Quotes about Violence
The mouth of the righteous is a fountain of life, but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence.
- Proverbs 10:11
From the fruit of his lips a man enjoys good things, but the desire of the faithless is violence.
- Proverbs 13:2
A violent man entices his neighbor and leads him down a path that is not good.
- Proverbs 16:29
The violence of the wicked will sweep them away because they refuse to do what is just.
- Proverbs 21:7
for their hearts devise violence, and their lips declare trouble.
- Proverbs 24:2
Like cutting off one’s own feet or drinking violence is the sending of a message by the hand of a fool.
- Proverbs 26:6
there is a generation whose teeth are swords and whose jaws are knives, devouring the oppressed from the earth and the needy from among men.
- Proverbs 30:14
I encountered the watchmen on their rounds of the city. They beat me and bruised me; they took away my cloak, those guardians of the walls.
- Song of Solomon 5:7
Your men will fall by the sword, and your warriors in battle.
- Isaiah 3:25
For every trampling boot of battle and every garment rolled in blood will be burned as fuel for the fire.
- Isaiah 9:5
Whoever is caught will be stabbed, and whoever is captured will die by the sword.
- Isaiah 13:15
Their infants will be dashed to pieces before their eyes, their houses will be looted, and their wives will be ravished.
- Isaiah 13:16