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Bible Verses about “gun control”

The Bible contains 50 verses about gun control across both Old and New Testaments. These scriptures offer guidance and inspiration for your spiritual journey.

Romans 12:19
815 votes

“Don't seek revenge yourselves, beloved, but give place to God's wrath. For it is written, "Vengeance belongs to me; I will repay, says the Lord."”

Matthew 26:52
173 votes

“Then Jesus said to him, "Put your sword back into its place, for all those who take the sword will die by the sword.”

Exodus 22:2
148 votes

“If the thief is found breaking in, and is struck so that he dies, there shall be no guilt of bloodshed for him.”

Genesis 9:6
147 votes

“Whoever sheds man's blood, his blood will be shed by man, for God made man in his own image.”

Psalms 144:1
145 votes

“Blessed be Yahweh, my rock, who teaches my hands to war, and my fingers to battle:”

Exodus 22:3
141 votes

“If the sun has risen on him, guilt of bloodshed shall be for him; he shall make restitution. If he has nothing, then he shall be sold for his theft.”

Exodus 22:18
137 votes

“"You shall not allow a sorceress to live.”

Exodus 22:22
126 votes

“"You shall not take advantage of any widow or fatherless child.”

Matthew 26:53
104 votes

“Or do you think that I couldn't ask my Father, and he would even now send me more than twelve legions of angels?”

Exodus 22:23
102 votes

“If you take advantage of them at all, and they cry at all to me, I will surely hear their cry;”

Exodus 22:25
101 votes

“"If you lend money to any of my people with you who is poor, you shall not be to him as a creditor; neither shall you charge him interest.”

Matthew 26:54
98 votes

“How then would the Scriptures be fulfilled that it must be so?"”

Exodus 22:24
91 votes

“and my wrath will grow hot, and I will kill you with the sword; and your wives shall be widows, and your children fatherless.”

Exodus 22:16
87 votes

“"If a man entices a virgin who isn't pledged to be married, and lies with her, he shall surely pay a dowry for her to be his wife.”

Luke 22:36
85 votes

“Then he said to them, "But now, whoever has a purse, let him take it, and likewise a wallet. Whoever has none, let him sell his cloak, and buy a sword.”

Exodus 21:24
81 votes

“eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,”

Exodus 22:1
76 votes

“"If a man steals an ox or a sheep, and kills it, or sells it; he shall pay five oxen for an ox, and four sheep for a sheep.”

Exodus 22:21
72 votes

“"You shall not wrong an alien, neither shall you oppress him, for you were aliens in the land of Egypt.”

Exodus 21:25
71 votes

“burning for burning, wound for wound, and bruise for bruise.”

Genesis 9:5
68 votes

“I will surely require your blood of your lives. At the hand of every animal I will require it. At the hand of man, even at the hand of every man's brother, I will require the life of man.”

Exodus 22:17
68 votes

“If her father utterly refuses to give her to him, he shall pay money according to the dowry of virgins.”

Exodus 22:19
65 votes

“"Whoever has sex with an animal shall surely be put to death.”

Exodus 22:26
65 votes

“If you take your neighbor's garment as collateral, you shall restore it to him before the sun goes down,”

Exodus 22:27
63 votes

“for that is his only covering, it is his garment for his skin. What would he sleep in? It will happen, when he cries to me, that I will hear, for I am gracious.”

Exodus 22:28
61 votes

“"You shall not blaspheme God, nor curse a ruler of your people.”

Exodus 22:4
54 votes

“If the stolen property is found in his hand alive, whether it is ox, donkey, or sheep, he shall pay double.”

Exodus 22:14
53 votes

“"If a man borrows anything of his neighbor's, and it is injured, or dies, its owner not being with it, he shall surely make restitution.”

Exodus 22:7
50 votes

“"If a man delivers to his neighbor money or stuff to keep, and it is stolen out of the man's house; if the thief is found, he shall pay double.”

Exodus 22:20
49 votes

“"He who sacrifices to any god, except to Yahweh only, shall be utterly destroyed.”

Exodus 22:9
48 votes

“For every matter of trespass, whether it be for ox, for donkey, for sheep, for clothing, or for any kind of lost thing, about which one says, 'This is mine,' the cause of both parties shall come before God. He whom God condemns shall pay double to his neighbor.”

Exodus 22:29
48 votes

“"You shall not delay to offer from your harvest and from the outflow of your presses. "You shall give the firstborn of your sons to me.”

Exodus 22:5
46 votes

“"If a man causes a field or vineyard to be eaten, and lets his animal loose, and it grazes in another man's field, he shall make restitution from the best of his own field, and from the best of his own vineyard.”

Exodus 22:6
46 votes

“"If fire breaks out, and catches in thorns so that the shocks of grain, or the standing grain, or the field are consumed; he who kindled the fire shall surely make restitution.”

Exodus 22:8
46 votes

“If the thief isn't found, then the master of the house shall come near to God, to find out if he hasn't put his hand to his neighbor's goods.”

Exodus 22:10
46 votes

“"If a man delivers to his neighbor a donkey, an ox, a sheep, or any animal to keep, and it dies or is injured, or driven away, no man seeing it;”

Exodus 22:11
46 votes

“the oath of Yahweh shall be between them both, whether he hasn't put his hand to his neighbor's goods; and its owner shall accept it, and he shall not make restitution.”

Exodus 22:12
46 votes

“But if it is stolen from him, he shall make restitution to its owner.”

Exodus 22:13
46 votes

“If it is torn in pieces, let him bring it for evidence. He shall not make good that which was torn.”

Exodus 22:15
46 votes

“If its owner is with it, he shall not make it good. If it is a leased thing, it came for its lease.”

Exodus 22:30
46 votes

“You shall do likewise with your cattle and with your sheep. Seven days it shall be with its mother, then on the eighth day you shall give it to me.”

Exodus 22:31
46 votes

“"You shall be holy men to me, therefore you shall not eat any flesh that is torn by animals in the field. You shall cast it to the dogs.”

Luke 11:21
43 votes

“"When the strong man, fully armed, guards his own dwelling, his goods are safe.”

Luke 11:22
32 votes

“But when someone stronger attacks him and overcomes him, he takes from him his whole armor in which he trusted, and divides his spoils.”

Nehemiah 4:17
21 votes

“They all built the wall and those who bore burdens loaded themselves; everyone with one of his hands worked in the work, and with the other held his weapon;”

Nehemiah 4:18
21 votes

“and the builders, everyone wore his sword at his side, and so built. He who sounded the trumpet was by me.”

1 Samuel 25:13
18 votes

“David said to his men, "Every man put on his sword!" Every man put on his sword. David also put on his sword. About four hundred men followed David; and two hundred stayed by the baggage.”

Isaiah 10:15
17 votes

“Should an axe brag against him who chops with it? Should a saw exalt itself above him who saws with it? As if a rod should lift those who lift it up, or as if a staff should lift up someone who is not wood.”

Numbers 31:3
12 votes

“Moses spoke to the people, saying, "Arm men from among you for the war, that they may go against Midian, to execute Yahweh's vengeance on Midian.”

Ecclesiastes 9:18
12 votes

“Wisdom is better than weapons of war; but one sinner destroys much good.”

1 Samuel 13:22
11 votes

“So it came to pass in the day of battle, that there was neither sword nor spear found in the hand of any of the people who were with Saul and Jonathan: but with Saul and with Jonathan his son was there found.”

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