Bible Verses About Emotional Abuse

“Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man has great power to prevail.”

“Speaking rashly is like a piercing sword, but the tongue of the wise brings healing.”

“I wrote you in my letter not to associate with sexually immoral people. I was not including the sexually immoral of this world, or the greedy and swindlers, or idolaters. In that case you would have to leave this world. But now I am writing you not to associate with anyone who claims to be a brother but is sexually immoral or greedy, an idolater or a verbal abuser, a drunkard or a swindler. With such a man do not even eat. What business of mine is it to judge those outside the church? Are you not to judge those inside? God will judge those outside. “Expel the wicked man from among you.”

“An angry man stirs up dissension, and a hot-tempered man abounds in transgression.”

“Life and death are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruit.”

“Therefore encourage and build one another up, just as you are already doing.”

“He will redeem them from oppression and violence, for their blood is precious in his sight.”

“Open your mouth, judge righteously, and defend the cause of the poor and needy.”

“Blessings are on the head of the righteous, but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence.”

“Finally, all of you, be like-minded and sympathetic, love as brothers, be tenderhearted and humble.”

“The spirit of a man can endure his sickness, but who can survive a broken spirit?”

“But the wisdom from above is first of all pure, then peace-loving, gentle, accommodating, full of mercy and good fruit, impartial, and sincere.”

“I know that the LORD upholds justice for the poor and defends the cause of the needy.”

“Shouldn’t you have had mercy on your fellow servant, just as I had on you?’

“You save an afflicted people, but Your eyes are on the haughty to bring them down.”

“Therefore strengthen your limp hands and weak knees.”

“Son of man, I have made you a watchman for the house of Israel. Whenever you hear a word from My mouth, give them a warning from Me. If I say to the wicked man, ‘You will surely die,’ but you do not warn him or speak out to warn him from his wicked way to save his life, that wicked man will die in his iniquity, and I will hold you responsible for his blood. But if you warn a wicked man and he does not turn from his wickedness and his wicked way, he will die in his iniquity, but you will have saved yourself.”

“Submit to one another out of reverence for Christ.”

“A man of great anger must pay the penalty; if you rescue him, you will have to do so again.”

“What do you think? If a man has a hundred sheep and one of them goes astray, will he not leave the ninety-nine on the hills and go out to search for the one that is lost? And if he finds it, truly I tell you, he rejoices more over that one sheep than over the ninety-nine that did not go astray. In the same way, your Father in heaven is not willing that any of these little ones should perish.”

“I myself am convinced, my brothers, that you yourselves are full of goodness, brimming with knowledge, and able to instruct one another.”

“Finally, brothers, rejoice! Aim for perfect harmony, encourage one another, be of one mind, live in peace. And the God of love and peace will be with you.”

“Take note of anyone who does not obey the instructions we have given in this letter. Do not associate with him, so that he may be ashamed. Yet do not regard him as an enemy, but admonish him as a brother.”

“Then they said to one another, “Surely we are being punished because of our brother. We saw his anguish when he pleaded with us, but we would not listen. That is why this distress has come upon us.”

“For the evildoers will be cut off, but those who hope in the LORD will inherit the land.”

“Strengthen the limp hands and steady the feeble knees! Say to those with anxious hearts: “Be strong, do not fear! Behold, your God will come with vengeance. With divine retribution He will come to save you.”

“And we urge you, brothers, to admonish the unruly, encourage the fainthearted, help the weak, and be patient with everyone.”

“For He has not despised or detested the torment of the afflicted. He has not hidden His face from him, but has attended to his cry for help.”

“My son, do not forget my teaching, but let your heart keep my commandments; for they will add length to your days, years and peace to your life. Never let loving devotion or faithfulness leave you; bind them around your neck, write them on the tablet of your heart.”

“But if anyone causes one of these little ones who believe in Me to stumble, it would be better for him to have a large millstone hung around his neck and to be drowned in the depths of the sea.”

“Now we command you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to keep away from any brother who leads an undisciplined life that is not in keeping with the tradition you received from us.”

“Yet do not regard him as an enemy, but admonish him as a brother.”