The best Bible verses for violence include passages about God's love, strength, and guidance. This page features 15+ carefully curated Scripture passages for violence, each selected for its relevance and depth. Read, save, and share the perfect verse for your situation.
"Therefore pride is their necklace; they clothe themselves with violence."Psalms 73:6
"Have regard for your covenant, because haunts of violence fill the dark places of the land."Psalms 74:20
"Keep me, O Lord, from the hands of the wicked; protect me from men of violence who plan to trip my feet."Psalms 140:4
"Let slanderers not be established in the land; may disaster hunt down men of violence."Psalms 140:11
"On that day I will punish all who avoid stepping on the threshold, who fill the temple of their gods with violence and deceit."Zephaniah 1:9
"Her prophets are arrogant; they are treacherous men. Her priests profane the sanctuary and do violence to the law."Zephaniah 3:4
"This is what the Lord says: Do what is just and right. Rescue from the hand of his oppressor the one who has been robbed. Do no wrong or violence to the alien, the fatherless or the widow, and do not shed innocent blood in this place."Jeremiah 22:3
"When Paul reached the steps, the violence of the mob was so great he had to be carried by the soldiers."Acts 21:35
"So God said to Noah, “I am going to put an end to all people, for the earth is filled with violence because of them. I am surely going to destroy both them and the earth."Genesis 6:13
"Ephraim feeds on the wind; he pursues the east wind all day and multiplies lies and violence. He makes a treaty with Assyria and sends olive oil to Egypt."Hosea 12:1
"But Egypt will be desolate, Edom a desert waste, because of violence done to the people of Judah, in whose land they shed innocent blood."Joel 3:19
Scripture returns to violence often enough that no single verse covers it. The 15 passages below come from across the Old and New Testaments, and they do not all say the same thing — read together they give a fuller picture than any one of them does alone.
Each links to a study page with the full passage, its context, and the text in six translations, so a verse that catches your attention can be followed properly rather than left as a fragment.
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The most-cited Bible verses for violence are Psalms 73:6, Psalms 74:20, Psalms 140:1. This page collects 15 of them, each with its full passage, context and the text in six translations.
Read the verse in its surrounding passage before you use it — a verse that fits in isolation sometimes says something different in context. Compare two translations where the wording is unclear, and pick for the person who will read it rather than for the theme.
Scripture returns to violence across both testaments rather than settling it in one passage, which is why the verses on this page do not all say the same thing. Read together they give a fuller answer than any single verse does.
There is no single best translation. The NIV and NLT read most naturally and communicate well to someone outside the church; the ESV and NASB stay closer to the original wording; the KJV carries the phrasing most people recognise. Every verse here links to a page showing all six side by side.
More than any page can list. This one carries the 15 that are most often turned to for violence, chosen so each stands on its own and links through to the full chapter it belongs to.