What's a verse of scripture to deal with violence towards others?

[Gottservant]

Hi there,

I have had violent tendencies to all of my family in the past. Under pressure, I am still tempted to snap.

I have never had a scriptural interpretation of the temptation...


Thanks.

 

[orangeness365]

Ephesians 4:26-27 NIV
26“In your anger do not sin”d : Do not let the sun go down while you are still angry, 27and do not give the devil a foothold.

Matthew 5:21-24 “You have heard that it was said to those of old, ‘You shall not murder; and whoever murders will be liable to judgment.’ But I say to you that everyone who is angry with his brother will be liable to judgment; whoever insults his brother will be liable to the council; and whoever says, ‘You fool!’ will be liable to the hell of fire. So if you are offering your gift at the altar and there remember that your brother has something against you, leave your gift there before the altar and go. First be reconciled to your brother, and then come and offer your gift…”

Read more: Bible Verses About Anger: 20 Scripture Quotes

Galatians 5:19-21 Now the works of the flesh are evident: sexual immorality, impurity, sensuality, idolatry, sorcery, enmity, strife, jealousy, fits of anger, rivalries, dissensions, divisions, envy, drunkenness, orgies, and things like these. I warn you, as I warned you before, that those who do such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.

Read more: Bible Verses About Anger: 20 Scripture Quotes

Colossians 3:8, 12-13 But now you must put them all away: anger, wrath, malice, slander, and obscene talk from your mouth. Put on then, as God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, compassionate hearts, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience, bearing with one another and, if one has a complaint against another, forgiving each other; as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also must forgive.

Read more: Bible Verses About Anger: 20 Scripture Quotes


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It's ok for God to be angry because he is perfect, and when he feels wrath, it is because of true injustice, but we as people are too biased and sinful to be rightfully angry. It is better that we do not practice feeling anger at all because we never do it right. That is true of vengeance as well. God can practice vengeance because he does it perfectly, but we don't.
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[Gottservant]

thankyou, I will give what you suggested some thought

 

[Quasicentennial]

Slow towards anger: but not really expressing it out loud by using an "alternative truth" that is not necessarily a lie - it's a sort of an 'escape from getting into an argument' situation by being somewhere else or something, that way, nobody gets to see your hatred towards the "said speech" and not the person who you know so well:.
For example, I decided to take a day-off when the weather was heavy with rain in the morning as I usually deliver the local newspaper and some junkmail with it, and my boss over the phone insisted that I deliver a couple of hundred in the afternoon between lunchtime and 6pm because there was barely any rain then - so I "alternative-truthed" my boss by saying, 'I just got a sore stomach from breakfast eating too many boiled eggs without green lettuce, and I wished I had lettuce with my egg sandwiches to fill my stomach'.
He accepted my excuse and I got away with it, only because I don't like wasting petrol traveling for about 15 minutes between neighboring suburbs.;'*';.

 

[parsley]

It sounds like your violence has been a genetic chemical tendency though, don't you think? Not so much entrenched resentment as panic?

Sometimes when people fly into a rage, it is about fear or hurt...so you might look at those verses too.

Numbers 6:26
The Lord lift up His countenance on you, And give you peace.

 

[Gottservant]

It sounds like your violence has been a genetic chemical tendency though, don't you think? Not so much entrenched resentment as panic?

Sometimes when people fly into a rage, it is about fear or hurt...so you might look at those verses too.

Numbers 6:26
The Lord lift up His countenance on you, And give you peace.

Wow, deep, Parsley - way to go!

 

[DiscipleHeLovesToo]

Eph 4:26-27 KJV
(26) Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath:
(27) Neither give place to the devil.

this is a command to be angry - but to direct your anger toward the devil, and not toward the people you meet that are yielded to him - don't give him a place in your life by blaming others for his wickedness. recognize that Godly anger is the correct response to the the devil's attacks against God's character, ungodly anger is always self-centered.

if you use anger in a Godly way, you will not yield to the temptation to become violent with people.

 

[Kiritsugu Emiyah]

James 3.13-18

13 Who is wise and understanding among you? By his good conduct let him show his works in the meekness of wisdom. 14 But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast and be false to the truth. 15 This is not the wisdom that comes down from above, but is earthly, unspiritual, demonic. 16 For where jealousy and selfish ambition exist, there will be disorder and every vile practice. 17 But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, open to reason, full of mercy and good fruits, impartial and sincere. 18 And a harvest of righteousness is sown in peace by those who make peace.

People who are violent cannot claim to be wise, no matter how much they can claim to know. It is always interesting how people that claim to know all about life and heaven and death and claim a picture of god do not even know how to treat people right.

It's very simple, if you cannot comprehend how to treat people right, if you need a lot of help treating people right then they do not know ANYTHING, they are still in the earliest grades of schooling. Scholars and know it alls who act like bullies are the most ignorant of all.

 

[Kiritsugu Emiyah]

Hi there,

I have had violent tendencies to all of my family in the past. Under pressure, I am still tempted to snap.

I have never had a scriptural interpretation of the temptation...


Thanks.

Pressure and snapping, your anger is likely your brains attempt to defend itself from harm or trauma of some kind. Its a defense mechanism and seeks to craft security for itself.

If you have an abusive childhood this could easily be the case. Not really your fault.

 

[sdowney717]

Hi there,

I have had violent tendencies to all of my family in the past. Under pressure, I am still tempted to snap.

I have never had a scriptural interpretation of the temptation...


Thanks.

James 1:19 Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:
James 1:20 For the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God.

I know it can be tough not to get upset sometimes.

Consider God says vengeance belongs to Him alone, He will repay, He has a righteous judgement in all things while you do not know what He knows. So you need to let it go to God.

 

[walkinginthelightnow]

anger is usually fear in disguise. Not all but most of the time it is.


Try this scripture:

The fear of man is a trap, but whoever places their trust in the lord shall be safe.