Bible Verses about โpeople taking advantage of youโ
The Bible contains 37 verses about people taking advantage of you across both Old and New Testaments. These scriptures offer guidance and inspiration for your spiritual journey.
โAnd be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving each other, just as God also in Christ forgave you.โ
โDon't seek revenge yourselves, beloved, but give place to God's wrath. For it is written, "Vengeance belongs to me; I will repay, says the Lord."โ
โBe free from the love of money, content with such things as you have, for he has said, "I will in no way leave you, neither will I in any way forsake you."โ
โTherefore whatever you desire for men to do to you, you shall also do to them; for this is the law and the prophets.โ
โLet all bitterness, wrath, anger, outcry, and slander, be put away from you, with all malice.โ
โ"For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.โ
โBut if you don't forgive men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.โ
โIf it is possible, as much as it is up to you, be at peace with all men.โ
โDon't be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.โ
โTherefore "If your enemy is hungry, feed him. If he is thirsty, give him a drink; for in doing so, you will heap coals of fire on his head."โ
โ"Give, and it will be given to you: good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over, will be given to you. For with the same measure you measure it will be measured back to you."โ
โ"Be angry, and don't sin." Don't let the sun go down on your wrath,โ
โRepay no one evil for evil. Respect what is honorable in the sight of all men.โ
โIn all things I gave you an example, that so laboring you ought to help the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, that he himself said, 'It is more blessed to give than to receive.'"โ
โNow accept one who is weak in faith, but not for disputes over opinions.โ
โTherefore I tell you, all things whatever you pray and ask for, believe that you have received them, and you shall have them.โ
โBut love your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting nothing back; and your reward will be great, and you will be children of the Most High; for he is kind toward the unthankful and evil.โ
โDon't judge, and you won't be judged. Don't condemn, and you won't be condemned. Set free, and you will be set free.โ
โ"As you would like people to do to you, do exactly so to them.โ
โWhere do wars and fightings among you come from? Don't they come from your pleasures that war in your members?โ
โIf you lend to those from whom you hope to receive, what credit is that to you? Even sinners lend to sinners, to receive back as much.โ
โTherefore be merciful, even as your Father is also merciful.โ
โIf you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners love those who love them.โ
โIf you do good to those who do good to you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners do the same.โ
โBetter is the poor who walks in his integrity, than he who is perverse in his ways, and he is rich.โ
โFor the poor will never cease out of the land: therefore I command you, saying, You shall surely open your hand to your brother, to your needy, and to your poor, in your land.โ
โTo him who strikes you on the cheek, offer also the other; and from him who takes away your cloak, don't withhold your coat also.โ
โYou shall surely give him, and your heart shall not be grieved when you give to him; because that for this thing Yahweh your God will bless you in all your work, and in all that you put your hand to.โ
โIf a poor man, one of your brothers, is with you within any of your gates in your land which Yahweh your God gives you, you shall not harden your heart, nor shut your hand from your poor brother;โ
โbut you shall surely open your hand to him, and shall surely lend him sufficient for his need [in that] which he wants.โ
โBeware that there not be a base thought in your heart, saying, "The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand;" and your eye be evil against your poor brother, and you give him nothing; and he cry to Yahweh against you, and it be sin to you.โ
โHe who walks blamelessly walks surely, but he who perverts his ways will be found out.โ
โDon't say, "I will pay back evil." Wait for Yahweh, and he will save you.โ
โOr how can you tell your brother, 'Brother, let me remove the speck of chaff that is in your eye,' when you yourself don't see the beam that is in your own eye? You hypocrite! First remove the beam from your own eye, and then you can see clearly to remove the speck of chaff that is in your brother's eye.โ
โA disciple is not above his teacher, but everyone when he is fully trained will be like his teacher.โ
โHe spoke a parable to them. "Can the blind guide the blind? Won't they both fall into a pit?โ
โWhy do you see the speck of chaff that is in your brother's eye, but don't consider the beam that is in your own eye?โ
