14 Bible Verses about Violence In The Earth

The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.

And God said to Noah, The end of all flesh has come before Me, for the earth is filled with violence through them. And, behold, I will destroy them with the earth.

And He said to me, Have you seen, O son of man? Is it a light thing to the house of Judah that they do the hateful things which they do here? For they have filled the land with violence and have turned to provoke Me to anger. And lo, they put the branch to their nose.

Make a chain; for the land is full of bloody judgments, and the city is full of violence.

Look to the covenant; for the dark places of the earth are full of the houses of evil.

And let not your heart faint, nor fear the rumor that shall be heard in the land. The report shall come in a year. And after that a report shall come in another year; and violence shall be in the land, ruler against ruler.

Swallow up, O Jehovah, and divide their tongues; for I have seen violence and fighting in the city.

As a fountain keeps fresh her waters, so she keeps fresh her evil; violence and spoil is heard in her; always before Me are grief and wounds.

And say to the people of the land: So says the Lord Jehovah of the people of Jerusalem and of the land of Israel: They shall eat their bread with anxiety and drink their water with horror, so that her land may be desolated of her fullness, because of the violence of all those who dwell in it.

Egypt shall be a ruin, and Edom shall be a desolate wilderness, from violence done to the sons of Judah, whose innocent blood they poured out in their land.

For its rich men are full of violence, and its people have spoken lies, and their tongue is deceitful in their mouth.

O Jehovah, until when shall I cry and You will not hear? I cry out to You of violence, and You do not save!

Why do You show me evil, and You look on toil? For destruction and violence are before me; and there is strife, and contention rises up.

without natural affection, unyielding, false accusers, without self-control, savage, despisers of good,