Violence & Violent in the Old & New Testaments

Violence in the Old Testament

Now the earth was corrupt in the sight of God, and the earth was filled with violence. - Gen 6:11

Then God said to Noah, "The end of all flesh has come before Me; for the earth is filled with violence because of them; and behold, I am about to destroy them with the earth. - Gen 6:13

"Simeon and Levi are brothers; Their swords are implements of violence. - Gen 49:5 NASB95

so that the violence done to the seventy sons of Jerubbaal might come, and their blood might be laid on Abimelech their brother, who killed them, and on the men of Shechem, who strengthened his hands to kill his brothers. - Jdg 9:24 NASB95

My God, my rock, in whom I take refuge, My shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold and my refuge; My savior, You save me from violence. - 2Sa 22:3 NASB95

"You will be hidden from the scourge of the tongue, And you will not be afraid of violence when it comes. - Job 5:21 NASB95

"You will laugh at violence and famine, And you will not be afraid of wild beasts. - Job 5:22

Although there is no violence in my hands, And my prayer is pure. - Job 16:17 NASB95

"Behold, I cry, 'Violence!' but I get no answer; I shout for help, but there is no justice. - Job 19:7 NASB95

"The Almighty--we cannot find Him; He is exalted in power And He will not do violence to justice and abundant righteousness. - Job 37:23 NASB95

His mischief will return upon his own head, And his violence will descend upon his own pate. - Psa 7:16 NASB95

The LORD tests the righteous and the wicked, And the one who loves violence His soul hates. - Psa 11:5 NASB95

Do not deliver me over to the desire of my adversaries, For false witnesses have risen against me, And such as breathe out violence. - Psa 27:12 NASB95

Confuse, O Lord, divide their tongues, For I have seen violence and strife in the city. - Psa 55:9 NASB95

No, in heart you work unrighteousness; On earth you weigh out the violence of your hands. - Psa 58:2 NASB95

He will rescue their life from oppression and violence, And their blood will be precious in his sight; - Psa 72:14 NASB95

Therefore pride is their necklace; The garment of violence covers them. - Psa 73:6 NASB95

Consider the covenant; For the dark places of the land are full of the habitations of violence. - Psa 74:20 NASB95

So are the ways of everyone who gains by violence; It takes away the life of its possessors. - Pro 1:19 NASB95

Do not envy a man of violence And do not choose any of his ways. - Pro 3:31 NASB95

For they eat the bread of wickedness And drink the wine of violence. - Pro 4:17 NASB95

Blessings are on the head of the righteous, But the mouth of the wicked conceals violence. - Pro 10:6 NASB95

The mouth of the righteous is a fountain of life, But the mouth of the wicked conceals violence. - Pro 10:11 NASB95

From the fruit of a man's mouth he enjoys good, But the desire of the treacherous is violence. - Pro 13:2 NASB95

A man of violence entices his neighbor And leads him in a way that is not good. - Pro 16:29

The violence of the wicked will drag them away, Because they refuse to act with justice. - Pro 21:7 NASB95

For their minds devise violence, And their lips talk of trouble. - Pro 24:2 NASB95

He cuts off his own feet and drinks violence Who sends a message by the hand of a fool. - Pro 26:6 NASB95

His grave was assigned with wicked men, Yet He was with a rich man in His death, Because He had done no violence, Nor was there any deceit in His mouth. - Isa 53:9 NASB95

Their webs will not become clothing, Nor will they cover themselves with their works; Their works are works of iniquity, And an act of violence is in their hands. - Isa 59:6 NASB95

"Violence will not be heard again in your land, Nor devastation or destruction within your borders; But you will call your walls salvation, and your gates praise. - Isa 60:18 NASB95

"As a well keeps its waters fresh, So she keeps fresh her wickedness. Violence and destruction are heard in her; Sickness and wounds are ever before Me. - Jer 6:7 NASB95

For each time I speak, I cry aloud; I proclaim violence and destruction, Because for me the word of the LORD has resulted In reproach and derision all day long. - Jer 20:8 NASB95

'Thus says the LORD, "Do justice and righteousness, and deliver the one who has been robbed from the power of his oppressor. Also do not mistreat or do violence to the stranger, the orphan, or the widow; and do not shed innocent blood in this place. - Jer 22:3 NASB95

"May the violence done to me and to my flesh be upon Babylon," The inhabitant of Zion will say; And, "May my blood be upon the inhabitants of Chaldea," Jerusalem will say. - Jer 51:35 NASB95

"Now so that your heart does not grow faint, And you are not afraid at the report that will be heard in the land-- For the report will come one year, And after that another report in another year, And violence will be in the land With ruler against ruler-- - Jer 51:46 NASB95

'Violence has grown into a rod of wickedness. None of them shall remain, none of their people, none of their wealth, nor anything eminent among them. - Eze 7:11 NASB95

'Make the chain, for the land is full of bloody crimes and the city is full of violence. - Eze 7:23 NASB95

He said to me, "Do you see this, son of man? Is it too light a thing for the house of Judah to commit the abominations which they have committed here, that they have filled the land with violence and provoked Me repeatedly? For behold, they are putting the twig to their nose. - Eze 8:17 NASB95

"Then say to the people of the land, 'Thus says the Lord GOD concerning the inhabitants of Jerusalem in the land of Israel, "They will eat their bread with anxiety and drink their water with horror, because their land will be stripped of its fullness on account of the violence of all who live in it. - Eze 12:19 NASB95

"Her priests have done violence to My law and have profaned My holy things; they have made no distinction between the holy and the profane, and they have not taught the difference between the unclean and the clean; and they hide their eyes from My sabbaths, and I am profaned among them. - Eze 22:26 NASB95

"By the abundance of your trade You were internally filled with violence, And you sinned; Therefore I have cast you as profane From the mountain of God. And I have destroyed you, O covering cherub, From the midst of the stones of fire. - Eze 28:16 NASB95

'Thus says the Lord GOD, "Enough, you princes of Israel; put away violence and destruction, and practice justice and righteousness. Stop your expropriations from My people," declares the Lord GOD. - Eze 45:9 NASB95

There is swearing, deception, murder, stealing and adultery. They employ violence, so that bloodshed follows bloodshed. - Hos 4:2 NASB95

Ephraim feeds on wind, And pursues the east wind continually; He multiplies lies and violence. Moreover, he makes a covenant with Assyria, And oil is carried to Egypt. - Hos 12:1 NASB95

Egypt will become a waste, And Edom will become a desolate wilderness, Because of the violence done to the sons of Judah, In whose land they have shed innocent blood. - Joe 3:19 NASB95

"But they do not know how to do what is right," declares the LORD, "these who hoard up violence and devastation in their citadels." - Amo 3:10 NASB95

Do you put off the day of calamity, And would you bring near the seat of violence? - Amo 6:3

"Because of violence to your brother Jacob, You will be covered with shame, And you will be cut off forever. - Oba 1:10 NASB95

"But both man and beast must be covered with sackcloth; and let men call on God earnestly that each may turn from his wicked way and from the violence which is in his hands. - Jon 3:8 NASB95

"For the rich men of the city are full of violence, Her residents speak lies, And their tongue is deceitful in their mouth. - Mic 6:12 NASB95

How long, O LORD, will I call for help, And You will not hear? I cry out to You, "Violence!" Yet You do not save. - Hab 1:2 NASB95

Why do You make me see iniquity, And cause me to look on wickedness? Yes, destruction and violence are before me; Strife exists and contention arises. - Hab 1:3 NASB95

"All of them come for violence. Their horde of faces moves forward. They collect captives like sand. - Hab 1:9 NASB95

"Because you have looted many nations, All the remainder of the peoples will loot you-- Because of human bloodshed and violence done to the land, To the town and all its inhabitants. - Hab 2:8 NASB95

"Woe to him who builds a city with bloodshed And founds a town with violence! - Hab 2:12

"For the violence done to Lebanon will overwhelm you, And the devastation of its beasts by which you terrified them, Because of human bloodshed and violence done to the land, To the town and all its inhabitants. - Hab 2:17 NASB95

"And I will punish on that day all who leap on the temple threshold, Who fill the house of their lord with violence and deceit. - Zep 1:9 NASB95

Her prophets are reckless, treacherous men; Her priests have profaned the sanctuary. They have done violence to the law. - Zep 3:4 NASB95

Violence in the New Testament

"From the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven suffers violence, and violent men take it by force. - Mat 11:12 NASB95

Then the captain went along with the officers and proceeded to bring them back without violence (for they were afraid of the people, that they might be stoned). - Act 5:26 NASB95

When he got to the stairs, he was carried by the soldiers because of the violence of the mob; - Act 21:35 NASB95

"But Lysias the commander came along, and with much violence took him out of our hands, - Act 24:7 NASB95

Then a strong angel took up a stone like a great millstone and threw it into the sea, saying, "So will Babylon, the great city, be thrown down with violence, and will not be found any longer. - Rev 18:21

Violent in the Old Testament

Who also brings me out from my enemies; You even lift me above those who rise up against me; You rescue me from the violent man. - 2Sa 22:49 NASB95

"Behold, there is with you Shimei the son of Gera the Benjamite, of Bahurim; now it was he who cursed me with a violent curse on the day I went to Mahanaim. But when he came down to me at the Jordan, I swore to him by the LORD, saying, 'I will not put you to death with the sword.' - 1Ki 2:8 NASB95

As for the deeds of men, by the word of Your lips I have kept from the paths of the violent. - Psa 17:4 NASB95

He delivers me from my enemies; Surely You lift me above those who rise up against me; You rescue me from the violent man. - Psa 18:48 NASB95

Look upon my enemies, for they are many, And they hate me with violent hatred. - Psa 25:19 NASB95

I have seen a wicked, violent man Spreading himself like a luxuriant tree in its native soil. - Psa 37:35 NASB95

For strangers have risen against me And violent men have sought my life; They have not set God before them. Selah. - Psa 54:3 NASB95

O God, arrogant men have risen up against me, And a band of violent men have sought my life, And they have not set You before them. - Psa 86:14 NASB95

For the choir director. A Psalm of David. Rescue me, O LORD, from evil men; Preserve me from violent men - Psa 140:1 NASB95

Keep me, O LORD, from the hands of the wicked; Preserve me from violent men Who have purposed to trip up my feet. - Psa 140:4 NASB95

"May a slanderer not be established in the earth; May evil hunt the violent man speedily." - Psa 140:11 NASB95

"So I will deliver you from the hand of the wicked, And I will redeem you from the grasp of the violent." - Jer 15:21 NASB95

so tell those who plaster it over with whitewash, that it will fall. A flooding rain will come, and you, O hailstones, will fall; and a violent wind will break out. - Eze 13:11 NASB95

Therefore, thus says the Lord GOD, "I will make a violent wind break out in My wrath. There will also be in My anger a flooding rain and hailstones to consume it in wrath. - Eze 13:13

"Then he may have a violent son who sheds blood and who does any of these things to a brother - Eze 18:10 NASB95

"Now in those times many will rise up against the king of the South; the violent ones among your people will also lift themselves up in order to fulfill the vision, but they will fall down. - Dan 11:14 NASB95

Who build Zion with bloodshed And Jerusalem with violent injustice. - Mic 3:10 NASB95

Violent in the New Testament

When He came to the other side into the country of the Gadarenes, two men who were demon-possessed met Him as they were coming out of the tombs. They were so extremely violent that no one could pass by that way. - Mat 8:28 NASB95

"From the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven suffers violence, and violent men take it by force. - Mat 11:12 NASB95

And suddenly there came from heaven a noise like a violent rushing wind, and it filled the whole house where they were sitting. - Act 2:2 NASB95

But before very long there rushed down from the land a violent wind, called Euraquilo; - Act 27:14 NASB95

even though I was formerly a blasphemer and a persecutor and a violent aggressor. Yet I was shown mercy because I acted ignorantly in unbelief; - 1Ti 1:13 NASB95