harming people
What does the Bible say about harming people? These are the passages readers found most helpful — tap any citation to read it in context.
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11Blessed are you when they have slandered you, and persecuted you, and spoken all kinds of evil against you, falsely, for my sake:
10Do not be afraid, for I am with you. Do not turn away, for I am your God. I have strengthened you, and I have assisted you, and the right hand of my just one has upheld you.
13You shall not murder.
3He heals the contrite of heart, and he binds up their sorrows.
11For I know the thoughts that I think over you, says the Lord: thoughts of peace and not of affliction, so that I may give you patience and an end.
28And we know that, for those who love God, all things work together unto good, for those who, in accordance with his purpose, are called to be saints.
10For my father and my mother have left me behind, but the Lord has taken me up.
19Do not defend yourselves, dearest ones. Instead, step aside from wrath. For it is written: “Vengeance is mine. I shall give retribution, says the Lord.”
3Let nothing be done by contention, nor in vain glory. Instead, in humility, let each of you esteem others to be better than himself.
25For whoever causes injury shall be repaid for what he has wrongfully done. And there no favoritism with God.