Domestic Violence

Husbands, love your wives, and don’t be bitter against them.

You husbands, in the same way, live with your wives according to knowledge, giving honor to the woman, as to the weaker vessel, as being also joint heirs of the grace of life; that your prayers may not be hindered.

Now the works of the flesh are obvious, which are: adultery, sexual immorality, uncleanness, lustfulness, — read the full passage →

holding a form of godliness, but having denied its power. Turn away from these, also. — read the full passage →

You fathers, don’t provoke your children to wrath, but nurture them in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.

Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the assembly, and gave himself up for it;

Yahweh examines the righteous, but the wicked and him who loves violence his soul hates.

Yet if the unbeliever departs, let there be separation. The brother or the sister is not under bondage in such cases, but God has called us in peace.

“You have heard that it was said to the ancient ones, ‘You shall not murder;’ and ‘Whoever shall murder shall be in danger of the judgment.’ — read the full passage →

So, then, my beloved brothers, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, and slow to anger; — read the full passage →

Fathers, don’t provoke your children, so that they won’t be discouraged.

Wives, be subject to your own husbands, as to the Lord.

Let no corrupt speech proceed out of your mouth, but such as is good for building up as the need may be, that it may give grace to those who hear.

I wrote to you in my letter to have no company with sexual sinners; — read the full passage →

Repay no one evil for evil. Respect what is honorable in the sight of all men. — read the full passage →

If anyone among you thinks himself to be religious while he doesn’t bridle his tongue, but deceives his heart, this man’s religion is worthless.

“If your brother sins against you, go, show him his fault between you and him alone. If he listens to you, you have gained back your brother. — read the full passage →

The mouth of the righteous is a spring of life, but violence covers the mouth of the wicked.

For some of these are people who creep into houses, and take captive gullible women loaded down with sins, led away by various lusts,

But know this, that in the last days, grievous times will come. — read the full passage →

subjecting yourselves one to another in the fear of Christ.

Yahweh will also be a high tower for the oppressed; a high tower in times of trouble.

This is the Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things which must happen soon, which he sent and made known by his angel to his servant, John, — read the full passage →

Out of the same mouth comes blessing and cursing. My brothers, these things ought not to be so.

Remember those who are in bonds, as bound with them; and those who are ill-treated, since you are also in the body.

Let no corrupt speech proceed out of your mouth, but such as is good for building up as the need may be, that it may give grace to those who hear. — read the full passage →

This again you do: you cover the altar of Yahweh with tears, with weeping, and with sighing, because he doesn’t regard the offering any more, neither receives it with good will at your hand. — read the full passage →

Thus says Yahweh: Execute justice and righteousness, and deliver him who is robbed out of the hand of the oppressor: and do no wrong, do no violence, to the foreigner, the fatherless, nor the widow; neither shed innocent blood in this place.

By the fruit of his lips, a man enjoys good things; but the unfaithful crave violence.

Don’t envy the man of violence. Choose none of his ways.

Therefore pride is like a chain around their neck. Violence covers them like a garment.

Yahweh, you have heard the desire of the humble. You will prepare their heart. You will cause your ear to hear, — read the full passage →

Love is patient and is kind; love doesn’t envy. Love doesn’t brag, is not proud, — read the full passage →

He said to them, “Moses, because of the hardness of your hearts, allowed you to divorce your wives, but from the beginning it has not been so.

In that day, I will punish all those who leap over the threshold, who fill their master’s house with violence and deceit.

Thus says the Lord Yahweh: Let it suffice you, princes of Israel: remove violence and plunder, and execute justice and righteousness; dispossessing my people, says the Lord Yahweh.

But to the married I command—not I, but the Lord—that the wife not leave her husband — read the full passage →

A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another, just like I have loved you; that you also love one another.

Blessings are on the head of the righteous, but violence covers the mouth of the wicked.

He rescues me from my enemies. Yes, you lift me up above those who rise up against me. You deliver me from the violent man.

You will save the afflicted people, But your eyes are on the haughty, that you may bring them down.

Samuel died; and all Israel gathered themselves together, and lamented him, and buried him in his house at Ramah. David arose, and went down to the wilderness of Paran. — read the full passage →

When a man takes a wife and marries her, then it shall be, if she finds no favor in his eyes, because he has found some unseemly thing in her, that he shall write her a bill of divorce, and put it in her hand, and send her out of his house. — read the full passage →

If any man takes a wife, and goes in to her, hates her, — read the full passage →

When you go out to battle against your enemies, and Yahweh your God delivers them into your hands, and you carry them away captive, — read the full passage →

“If a man sells his daughter to be a female servant, she shall not go out as the male servants do. — read the full passage →

They said one to another, “We are certainly guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the distress of his soul, when he begged us, and we wouldn’t listen. Therefore this distress has come upon us.”

My little children, let’s not love in word only, neither with the tongue only, but in deed and truth.

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us the sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

and in godliness brotherly affection; and in brotherly affection, love.

Finally, be all like-minded, compassionate, loving as brothers, tender hearted, courteous,

Brothers, if any among you wanders from the truth and someone turns him back, — read the full passage →

But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceful, gentle, reasonable, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.

Therefore lift up the hands that hang down and the feeble knees,

Let us consider how to provoke one another to love and good works,

to speak evil of no one, not to be contentious, to be gentle, showing all humility toward all men.

But know this, that in the last days, grievous times will come. — read the full passage →

For God didn’t give us a spirit of fear, but of power, love, and self-control.

This is a faithful saying: if a man seeks the office of an overseer, he desires a good work. — read the full passage →

Don’t count him as an enemy, but admonish him as a brother.

If any man doesn’t obey our word in this letter, note that man, that you have no company with him, to the end that he may be ashamed. — read the full passage →

Now we command you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you withdraw yourselves from every brother who walks in rebellion, and not after the tradition which they received from us.

We exhort you, brothers, admonish the disorderly, encourage the faint-hearted, support the weak, be patient toward all.

Therefore exhort one another, and build each other up, even as you also do.

Wives, be in subjection to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord. — read the full passage →

Put on therefore, as God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, a heart of compassion, kindness, lowliness, humility, and perseverance; — read the full passage →

Be therefore imitators of God, as beloved children. — read the full passage →

And be kind to one another, tender hearted, forgiving each other, just as God also in Christ forgave you.

Let all bitterness, wrath, anger, outcry, and slander, be put away from you, with all malice.

Bear one another’s burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ.

Brothers, even if a man is caught in some fault, you who are spiritual must restore such a one in a spirit of gentleness; looking to yourself so that you also aren’t tempted.

Finally, brothers, rejoice. Be perfected, be comforted, be of the same mind, live in peace, and the God of love and peace will be with you.

Now concerning the things about which you wrote to me: it is good for a man not to touch a woman. — read the full passage →

Dare any of you, having a matter against his neighbor, go to law before the unrighteous, and not before the saints? — read the full passage →

Don’t you know that you are a temple of God, and that God’s Spirit lives in you? — read the full passage →

I myself am also persuaded about you, my brothers, that you yourselves are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge, able also to admonish others.

So then, let us follow after things which make for peace, and things by which we may build one another up.

If it is possible, as much as it is up to you, be at peace with all men.

In love of the brothers be tenderly affectionate one to another; in honor preferring one another;

Therefore I urge you, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service. — read the full passage →

I tell you that even so there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents, than over ninety-nine righteous people who need no repentance.

Shouldn’t you also have had mercy on your fellow servant, even as I had mercy on you?’

“What do you think? If a man has one hundred sheep, and one of them goes astray, doesn’t he leave the ninety-nine, go to the mountains, and seek that which has gone astray? — read the full passage →

See that you don’t despise one of these little ones, for I tell you that in heaven their angels always see the face of my Father who is in heaven.

But the things which proceed out of the mouth come out of the heart, and they defile the man. — read the full passage →

“Come to me, all you who labor and are heavily burdened, and I will give you rest.

“Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly are ravening wolves. — read the full passage →

“It was also said, ‘Whoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a writing of divorce,’ — read the full passage →

Son of man, I have made you a watchman to the house of Israel: therefore hear the word from my mouth, and give them warning from me. — read the full passage →

Strengthen the weak hands, and make firm the feeble knees. — read the full passage →

The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah. — read the full passage →

Open your mouth, judge righteously, and serve justice to the poor and needy.”

who executes justice for the oppressed; who gives food to the hungry. Yahweh frees the prisoners.

I know that Yahweh will maintain the cause of the afflicted, and justice for the needy.

Behold, children are a heritage of Yahweh. The fruit of the womb is his reward.

Yahweh executes righteous acts, and justice for all who are oppressed.

He will redeem their soul from oppression and violence. Their blood will be precious in his sight.

He raises his hands against his friends. He has violated his covenant. — read the full passage →

For evildoers shall be cut off, but those who wait for Yahweh shall inherit the land.

For he has not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted, Neither has he hidden his face from him; but when he cried to him, he heard.