Bible Verses With Violence

When we think of the Bible, images of love, compassion, and peace often come to mind. However, the Bible also contains bible verses with violence, depicting wars, divine judgments, and acts of aggression. These verses can be unsettling and challenging to comprehend. Yet, they offer us an opportunity to delve deeper into the historical, cultural, and spiritual contexts that shaped these events. In this post, we’ll explore some of the Bible’s most intense passages, seeking to understand their significance and the lessons they hold for us today.

Bible Verses With Violence

Exodus 21:24 – “Eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.”

Deuteronomy 7:2 – “And when the Lord your God has delivered them over to you and you have defeated them, then you must destroy them totally. Make no treaty with them, and show them no mercy.”

Joshua 6:21 – “They devoted the city to the Lord and destroyed with the sword every living thing in it—men and women, young and old, cattle, sheep and donkeys.”

Judges 16:30 – “Samson said, ‘Let me die with the Philistines!’ Then he pushed with all his might, and down came the temple on the rulers and all the people in it. Thus he killed many more when he died than while he lived.”

1 Samuel 15:3 – “Now go and attack the Amalekites and totally destroy all that belongs to them. Do not spare them; put to death men and women, children and infants, cattle and sheep, camels and donkeys.”

2 Kings 2:24 – “He turned around, looked at them and called down a curse on them in the name of the Lord. Then two bears came out of the woods and mauled forty-two of the boys.”

Psalm 137:9 – “Blessed is the one who seizes your infants and dashes them against the rocks.”

Jeremiah 48:10 – “A curse on anyone who is lax in doing the Lord’s work! A curse on anyone who keeps their sword from bloodshed!”

Matthew 10:34 – “Do not suppose that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I did not come to bring peace, but a sword.”

Revelation 19:15 – “Coming out of his mouth is a sharp sword with which to strike down the nations. ‘He will rule them with an iron scepter.’ He treads the winepress of the fury of the wrath of God Almighty.”

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