Bible Verses about βphysical abuseβ
The Bible contains 36 verses about physical abuse across both Old and New Testaments. These scriptures offer guidance and inspiration for your spiritual journey.
βWhat? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost [which is] in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?β
βFor ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's.β
βΒΆ Charity suffereth long, [and] is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,β
βDoth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil;β
βBeareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.β
βRejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth;β
βAnd, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.β
βEnvyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told [you] in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.β
βNow the works of the flesh are manifest, which are [these]; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,β
βIdolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies,β
βOwe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law.β
βThen Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.β
βFor he shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways.β
βFor this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou shalt not covet; and if [there be] any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.β
βHe shall cover thee with his feathers, and under his wings shalt thou trust: his truth [shall be thy] shield and buckler.β
βLove worketh no ill to his neighbour: therefore love [is] the fulfilling of the law.β
βI will say of the LORD, [He is] my refuge and my fortress: my God; in him will I trust.β
βΒΆ He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.β
βThou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night; [nor] for the arrow [that] flieth by day;β
βWith long life will I satisfy him, and shew him my salvation.β
βSurely he shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, [and] from the noisome pestilence.β
β[Nor] for the pestilence [that] walketh in darkness; [nor] for the destruction [that] wasteth at noonday.β
βBecause he hath set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver him: I will set him on high, because he hath known my name.β
βA thousand shall fall at thy side, and ten thousand at thy right hand; [but] it shall not come nigh thee.β
βThere shall no evil befall thee, neither shall any plague come nigh thy dwelling.β
βHe shall call upon me, and I will answer him: I [will be] with him in trouble; I will deliver him, and honour him.β
βΒΆ Because thou hast made the LORD, [which is] my refuge, [even] the most High, thy habitation;β
βThey shall bear thee up in [their] hands, lest thou dash thy foot against a stone.β
βOnly with thine eyes shalt thou behold and see the reward of the wicked.β
βThou shalt tread upon the lion and adder: the young lion and the dragon shalt thou trample under feet.β
βΒΆ Finally, [be ye] all of one mind, having compassion one of another, love as brethren, [be] pitiful, [be] courteous:β
βΒΆ βΉBut I say unto you which hear, Love your enemies, do good to them which hate you,βΊβ
βNot rendering evil for evil, or railing for railing: but contrariwise blessing; knowing that ye are thereunto called, that ye should inherit a blessing.β
βAnd he that killeth a beast, he shall restore it: and he that killeth a man, he shall be put to death.β
βBreach for breach, eye for eye, tooth for tooth: as he hath caused a blemish in a man, so shall it be done to him [again].β
βAnd if a man cause a blemish in his neighbour; as he hath done, so shall it be done to him;β
