Bible Verses about “cruelty”

“Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.”

“Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth [it] not, to him it is sin.”

“¶ A righteous [man] regardeth the life of his beast: but the tender mercies of the wicked [are] cruel.”

“Whereas ye know not what [shall be] on the morrow. For what [is] your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away.”

“‹And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.›”

“Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and desire to have, and cannot obtain: ye fight and war, yet ye have not, because ye ask not.”

“There is one lawgiver, who is able to save and to destroy: who art thou that judgest another?”

“¶ From whence [come] wars and fightings among you? [come they] not hence, [even] of your lusts that war in your members?”

“Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.”

“Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume [it] upon your lusts.”

“Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse [your] hands, [ye] sinners; and purify [your] hearts, [ye] double minded.”

“¶ Speak not evil one of another, brethren. He that speaketh evil of [his] brother, and judgeth his brother, speaketh evil of the law, and judgeth the law: but if thou judge the law, thou art not a doer of the law, but a judge.”

“But he giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble.”

“Cease from anger, and forsake wrath: fret not thyself in any wise to do evil.”

“‹Thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness:›”

“‹For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders,›”

“Go to now, ye that say, To day or to morrow we will go into such a city, and continue there a year, and buy and sell, and get gain:”

“For that ye [ought] to say, If the Lord will, we shall live, and do this, or that.”

“But now ye rejoice in your boastings: all such rejoicing is evil.”

“The LORD trieth the righteous: but the wicked and him that loveth violence his soul hateth.”

“Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up.”

“[Whose] hatred is covered by deceit, his wickedness shall be shewed before the [whole] congregation.”

“¶ The merciful man doeth good to his own soul: but [he that is] cruel troubleth his own flesh.”

“¶ Whoso stoppeth his ears at the cry of the poor, he also shall cry himself, but shall not be heard.”

“¶ A lying tongue hateth [those that are] afflicted by it; and a flattering mouth worketh ruin.”

“¶ Whoso diggeth a pit shall fall therein: and he that rolleth a stone, it will return upon him.”

“Do ye think that the scripture saith in vain, The spirit that dwelleth in us lusteth to envy?”

“¶ He that hateth dissembleth with his lips, and layeth up deceit within him;”

“When he speaketh fair, believe him not: for [there are] seven abominations in his heart.”

“Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and [your] joy to heaviness.”

“¶ He that troubleth his own house shall inherit the wind: and the fool [shall be] servant to the wise of heart.”

“‹And I say unto you my friends, Be not afraid of them that kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do.›”

“¶ I will declare thy name unto my brethren: in the midst of the congregation will I praise thee.”

“Save me from the lion's mouth: for thou hast heard me from the horns of the unicorns.”

“For the kingdom [is] the LORD'S: and he [is] the governor among the nations.”

“And they had tails like unto scorpions, and there were stings in their tails: and their power [was] to hurt men five months.”

“For dogs have compassed me: the assembly of the wicked have inclosed me: they pierced my hands and my feet.”

“And in those days shall men seek death, and shall not find it; and shall desire to die, and death shall flee from them.”

“But thou [art] he that took me out of the womb: thou didst make me hope [when I was] upon my mother's breasts.”

“The meek shall eat and be satisfied: they shall praise the LORD that seek him: your heart shall live for ever.”

“And the shapes of the locusts [were] like unto horses prepared unto battle; and on their heads [were] as it were crowns like gold, and their faces [were] as the faces of men.”

“The beauty of Israel is slain upon thy high places: how are the mighty fallen!”

“Tell [it] not in Gath, publish [it] not in the streets of Askelon; lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice, lest the daughters of the uncircumcised triumph.”

“For he hath not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted; neither hath he hid his face from him; but when he cried unto him, he heard.”

“And to them it was given that they should not kill them, but that they should be tormented five months: and their torment [was] as the torment of a scorpion, when he striketh a man.”

“And it was commanded them that they should not hurt the grass of the earth, neither any green thing, neither any tree; but only those men which have not the seal of God in their foreheads.”

“And they had hair as the hair of women, and their teeth were as [the teeth] of lions.”

“And they had breastplates, as it were breastplates of iron; and the sound of their wings [was] as the sound of chariots of many horses running to battle.”

“By these three was the third part of men killed, by the fire, and by the smoke, and by the brimstone, which issued out of their mouths.”

“I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint: my heart is like wax; it is melted in the midst of my bowels.”