Bible verses about "bullying" | Murdock

³⁸ Ye have heard that it hath been said: An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth. ³⁹ But I say to you: Resist not evil; but if a person smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also. ⁴⁰ And if one is disposed to sue thee and get away thy coat, relinquish to him also thy cloak. ⁴¹ Whoever compelleth thee to go one mile, go with him two.

¹¹ Blessed are ye, when they revile you and persecute you, and speak every evil thing against you, falsely, on my account.

²⁹ Let no hateful language come from your mouth, but that which is decorous, and useful for edification, that it may convey grace to those who hear.

⁹ Whoever therefore shall say that he is in the light, and hateth his brother, is in darkness until now.

¹⁵ For every one that hateth his brother, is a man-slayer; and ye know, that no man-slayer can have eternal life abiding in him.

¹⁹ And be ye not avengers of yourselves, my beloved: but give place to wrath. For it is written: If thou dost not execute judgment for thyself, I will execute judgment for thee, saith God. ²⁰ And if thy adversary be hungry, feed him: and if he be thirsty, give him drink. For if thou doest these things to him, thou wilt heap coals of fire on his head.

⁴³ Ye have heard that it hath been said: Thou shalt love thy neighbor, and hate thy enemy. ⁴⁴ But I say to you: Love your enemies; and bless him that curseth you; and do good to him that hateth you; and pray for them that lead you in bonds, and that persecute you: ⁴⁵ that ye may be the children of your Father that is in heaven, who causeth his sun to rise upon the good and upon the bad, and sendeth his rain upon the righteous and upon the unrighteous. ⁴⁶ For, if ye love them that love you, what reward have ye? Do not even the publicans do this? ⁴⁷ And if ye salute your brethren only, what do ye that is not common? Do not even publicans do this? ⁴⁸ Be ye therefore perfect; even as your Father who is in heaven is perfect.

⁷ For God hath not given us a spirit of fear, but of energy, and of love, and of instruction.