Here you will find all biblical passages where / in which the word (or term) ‘Violence’ occurs and how often this word occurs per biblical book. We searched the New and Old Testaments to find all the verses and occurrences of the Word. his article is part of our small concordance.
The term ‘Violence’ occurs 34 times in the Bible. Below you will find all matching biblical passages divided according to the corresponding book.
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Bible passages with ‘Violence’ in the book Genesis
Genesis 31:31 Jacob answered: “I set out, unknown to you, because I feared that you might take away your daughters by violence.Genesis 31:31
Genesis 43:18 And there, being terrified, they said one to another: “Because of the money, which we carried back the first time in our sacks, we have been brought in, so that he may unleash a false accusation against us, and by violence subjugate both us and our donkeys into servitude.”Genesis 43:18
Number of the word / term Violence in Genesis: 2
Bible passages with ‘Violence’ in the book Leviticus
Leviticus 19:13 You shall not slander your neighbor, nor shall you oppress him by violence. The wages of a hired hand, you shall not delay with you until tomorrow.Leviticus 19:13
Leviticus 25:19 and so that the soil may produce its fruits for you, from which you may eat, even to fullness, dreading violence by no one.Leviticus 25:19
Number of the word / term Violence in Leviticus: 2
Bible passages with ‘Violence’ in the book Deuteronomy
Deuteronomy 25:11 If two men have a conflict between themselves, and one begins to do violence to the other, and if the other’s wife, wanting to rescue her husband from the hand of the stronger one, extends her hand and grasps him by his private parts,Deuteronomy 25:11
Deuteronomy 28:29 And may you grope at midday, just as a blind man is accustomed to grope in darkness, and may your paths not be straight. And at all times may you suffer slander and be oppressed with violence, and may you have no one who may free you.Deuteronomy 28:29
Number of the word / term Violence in Deuteronomy: 2
Bible passages with ‘Violence’ in the book Judges
Judges 8:1 And the men of Ephraim said to him, “What is this, that you wanted to do, so that you would not call us when you went to fight against Midian?” And they rebuked him strongly, and came close to using violence.Judges 8:1
Judges 18:25 And the sons of Dan said to him, “Take care that you no longer speak to us, otherwise men with a mind for violence may overwhelm you, and you yourself would perish with all your house.”Judges 18:25
Number of the word / term Violence in Judges: 2
Bible passages with ‘Violence’ in the book Job
Job 19:7 Behold, I will cry out, enduring violence, and no one will hear. I will announce loudly, but there is no one who may judge.Job 19:7
Job 24:9 They have used violence to deprive orphans, and they have robbed the poor common people.Job 24:9
Number of the word / term Violence in Job: 2
Bible passages with ‘Violence’ in the book Psalm
Psalm 38:11 My friends and my neighbors have drawn near and stood against me. And those who were next to me stood far apart. And those who sought my soul used violence.Psalm 38:11
Number of the word / term Violence in Psalm: 1
Bible passages with ‘Violence’ in the book Proverbs
Proverbs 22:22 Do not act with violence toward the pauper because he is poor. And do not weary the needy at the gate.Proverbs 22:22
Number of the word / term Violence in Proverbs: 1
Bible passages with ‘Violence’ in the book Ecclesiastes
Ecclesiastes 4:1 I turned myself to other things, and I saw the false accusations which are carried out under the sun, and the tears of the innocent, and that there was no one to console them; and that they were not able to withstand their violence, being destitute of all help.Ecclesiastes 4:1
Ecclesiastes 10:12 Words from the mouth of a wise man are graceful, but the lips of a foolish man will throw him down with violence.Ecclesiastes 10:12
Number of the word / term Violence in Ecclesiastes: 2
Bible passages with ‘Violence’ in the book Isaiah
Isaiah 10:2 in order to oppress the poor in judgment, and to do violence to the case of the humble of my people, in order that widows may be their prey, and that they might plunder the orphan.Isaiah 10:2
Isaiah 27:6 As they advance with violence against Jacob, Israel will flourish and spring forth, and they will fill the face of the world with offspring.Isaiah 27:6
Isaiah 38:14 I will cry out, like a young swallow. I will meditate, like a dove. My eyes have been weakened by gazing upward. O Lord, I suffer violence! Answer in my favor.Isaiah 38:14
Number of the word / term Violence in Isaiah: 3
Bible passages with ‘Violence’ in the book Jeremiah
Jeremiah 21:12 O house of David! Thus says the Lord: Judge with judgment from early morning, and rescue anyone who is oppressed by violence from the hand of a false accuser. Otherwise, my indignation may go forth like a fire, and may flare up, and there will be no one who can extinguish it, because of the evil of your intentions.Jeremiah 21:12
Jeremiah 22:3 Thus says the Lord: Exercise judgment and justice, and free anyone who is oppressed by violence from the hand of a false accuser. And do not be willing to sadden the new arrival, or the orphan, or the widow, nor should you burden them unfairly. And you shall not shed innocent blood in this place.Jeremiah 22:3
Number of the word / term Violence in Jeremiah: 2
Bible passages with ‘Violence’ in the book Ezekiel
Ezekiel 18:7 and if he has not grieved any man, but has restored the collateral to the debtor, if he has seized nothing by violence, has given his bread to the hungry, and has covered the naked with a garment,Ezekiel 18:7
Ezekiel 18:12 who grieves the needy and the poor, who seizes with violence, who does not restore the collateral, and who lifts up his eyes to idols, committing abomination,Ezekiel 18:12
Ezekiel 18:16 and who has not grieved any man, nor withheld the collateral, nor seized by violence, but instead has given his bread to the hungry, and has covered the naked with a garment,Ezekiel 18:16
Ezekiel 18:18 As for his father, because he oppressed and did violence to his brother, and worked evil in the midst of his people, behold, he has died by his own iniquity.Ezekiel 18:18
Ezekiel 22:29 The people of the land have oppressed with slander and have seized with violence. They have afflicted the needy and the poor, and they have oppressed the new arrival by accusations without judgment.Ezekiel 22:29
Number of the word / term Violence in Ezekiel: 5
Bible passages with ‘Violence’ in the book Micah
Micah 2:2 And they have desired fields and have taken them by violence, and they have stolen houses. And they have made false accusations against a man and his house, a man and his inheritance.Micah 2:2
Number of the word / term Violence in Micah: 1
Bible passages with ‘Violence’ in the book Nahum
Nahum 3:1 Woe to the city of blood, filled with all manner of lies and violence. Crime shall not depart from you:Nahum 3:1
Number of the word / term Violence in Nahum: 1
Bible passages with ‘Violence’ in the book Habakkuk
Habakkuk 1:2 How long, O Lord, shall I cry out, and you will not heed? Shall I shout to you while suffering violence, and you will not save?Habakkuk 1:2
Number of the word / term Violence in Habakkuk: 1
Bible passages with ‘Violence’ in the book Matthew
Matthew 11:12 But from the days of John the Baptist, even until now, the kingdom of heaven has endured violence, and the violent carry it away.Matthew 11:12
Number of the word / term Violence in Matthew: 1
Bible passages with ‘Violence’ in the book Luke
Luke 16:16 The law and the prophets were until John. Since then, the kingdom of God is being evangelized, and everyone acts with violence toward it.Luke 16:16
Number of the word / term Violence in Luke: 1
Bible passages with ‘Violence’ in the book Acts
Acts 21:35 And when he had arrived at the stairs, it happened that he was carried up by the soldiers, because of the threat of violence from the people.Acts 21:35
Acts 24:7 But Lysias, the tribune, overwhelming us with great violence, snatched him away from our hands,Acts 24:7
Acts 27:41 And when we happened upon a place open to two seas, they ran the ship aground. And indeed, the bow, being immobilized, remained fixed, but truly the stern was broken by the violence of the sea.Acts 27:41
Number of the word / term Violence in Acts: 3
Bible passages with ‘Violence’ in the book Hebrews
Hebrews 11:34 extinguished the violence of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, recovered from infirmities, showed strength in battle, turned back the armies of foreigners.Hebrews 11:34
Number of the word / term Violence in Hebrews: 1
Bible passages with ‘Violence’ in the book 2 Peter
2 Peter 3:10 Then the day of the Lord shall arrive like a thief. On that day, the heavens shall pass away with great violence, and truly the elements shall be dissolved with heat; then the earth, and the works that are within it, shall be completely burned up.2 Peter 3:10
Number of the word / term ‘Violence’ in 2 Peter: 1
These texts are taken from the following version: Catholic Public Domain Version.
