Bible Verses about “cruelty”

“Be subject therefore to God. But resist the devil, and he will flee from you.”

“To him therefore who knows to do good, and doesn't do it, to him it is sin.”

“A righteous man respects the life of his animal, but the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel.”

“Whereas you don't know what your life will be like tomorrow. For what is your life? For you are a vapor, that appears for a little time, and then vanishes away.”

“Don't be afraid of those who kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul. Rather, fear him who is able to destroy both soul and body in Gehenna.”

“You lust, and don't have. You kill, covet, and can't obtain. You fight and make war. You don't have, because you don't ask.”

“Only one is the lawgiver, who is able to save and to destroy. But who are you to judge another?”

“Where do wars and fightings among you come from? Don't they come from your pleasures that war in your members?”

“You adulterers and adulteresses, don't you know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Whoever therefore wants to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.”

“You ask, and don't receive, because you ask with wrong motives, so that you may spend it for your pleasures.”

“Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners; and purify your hearts, you double-minded.”

“Don't speak against one another, brothers. He who speaks against a brother and judges his brother, speaks against the law and judges the law. But if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law, but a judge.”

“But he gives more grace. Therefore it says, "God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble."”

“Cease from anger, and forsake wrath. Don't fret, it leads only to evildoing.”

“covetings, wickedness, deceit, lustful desires, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, and foolishness.”

“For from within, out of the hearts of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, sexual sins, murders, thefts,”

“Come now, you who say, "Today or tomorrow let's go into this city, and spend a year there, trade, and make a profit."”

“For you ought to say, "If the Lord wills, we will both live, and do this or that."”

“But now you glory in your boasting. All such boasting is evil.”

“Yahweh examines the righteous, but the wicked and him who loves violence his soul hates.”

“Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he will exalt you.”

“His malice may be concealed by deception, but his wickedness will be exposed in the assembly.”

“The merciful man does good to his own soul, but he who is cruel troubles his own flesh.”

“Whoever stops his ears at the cry of the poor, he will also cry out, but shall not be heard.”

“A lying tongue hates those it hurts; and a flattering mouth works ruin.”

“Whoever digs a pit shall fall into it. Whoever rolls a stone, it will come back on him.”

“Or do you think that the Scripture says in vain, "The Spirit who lives in us yearns jealously"?”

“A malicious man disguises himself with his lips, but he harbors evil in his heart.”

“When his speech is charming, don't believe him; for there are seven abominations in his heart.”

“Lament, mourn, and weep. Let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to gloom.”

“He who troubles his own house shall inherit the wind. The foolish shall be servant to the wise of heart.”

“"I tell you, my friends, don't be afraid of those who kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do.”

“I will declare your name to my brothers. In the midst of the assembly, I will praise you.”

“Save me from the lion's mouth! Yes, from the horns of the wild oxen, you have answered me.”

“For the kingdom is Yahweh's. He is the ruler over the nations.”

“They have tails like those of scorpions, and stings. In their tails they have power to harm men for five months.”

“For dogs have surrounded me. A company of evildoers have enclosed me. They have pierced my hands and feet.”

“In those days people will seek death, and will in no way find it. They will desire to die, and death will flee from them.”

“But you brought me out of the womb. You made me trust at my mother's breasts.”

“The humble shall eat and be satisfied. They shall praise Yahweh who seek after him. Let your hearts live forever.”

“The shapes of the locusts were like horses prepared for war. On their heads were something like golden crowns, and their faces were like people's faces.”

“"Your glory, Israel, is slain on your high places! How the mighty have fallen!”

“Don't tell it in Gath. Don't publish it in the streets of Ashkelon, lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice, lest the daughters of the uncircumcised triumph.”

“For he has not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted, Neither has he hidden his face from him; but when he cried to him, he heard.”

“They were given power not to kill them, but to torment them for five months. Their torment was like the torment of a scorpion, when it strikes a person.”

“They were told that they should not hurt the grass of the earth, neither any green thing, neither any tree, but only those people who don't have God's seal on their foreheads.”

“They had hair like women's hair, and their teeth were like those of lions.”

“They had breastplates, like breastplates of iron. The sound of their wings was like the sound of chariots, or of many horses rushing to war.”

“By these three plagues were one third of mankind killed: by the fire, the smoke, and the sulfur, which proceeded out of their mouths.”

“I am poured out like water. All my bones are out of joint. My heart is like wax; it is melted within me.”