159 verses contain “Viol” (in the KJV: 99, in the BSB: 111) — showing 1–100
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The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.
Now the earth was corrupt in the sight of God, and full of violence.
And God said unto
Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with
violence through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth.
Then God said to
Noah, “The end of all living creatures has come before Me, because through them the earth is full of
violence. Now behold, I will destroy both them and the earth.
And Abraham reproved
Abimelech because of a well of water, which
Abimelech’s servants had
violently taken away.
And Isaac
trembled very exceedingly, and said, Who? where is he that hath taken
venison, and brought it me, and I have eaten of all before thou camest, and have blessed him?
yea, and he shall be blessed.
Isaac began to
tremble violently and said, “Who was it, then, who
hunted the game and brought it to me? Before you came in, I
ate it all and blessed him—and indeed, he will be blessed!”
Simeon and Levi are brethren; instruments of cruelty are in their habitations.
Simeon and Levi are brothers; their swords are weapons of
violence.
And mount
Sinai was altogether on a smoke, because the LORD descended upon it in fire: and the smoke thereof ascended as the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mount
quaked greatly.
Mount
Sinai was completely
enveloped in smoke, because the LORD had descended on it in fire. And the smoke rose like the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mountain
quaked violently.
And if the whole congregation of Israel sin through ignorance, and the thing be
hid from the eyes of the assembly, and they have done somewhat against any of the commandments of the LORD concerning things which should not be done, and are guilty;
Now if the whole congregation of Israel strays
unintentionally and the matter escapes the notice of the assembly so that they
violate any of the LORD’s commandments and
incur guilt by doing what is forbidden,
And if a soul sin, and commit any of these things which are forbidden to be done by the commandments of the LORD; though he
wist it not, yet is he guilty, and shall bear his iniquity.
If someone sins and
violates any of the LORD’s commandments even though he was unaware, he is guilty and shall bear his punishment.
If a soul sin, and commit a
trespass against the LORD, and lie unto his neighbour in that which was delivered him to keep, or in
fellowship, or in a thing taken away by
violence, or hath
deceived his neighbour;
“If someone sins and acts unfaithfully against the LORD by
deceiving his
neighbor in regard to a deposit or security entrusted to him or
stolen, or if he extorts his
neighbor Then it shall be, because he hath
sinned, and is guilty, that he shall restore that which he took
violently away, or the thing which he hath
deceitfully gotten, or that which was delivered him to keep, or the lost thing which he found,
once he has
sinned and becomes guilty, he must return what he has
stolen or taken by
extortion, or the deposit entrusted to him, or the lost property he found,
Then ye shall bring them both out unto the gate of that city, and ye shall stone them with stones that they die; the
damsel, because she
cried not, being in the city; and the man, because he hath humbled his neighbour’s wife: so thou shalt put away evil from among you.
you must take both of them out to the gate of that city and stone them to death—the young woman because she did not cry out in the city, and the man because he has
violated his
neighbor’s wife. So you must
purge the evil from among you.
Then the man that lay with her shall give unto the
damsel’s father fifty shekels of silver, and she shall be his wife; because he hath humbled her, he may not put her away all his days.
then the man who lay with her must pay the young woman’s father fifty shekels of silver, and she must become his wife because he has
violated her. He must not
divorce her as long as he lives.
Cursed be he that lieth with his father’s wife; because he uncovereth his father’s
skirt. And all the people shall say,
Amen.
‘
Cursed is he who sleeps with his father’s wife, for he has
violated his father’s marriage bed.’ And let all the people say, ‘
Amen!’
Thou shalt
betroth a wife, and another man shall lie with her: thou shalt build an house, and thou shalt not dwell therein: thou shalt plant a
vineyard, and shalt not gather the grapes thereof.
You will be
pledged in marriage to a woman, but another man will
violate her. You will build a house but will not live in it. You will plant a
vineyard but will not enjoy its fruit.
Thine ox shall be slain before thine eyes, and thou shalt not eat thereof: thine
ass shall be
violently taken away from before thy face, and shall not be restored to thee: thy sheep shall be given unto thine enemies, and thou shalt have none to
rescue them.
Your ox will be slaughtered before your eyes, but you will not eat any of it. Your
donkey will be taken away and not returned to you. Your flock will be given to your enemies, and no one will save you.
And the men of Ephraim said unto him, Why hast thou served us thus, that thou calledst us not, when thou wentest to fight with the Midianites? And they did
chide with him sharply.
Then the men of Ephraim said to
Gideon, “Why have you done this to us? Why did you fail to call us when you went to fight against
Midian?” And they
contended with him
violently.
And when Saul saw the host of the Philistines, he was afraid, and his heart greatly
trembled.
Howbeit he would not
hearken unto her voice: but, being stronger than she, forced her, and lay with her.
But Amnon refused to
listen to her, and being stronger, he
violated her and lay with her.
And Jonadab, the son of Shimeah David’s brother, answered and said, Let not my lord suppose that they have slain all the young men the king’s sons; for Amnon only is dead: for by the appointment of
Absalom this hath been determined from the day that he forced his sister Tamar.
But Jonadab, the son of David’s brother Shimeah, spoke up: “My lord must not think they have killed all the sons of the king, for only Amnon is dead. In fact,
Absalom has
planned this since the day Amnon
violated his sister Tamar.
The God of my rock; in him will I trust: he is my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower, and my refuge, my saviour; thou savest me from violence.
My God is my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield, and the horn of my salvation. My
stronghold, my refuge, and my
Savior, You save me from
violence.
And that bringeth me forth from mine enemies: thou also hast lifted me up on high above them that rose up against me: thou hast delivered me from the violent man.
who frees me from my enemies. You
exalt me above my foes; You
rescue me from
violent men.
Because they obeyed not the voice of the LORD their God, but
transgressed his covenant, and all that Moses the servant of the LORD commanded, and would not hear them, nor do them.
This happened because they did not
listen to the voice of the LORD their God, but
violated His covenant—all that Moses the servant of the LORD had commanded—and would neither
listen nor obey.
The son of Carmi: Achar, who brought trouble upon Israel by
violating the
ban on devoted things.
And David went out to meet them, and answered and said unto them, If ye be come
peaceably unto me to help me, mine heart shall be
knit unto you: but if ye be come to
betray me to mine enemies, seeing there is no wrong in mine hands, the God of our fathers look
thereon, and
rebuke it.
And David went out to meet them, saying, “If you have come to me in peace to help me, my heart will be united with you; but if you have come to
betray me to my enemies when my hands are free of
violence, may the God of our fathers see it and judge you.”
And what cause
soever shall come to you of your brethren that dwell in their cities, between blood and blood, between law and commandment, statutes and judgments, ye shall even
warn them that they
trespass not against the LORD, and so wrath come upon you, and upon your brethren: this do, and ye shall not
trespass.
For every dispute that comes before you from your brothers who dwell in their cities—whether it regards
bloodshed or some other
violation of law, commandments, statutes, or ordinances—you are to
warn them, so that they will not
incur guilt before the LORD and wrath will not come upon you and your brothers. Do this, and you will not
incur guilt.
Not for any injustice in mine hands: also my prayer is pure.
yet my hands are free of violence and my prayer is pure.
Behold, I cry out of wrong, but I am not heard: I cry
aloud, but there is no judgment.
Though I cry out, ‘
Violence!’ I get no
response; though I call for help, there is no justice.
Because he hath
oppressed and hath
forsaken the poor; because he hath
violently taken away an house which he builded not;
Some remove the landmarks; they violently take away flocks, and feed thereof.
Men move boundary stones; they pasture
stolen flocks.
His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his
violent dealing shall come down upon his own
pate.
His trouble recoils on himself, and his violence falls on his own head.
His mouth is full of
cursing and
deceit and
fraud: under his tongue is mischief and vanity.
The LORD trieth the righteous: but the wicked and him that loveth violence his soul hateth.
The LORD tests the righteous and the wicked; His soul hates the lover of violence.
Concerning the works of men, by the word of thy lips I have kept me from the paths of the destroyer.
As for the deeds of men— by the word of Your lips I have avoided the ways of the violent.
He delivereth me from mine enemies:
yea, thou liftest me up above those that rise up against me: thou hast delivered me from the
violent man.
who delivers me from my enemies. You
exalt me above my foes; You
rescue me from
violent men.
Deliver me not over unto the will of mine enemies: for false witnesses are risen up against me, and such as
breathe out cruelty.
Do not hand me over to the will of my foes, for false witnesses rise up against me, breathing out violence.
Destroy, O Lord, and divide their tongues: for I have seen
violence and
strife in the city.
He hath put forth his hands against such as be at peace with him: he hath broken his covenant.
My companion attacks his friends; he
violates his covenant.
Yea, in heart ye work wickedness; ye
weigh the
violence of your hands in the earth.
No, in your hearts you
devise injustice; with your hands you
mete out
violence on the earth.
He shall
redeem their soul from
deceit and
violence: and precious shall their blood be in his sight.
He will
redeem them from oppression and
violence, for their blood is precious in his sight.
Therefore pride compasseth them about as a chain; violence covereth them as a garment.
Therefore pride is their
necklace; a garment of
violence covers them.
Have respect unto the covenant: for the dark places of the earth are full of the habitations of cruelty.
Consider Your covenant, for haunts of violence fill the dark places of the land.
O God, the proud are risen against me, and the
assemblies of
violent men have sought after my soul; and have not set thee before them.
The
arrogant rise against me, O God; a band of
ruthless men seeks my life, with no regard for You.
If they break my statutes, and keep not my commandments;
if they
violate My statutes and fail to keep My commandments,
My covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips.
The proud have
digged pits for me, which are not after thy law.
Deliver me, O LORD, from the evil man: preserve me from the violent man;
Rescue me, O LORD, from evil men. Protect me from men of
violence,
Keep me, O LORD, from the hands of the wicked; preserve me from the violent man; who have purposed to overthrow my goings.
Guard me, O LORD, from the hands of the wicked. Keep me safe from men of
violence who scheme to make me
stumble.
Let not an evil speaker be established in the earth: evil shall
hunt the
violent man to overthrow him.
Do not
envy a
violent man or choose any of his ways;
For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence.
For they eat the bread of wickedness and drink the wine of violence.
Blessings are upon the head of the just: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.
Blessings are on the head of the righteous, but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence.
The mouth of a righteous man is a well of life: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.
The mouth of the righteous is a fountain of life, but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence.
A man shall eat good by the fruit of his mouth: but the soul of the transgressors shall eat violence.
From the fruit of his lips a man enjoys good things, but the desire of the faithless is violence.
A violent man enticeth his neighbour, and leadeth him into the way that is not good.
A
violent man entices his
neighbor and leads him down a path that is not good.
The
robbery of the wicked shall destroy them; because they refuse to do judgment.
The
violence of the wicked will
sweep them away because they refuse to do what is just.
For their heart studieth destruction, and their lips talk of mischief.
for their hearts
devise violence, and their lips declare trouble.
He that sendeth a message by the hand of a
fool cutteth off the feet, and drinketh damage.
Like cutting off one’s own feet or drinking
violence is the sending of a message by the hand of a
fool.
A man that doeth
violence to the blood of any person shall
flee to the pit; let no man stay him.
A man burdened by bloodguilt will
flee into the Pit; let no one support him.
If thou seest the oppression of the poor, and
violent perverting of judgment and justice in a province,
marvel not at the matter: for he that is higher than the highest regardeth; and there be higher than they.
If you see the oppression of the poor and the
denial of justice and righteousness in the province, do not be
astonished at the matter; for one official is watched by a superior, and others higher still are over them.
And the
harp, and the
viol, the
tabret, and pipe, and wine, are in their feasts: but they regard not the work of the LORD, neither consider the operation of his hands.
At their feasts are the
lyre and
harp, tambourines and flutes and wine. They disregard the actions of the LORD and fail to see the work of His hands.
Thy
pomp is brought down to the grave, and the noise of thy
viols: the worm is spread under thee, and the worms cover thee.
Your
pomp has been brought down to
Sheol, along with the music of your harps. Maggots are your bed and worms your
blanket.
Behold, the LORD will carry thee away with a mighty captivity, and will surely cover thee.
Look, O mighty man! The LORD is about to
shake you
violently. He will take hold of you,
He will surely
violently turn and
toss thee like a ball into a large country: there shalt thou die, and there the
chariots of thy glory shall be the shame of thy lord’s house.
roll you into a ball, and
sling you into a wide land. There you will die, and there your glorious
chariots will remain—a disgrace to the house of your master.
The earth is utterly broken down, the earth is clean dissolved, the earth is moved exceedingly.
The earth is utterly broken apart, the earth is split open, the earth is
shaken violently.
And he made his grave with the wicked, and with the rich in his death; because he had done no
violence, neither was any
deceit in his mouth.
He was assigned a grave with the wicked, and with a rich man in His death, although He had done no
violence, nor was any
deceit in His mouth.
Their webs shall not become garments, neither shall they cover themselves with their works: their works are works of iniquity, and the act of violence is in their hands.
Their cobwebs cannot be made into clothing, and they cannot cover themselves with their works. Their deeds are sinful deeds, and acts of violence are in their hands.
Violence shall no more be heard in thy land, wasting nor destruction within thy borders; but thou shalt call thy walls Salvation, and thy gates Praise.
No longer will violence be heard in your land, nor ruin or destruction within your borders. But you will name your walls Salvation and your gates Praise.
Lift up thine eyes unto the high places, and see where thou hast not been
lien with. In the ways hast thou sat for them, as the Arabian in the wilderness; and thou hast
polluted the land with thy whoredoms and with thy wickedness.
“Lift up your eyes to the barren heights and see. Is there any place where you have not been
violated? You sat beside the
highways waiting for your lovers, like a
nomad in the desert. You have
defiled the land with your
prostitution and wickedness.
As a fountain casteth out her waters, so she casteth out her wickedness:
violence and
spoil is heard in her; before me continually is grief and wounds.
As a well gushes its water, so she pours out her evil. Violence and destruction resound in her; sickness and wounds are ever before Me.
For since I spake, I
cried out, I
cried violence and
spoil; because the word of the LORD was made a reproach unto me, and a
derision, daily.
For whenever I speak, I cry out; I
proclaim violence and destruction. For the word of the LORD has become to me a reproach and
derision all day long.
Thus saith the LORD;
Execute ye judgment and righteousness, and deliver the
spoiled out of the hand of the
oppressor: and do no wrong, do no
violence to the stranger, the fatherless, nor the widow, neither shed innocent blood in this place.
This is what the LORD says:
Administer justice and righteousness.
Rescue the
victim of
robbery from the hand of his
oppressor. Do no wrong or
violence to the foreigner, the fatherless, or the widow. Do not shed innocent blood in this place.
But thine eyes and thine heart are not but for thy
covetousness, and for to shed innocent blood, and for oppression, and for
violence, to do it.
“But your eyes and heart are set on nothing except your own
dishonest gain, on
shedding innocent blood, on practicing
extortion and oppression.”
The
violence done to me and to my flesh be upon Babylon, shall the inhabitant of
Zion say; and my blood upon the inhabitants of
Chaldea, shall Jerusalem say.
May the
violence done to me and to my flesh be upon Babylon,” says the dweller of
Zion. “May my blood be on the dwellers of
Chaldea,” says Jerusalem.
And lest your heart
faint, and ye fear for the rumour that shall be heard in the land; a rumour shall both come one year, and after that in another year shall come a rumour, and
violence in the land, ruler against ruler.
Do not let your heart grow
faint, and do not be afraid when the
rumor is heard in the land; for a
rumor will come one year— and then another the next year— of
violence in the land and of ruler against ruler.
And he hath
violently taken away his tabernacle, as if it were of a garden: he hath destroyed his places of the assembly: the LORD hath caused the solemn feasts and sabbaths to be forgotten in
Zion, and hath
despised in the
indignation of his anger the king and the priest.
He has laid waste His tabernacle like a garden
booth; He has destroyed His place of meeting. The LORD has made
Zion forget her appointed feasts and Sabbaths. In His fierce anger He has
despised both king and priest.
Violence is risen up into a rod of wickedness: none of them shall remain, nor of their multitude, nor of any of theirs: neither shall there be
wailing for them.
Their
violence has grown into a rod to
punish their wickedness. None of them will remain: none of their multitude, none of their wealth, and nothing of value.
My face will I turn also from them, and they shall
pollute my secret place: for the robbers shall enter into it, and
defile it.
I will turn My face away from them, and they will
defile My
treasured place.
Violent men will enter it, and they will
defile it.
Make a chain: for the land is full of
bloody crimes, and the city is full of
violence.
Forge the chain, for the land is full of crimes of
bloodshed, and the city is full of
violence.
Then he said unto me, Hast thou seen this, O son of man? Is it a light thing to the house of Judah that they commit the abominations which they commit here? for they have filled the land with
violence, and have returned to
provoke me to anger: and, lo, they put the branch to their nose.
“Son of man,” He said to me, “do you see this? Is it not enough for the house of Judah to commit the abominations they are practicing here, that they must also fill the land with
violence and continually
provoke Me to anger? Look, they are even putting the branch to their nose!
And say unto the people of the land, Thus saith the Lord GOD of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and of the land of Israel; They shall eat their bread with carefulness, and drink their water with
astonishment, that her land may be
desolate from all that is therein, because of the
violence of all them that dwell therein.
Then tell the people of the land that this is what the Lord GOD says about those living in Jerusalem and in the land of Israel: ‘They will eat their bread with
anxiety and drink their water in
dread, for their land will be
stripped of everything in it because of the
violence of all who dwell in it.
And hath not
oppressed any, but hath restored to the
debtor his
pledge, hath
spoiled none by
violence, hath given his bread to the
hungry, and hath covered the naked with a garment;
He does not
oppress another, but restores the
pledge to the
debtor. He does not commit
robbery, but gives his bread to the
hungry and covers the naked with clothing.
If he
beget a son that is a
robber, a
shedder of blood, and that doeth the like to any one of these things,
Now suppose that man has a violent son, who sheds blood or does any of these things,
He oppresses the poor and
needy; he commits
robbery and does not restore a
pledge. He lifts his eyes to idols; he commits abominations.
He does not
oppress another, or retain a
pledge, or commit
robbery. He gives his bread to the
hungry and covers the naked with clothing.
As for his father, because he cruelly
oppressed,
spoiled his brother by
violence, and did that which is not good among his people, lo, even he shall die in his iniquity.
As for his father, he will die for his own iniquity, because he practiced
extortion,
robbed his brother, and did what was wrong among his people.
In thee have they discovered their fathers’ nakedness: in thee have they humbled her that was set apart for
pollution.
In you they have uncovered the nakedness of their fathers; in you they
violate women during their
menstrual impurity.
And one hath committed
abomination with his neighbour’s wife; and another hath
lewdly defiled his daughter in law; and another in thee hath humbled his sister, his father’s daughter.
One man commits an
abomination with his
neighbor’s wife; another wickedly defiles his daughter-in-law; and yet another
violates his sister, his own father’s daughter.
Her priests have
violated my law, and have
profaned mine holy things: they have put no difference between the holy and
profane, neither have they shewed difference between the unclean and the clean, and have
hid their eyes from my sabbaths, and I am
profaned among them.
Her priests do
violence to My law and
profane My holy things. They make no distinction between the holy and the common, and they fail to distinguish between the clean and the unclean. They disregard My Sabbaths, so that I am
profaned among them.
They shall bring thee down to the pit, and thou shalt die the deaths of them that are slain in the midst of the seas.
They will bring you down to the Pit, and you will die a violent death in the heart of the seas.
By the multitude of thy
merchandise they have filled the midst of thee with
violence, and thou hast
sinned: therefore I will cast thee as
profane out of the mountain of God: and I will destroy thee, O covering
cherub, from the midst of the stones of fire.
By the vastness of your trade, you were filled with
violence, and you
sinned. So I drove you in disgrace from the mountain of God, and I banished you, O
guardian cherub, from among the
fiery stones.
The diseased have ye not strengthened, neither have ye
healed that which was sick, neither have ye bound up that which was broken, neither have ye brought again that which was driven away, neither have ye sought that which was lost; but with force and with cruelty have ye ruled them.
You have not strengthened the weak,
healed the sick, bound up the injured, brought back the strays, or searched for the lost. Instead, you have ruled them with
violence and cruelty.
Thus saith the Lord GOD; Let it suffice you, O princes of Israel: remove
violence and
spoil, and
execute judgment and justice, take away your exactions from my people, saith the Lord GOD.
For this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Enough, O princes of Israel! Cease your violence and oppression, and do what is just and right. Stop dispossessing My people, declares the Lord GOD.’
Then
Nebuchadnezzar spake, and said, Blessed be the God of
Shadrach, Meshach, and
Abed-nego, who hath sent his angel, and delivered his servants that trusted in him, and have changed the king’s word, and yielded their bodies, that they might not serve nor worship any god, except their own God.
Nebuchadnezzar declared, “Blessed be the God of
Shadrach, Meshach, and
Abednego, who has sent His angel and delivered His servants who trusted in Him. They
violated the king’s command and risked their lives rather than serve or worship any god except their own God.
And in those times there shall many stand up against the king of the south: also the robbers of thy people shall
exalt themselves to establish the vision; but they shall fall.
In those times many will rise up against the king of the South.
Violent ones among your own people will
exalt themselves in
fulfillment of the vision, but they will fail.
And such as do wickedly against the covenant shall he corrupt by
flatteries: but the people that do know their God shall be strong, and do exploits.
With
flattery he will corrupt those who
violate the covenant, but the people who know their God will firmly resist him.
Ephraim feedeth on wind, and followeth after the east wind: he daily increaseth lies and
desolation; and they do make a covenant with the Assyrians, and oil is carried into Egypt.
Ephraim chases the wind and pursues the east wind all day long; he multiplies lies and violence; he makes a covenant with Assyria and sends olive oil to Egypt.
Egypt shall be a
desolation, and
Edom shall be a
desolate wilderness, for the
violence against the children of Judah, because they have shed innocent blood in their land.
Egypt will become
desolate, and
Edom a desert wasteland, because of the
violence done to the people of Judah, in whose land they shed innocent blood.
So I will
kindle a fire in the walls of Rabbah to
consume its citadels amid war
cries on the day of battle and a
violent wind on the day of
tempest.
For they know not to do right, saith the LORD, who store up
violence and
robbery in their palaces.
“For they know not how to do right,” declares the LORD. “They store up violence and destruction in their citadels.”
Take thou away from me the noise of thy songs; for I will not hear the
melody of thy
viols.
Take away from Me the noise of your songs! I will not
listen to the music of your harps.