for haunts of violence fill the dark places of the land.
Psalms 140:1 Rescue me, O LORD, from evil men. Protect me from men of violence,
Psalms 140:4 Guard me, O LORD, from the hands of the wicked. Keep me safe from men of violence who scheme to make me stumble.
Psalms 140:11 May no slanderer be established in the land; may calamity hunt down the man of violence.
Proverbs 3:31 Do not envy a violent man or choose any of his ways;
Proverbs 4:17 For they eat the bread of wickedness and drink the wine of violence.
Proverbs 10:6 Blessings are on the head of the righteous, but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence.
Proverbs 10:11 The mouth of the righteous is a fountain of life, but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence.
Proverbs 13:2 From the fruit of his lips a man enjoys good things, but the desire of the faithless is violence.
Proverbs 16:29 A violent man entices his neighbor and leads him down a path that is not good.
Proverbs 21:7 The violence of the wicked will sweep them away because they refuse to do what is just.
Proverbs 24:2 for their hearts devise violence, and their lips declare trouble.
Proverbs 26:6 Like cutting off one’s own feet or drinking violence is the sending of a message by the hand of a fool.
Isaiah 53:9 He was assigned a grave with the wicked, and with a rich man in His death, although He had done no violence, nor was any deceit in His mouth.
Isaiah 59:6 Their cobwebs cannot be made into clothing, and they cannot cover themselves with their works. Their deeds are sinful deeds, and acts of violence are in their hands.
Isaiah 60:18 No longer will violence be heard in your land, nor ruin or destruction within your borders. But you will name your walls Salvation and your gates Praise.
Jeremiah 6:7 As a well gushes its water, so she pours out her evil. Violence and destruction resound in her; sickness and wounds are ever before Me.
Jeremiah 20:8 For whenever I speak, I cry out; I proclaim violence and destruction. For the word of the LORD has become to me a reproach and derision all day long.
Jeremiah 22:3 …m of robbery from the hand of his oppressor. Do no wrong or violence to the foreigner, the fatherless, or the widow. Do not shed innocent blood in this…
Jeremiah 51:35 May the violence done to me and to my flesh be upon Babylon,” says the dweller of Zion. “May my blood be on the dwellers of Chaldea,” says Jerusalem.
Jeremiah 51:46 …umor will come one year— and then another the next year— of violence in the land and of ruler against…
Ezekiel 7:11 Their violence has grown into a rod to punish their wickedness. None of them will remain: none of their multitude, none of their wealth, and nothing of value.
Ezekiel 7:22 I will turn My face away from them, and they will defile My treasured place. Violent men will enter it, and they will defile it.
Ezekiel 7:23 Forge the chain, for the land is full of crimes of bloodshed, and the city is full of violence.
Ezekiel 8:17 …are practicing here, that they must also fill the land with violence and continually provoke Me to anger? Look, they are even putting the branch to their…
Ezekiel 12:19 …ir land will be stripped of everything in it because of the violence of all who dwell in…
Ezekiel 18:10 Now suppose that man has a violent son, who sheds blood or does any of these things,
Ezekiel 22:26 Her priests do violence to My law and profane My holy things. They make no distinction between the holy and the common, and they fail to distinguish between the clean…
Ezekiel 28:8 They will bring you down to the Pit, and you will die a violent death in the heart of the seas.
Ezekiel 28:16 By the vastness of your trade, you were filled with violence, and you sinned. So I drove you in disgrace from the mountain of God, and I banished you, O guardian cherub,…
Ezekiel 34:4 …or searched for the lost. Instead, you have ruled them with violence and…
Ezekiel 45:9 …the Lord GOD says: ‘Enough, O princes of Israel! Cease your violence and oppression, and do what is just and right. Stop dispossessing My people, declares the Lord…
Daniel 11:14 In those times many will rise up against the king of the South. Violent ones among your own people will exalt themselves in fulfillment of the vision, but they will fail.
Hosea 12:1 Ephraim chases the wind and pursues the east wind all day long; he multiplies lies and violence; he makes a covenant with Assyria and sends olive oil to Egypt.
Joel 3:19 Egypt will become desolate, and Edom a desert wasteland, because of the violence done to the people of Judah, in whose land they shed innocent blood.
Amos 1:14 So I will kindle a fire in the walls of Rabbah to consume its citadels amid war cries on the day of battle and a violent wind on the day of tempest.
Amos 3:10 “For they know not how to do right,” declares the LORD. “They store up violence and destruction in their citadels.”
Amos 6:3 You dismiss the day of calamity and bring near a reign of violence.
Obadiah 1:10 Because of the violence against your brother Jacob, you will be covered with shame and cut off forever.
Jonah 1:4 Then the LORD hurled a great wind upon the sea, and such a violent storm arose that the ship was in danger of breaking apart.
Jonah 1:12 “Pick me up,” he answered, “and cast me into the sea, so it may quiet down for you. For I know that I am to blame for this violent storm that has come upon you.”
Jonah 3:8 …y to God. Let each one turn from his evil ways and from the violence in his…
Micah 6:12 For the wealthy of the city are full of violence, and its residents speak lies; their tongues are deceitful in their mouths.
Habakkuk 1:2 How long, O LORD, must I call for help but You do not hear, or cry out to You, “Violence!” but You do not save?
Habakkuk 1:3 Why do You make me see iniquity? Why do You tolerate wrongdoing? Destruction and violence are before me. Strife is ongoing, and conflict abounds.
Habakkuk 1:9 All of them come bent on violence; their hordes advance like the east wind; they gather prisoners like sand.
Habakkuk 2:8 …plunder you— because of your bloodshed against man and your violence against the land, the city, and all their…
Habakkuk 2:17 For your violence against Lebanon will overwhelm you, and the destruction of animals will terrify you, because of your bloodshed against men and your violence against…
Zephaniah 1:9 On that day I will punish all who leap over the threshold, who fill the house of their master with violence and deceit.
Zephaniah 3:4 Her prophets are reckless, faithless men. Her priests profane the sanctuary; they do violence to the law.
Malachi 2:16 …f Israel. “He who divorces his wife covers his garment with violence,” says the LORD of Hosts. So guard yourselves in your spirit and do not break…
Matthew 8:24 Suddenly a violent storm came up on the sea, so that the boat was engulfed by the waves; but Jesus was sleeping.
Matthew 8:28 …two demon-possessed men coming from the tombs. They were so violent that no one could pass that…
Matthew 11:12 From the days of John the Baptist until now, the kingdom of heaven has been subject to violence, and the violent lay claim to it.
Mark 4:37 Soon a violent windstorm came up, and the waves were breaking over the boat, so that it was being swamped.
Acts 19:16 Then the man with the evil spirit jumped on them and overpowered them all. The attack was so violent that they ran out of the house naked and wounded.
Acts 21:35 When Paul reached the steps, he had to be carried by the soldiers because of the violence of the mob.
Acts 23:10 The dispute grew so violent that the commander was afraid they would tear Paul to pieces. He ordered the soldiers to go down and remove him by force and bring him into…
1 Timothy 1:13 I was formerly a blasphemer, a persecutor, and a violent man; yet because I had acted in ignorance and unbelief, I was shown mercy.
1 Timothy 3:3 not dependent on wine, not violent but gentle, peaceable, and free of the love of money.
Titus 1:7 As God’s steward, an overseer must be above reproach—not self-absorbed, not quick-tempered, not given to drunkenness, not violent, not greedy for money.
Revelation 18:21 …reat millstone and cast it into the sea, saying: “With such violence the great city of Babylon will be cast down, never to be seen…