Sin & Temptation
Bible Verses About being cruel
14 key scriptures
What does the Bible say about being cruel? Browse 14 carefully selected verses that illuminate this biblical theme.
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| Translation | Key Verse: Proverbs 11:17 |
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| King James (KJV) | “The merciful man doeth good to his own soul: but he that is cruel troubleth his own flesh.” |
14 Key Scriptures
“The merciful man doeth good to his own soul: but he that is cruel troubleth his own flesh.”
“For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders,”
Mark 7:21KJV
“If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man's religion is vain.”
James 1:26KJV
“Make no friendship with an angry man; and with a furious man thou shalt not go:”
“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.”
“Neither give heed to fables and endless genealogies, which minister questions, rather than godly edifying which is in faith: so do.”
“And when he is come, he will reprove the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment: reprove: or, convince”
John 16:8KJV
“Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it. of his own: or, from his own will or disposition”
John 8:44KJV
“Then said Jesus, Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do. And they parted his raiment, and cast lots.”
Luke 23:34KJV
“But unto them that are contentious , and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, indignation and wrath,”
Romans 2:8KJV
“Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth.”
“And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed: and the kingdom shall not be left to other people, but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever. the days: Cald. their days the kingdom: Cald the kingdom thereof”
Daniel 2:44KJV
“Yet count him not as an enemy, but admonish him as a brother.”
“He that is unjust, let him be unjust still: and he which is filthy, let him be filthy still: and he that is righteous, let him be righteous still: and he that is holy, let him be holy still.”
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