Bible Verses about “defending yourself”

“But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel.”

“Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but [rather] give place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance [is] mine; I will repay, saith the Lord.”

“For he is the minister of God to thee for good. But if thou do that which is evil, be afraid; for he beareth not the sword in vain: for he is the minister of God, a revenger to [execute] wrath upon him that doeth evil.”

“¶ Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:”

“‹But I say unto you, That ye resist not evil: but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also.›”

“¶ ‹Ye have heard that it hath been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth:›”

“A man that is an heretick after the first and second admonition reject;”

“Then said Jesus unto him, ‹Put up again thy sword into his place: for all they that take the sword shall perish with the sword.›”

“If a thief be found breaking up, and be smitten that he die, [there shall] no blood [be shed] for him.”

“¶ [A Psalm] of David. Blessed [be] the LORD my strength, which teacheth my hands to war, [and] my fingers to fight:”

“If the sun be risen upon him, [there shall be] blood [shed] for him; [for] he should make full restitution; if he have nothing, then he shall be sold for his theft.”

“Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live.”

“Ye shall not afflict any widow, or fatherless child.”

“‹Thinkest thou that I cannot now pray to my Father, and he shall presently give me more than twelve legions of angels?›”

“If thou afflict them in any wise, and they cry at all unto me, I will surely hear their cry;”

“¶ To the chief Musician for the sons of Korah, A Song upon Alamoth. God [is] our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.”

“¶ If thou lend money to [any of] my people [that is] poor by thee, thou shalt not be to him as an usurer, neither shalt thou lay upon him usury.”

“‹But how then shall the scriptures be fulfilled, that thus it must be?›”

“And my wrath shall wax hot, and I will kill you with the sword; and your wives shall be widows, and your children fatherless.”

“¶ And if a man entice a maid that is not betrothed, and lie with her, he shall surely endow her to be his wife.”

“Then said he unto them, ‹But now, he that hath a purse, let him take› [it], ‹and likewise› [his] ‹scrip: and he that hath no sword, let him sell his garment, and buy one.›”

“¶ If a man shall steal an ox, or a sheep, and kill it, or sell it; he shall restore five oxen for an ox, and four sheep for a sheep.”

“Thou shalt neither vex a stranger, nor oppress him: for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.”

“If her father utterly refuse to give her unto him, he shall pay money according to the dowry of virgins.”

“¶ A righteous man falling down before the wicked [is as] a troubled fountain, and a corrupt spring.”

“Whosoever lieth with a beast shall surely be put to death.”

“If thou at all take thy neighbour's raiment to pledge, thou shalt deliver it unto him by that the sun goeth down:”

“For that [is] his covering only, it [is] his raiment for his skin: wherein shall he sleep? and it shall come to pass, when he crieth unto me, that I will hear; for I [am] gracious.”

“Thou shalt not revile the gods, nor curse the ruler of thy people.”

“‹Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword.›”

“If the theft be certainly found in his hand alive, whether it be ox, or ass, or sheep; he shall restore double.”

“And if a man borrow [ought] of his neighbour, and it be hurt, or die, the owner thereof [being] not with it, he shall surely make [it] good.”

“¶ If a man shall deliver unto his neighbour money or stuff to keep, and it be stolen out of the man's house; if the thief be found, let him pay double.”

“He that sacrificeth unto [any] god, save unto the LORD only, he shall be utterly destroyed.”

“For all manner of trespass, [whether it be] for ox, for ass, for sheep, for raiment, [or] for any manner of lost thing, which [another] challengeth to be his, the cause of both parties shall come before the judges; [and] whom the judges shall condemn, he shall pay double unto his neighbour.”

“Thou shalt not delay [to offer] the first of thy ripe fruits, and of thy liquors: the firstborn of thy sons shalt thou give unto me.”

“If a man shall cause a field or vineyard to be eaten, and shall put in his beast, and shall feed in another man's field; of the best of his own field, and of the best of his own vineyard, shall he make restitution.”

“If fire break out, and catch in thorns, so that the stacks of corn, or the standing corn, or the field, be consumed [therewith]; he that kindled the fire shall surely make restitution.”

“If the thief be not found, then the master of the house shall be brought unto the judges, [to see] whether he have put his hand unto his neighbour's goods.”

“If a man deliver unto his neighbour an ass, or an ox, or a sheep, or any beast, to keep; and it die, or be hurt, or driven away, no man seeing [it]:”

“[Then] shall an oath of the LORD be between them both, that he hath not put his hand unto his neighbour's goods; and the owner of it shall accept [thereof], and he shall not make [it] good.”

“And if it be stolen from him, he shall make restitution unto the owner thereof.”

“If it be torn in pieces, [then] let him bring it [for] witness, [and] he shall not make good that which was torn.”

“[But] if the owner thereof [be] with it, he shall not make [it] good: if it [be] an hired [thing], it came for his hire.”

“Likewise shalt thou do with thine oxen, [and] with thy sheep: seven days it shall be with his dam; on the eighth day thou shalt give it me.”

“And ye shall be holy men unto me: neither shall ye eat [any] flesh [that is] torn of beasts in the field; ye shall cast it to the dogs.”

“‹When a strong man armed keepeth his palace, his goods are in peace:›”