'Harm' in the Bible

“Get out of the way!” they said, adding, “This one came here as a foreigner, but he’s acting like a judge! Now we’ll do more harm to you than to them.” They put pressure on Lot and came up to break down the door.

You will not harm us, just as we have not harmed you but have only done what was good to you, sending you away in peace. You are now blessed by the Lord.”

and that he has cheated me and changed my wages 10 times. But God has not let him harm me.

I could do you great harm, but last night the God of your father said to me: ‘Watch yourself. Don’t say anything to Jacob, either good or bad.’

This mound is a witness and the marker is a witness that I will not pass beyond this mound to you, and you will not pass beyond this mound and this marker to do me harm.

But Reuben replied: “Didn’t I tell you not to harm the boy? But you wouldn’t listen. Now we must account for his blood!”

the Angel who has redeemed me from all harm—may He bless these boys.And may they be called by my nameand the names of my fathers Abraham and Isaac,and may they grow to be numerous within the land.

But if he didn’t intend any harm, and yet God caused it to happen by his hand, I will appoint a place for you where he may flee.

God did not harm the Israelite nobles; they saw Him, and they ate and drank.

or without looking drops a stone that could kill a person and he dies, but he was not his enemy and wasn’t trying to harm him,

and single him out for harm from all the tribes of Israel, according to all the curses of the covenant written in this book of the law.

If you abandon the Lord and worship foreign gods, He will turn against you, harm you, and completely destroy you, after He has been good to you.”

Samson said to them, “This time I won’t be responsible when I harm the Philistines.”

David said to Saul, “Why do you listen to the words of people who say, ‘Look, David intends to harm you’?

Saul responded, “I have sinned. Come back, my son David, I will never harm you again because today you considered my life precious. I have been a fool! I’ve committed a grave error.”

So David said to Abishai, “Sheba son of Bichri will do more harm to us than Absalom. Take your lord’s soldiers and pursue him, or he will find fortified cities and elude us.”

Jabez called out to the God of Israel: “If only You would bless me, extend my border, let Your hand be with me, and keep me from harm, so that I will not cause any pain.” And God granted his request.

“Do not touch My anointed onesor harm My prophets.”

May the God who caused His name to dwell there overthrow any king or people who dares to harm or interfere with this house of God in Jerusalem. I, Darius, have issued the decree. Let it be carried out diligently.

Sanballat and Geshem sent me a message: “Come, let’s meet together in the villages of the Ono Valley.” But they were planning to harm me.

In each of King Ahasuerus’s provinces the Jews assembled in their cities to attack those who intended to harm them. Not a single person could withstand them; terror of them fell on every nationality.

He will rescue you from six calamities;no harm will touch you in seven.

if I have done harm to one at peace with meor have plundered my adversary without cause,

who does not slander with his tongue,who does not harm his friendor discredit his neighbor,

Though they intend to harm youand devise a wicked plan, they will not prevail.

Let those who seek to kill mebe disgraced and humiliated;let those who plan to harm mebe turned back and ashamed.

Refrain from anger and give up your rage;do not be agitated—it can only bring harm.

Those who seek my life set traps,and those who want to harm me threaten to destroy me;they plot treachery all day long.

Let those who seek to take my lifebe disgraced and confounded.Let those who wish me harmbe driven back and humiliated.

All who hate me whisper together about me;they plan to harm me.

Let those who seek my lifebe disgraced and confounded;let those who wish me harmbe driven back and humiliated.

May my adversaries be disgraced and destroyed;may those who seek my harmbe covered with disgrace and humiliation.

Therefore, my tongue will proclaimYour righteousness all day long,for those who seek my harmwill be disgraced and confounded.

no harm will come to you;no plague will come near your tent.

“Do not touch My anointed ones,or harm My prophets.”

The Lord will protect you from all harm;He will protect your life.

Don’t plan any harm against your neighbor,for he trusts you and lives near you.

Don’t accuse anyone without cause,when he has done you no harm.

The one who walks with the wise will become wise,but a companion of fools will suffer harm.

There is a sickening tragedy I have seen under the sun: wealth kept by its owner to his harm.

All this I have seen, applying my mind to all the work that is done under the sun, at a time when one man has authority over another to his harm.

For Aram, along with Ephraim and the son of Remaliah, has plotted harm against you. They say,

None will harm or destroy anotheron My entire holy mountain,for the land will be as fullof the knowledge of the Lordas the sea is filled with water.

They have contradicted the Lordand insisted, “It won’t happen.Harm won’t come to us;we won’t see sword or famine.”

if you no longer oppress the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow and no longer shed innocent blood in this place or follow other gods, bringing harm on yourselves,

Like scarecrows in a cucumber patch,their idols cannot speak.They must be carried because they cannot walk.Do not fear them for they can do no harm—and they cannot do any good.

“The Lord of Hosts who planted you has decreed disaster against you, because of the harm the house of Israel and the house of Judah brought on themselves, provoking Me to anger by burning incense to Baal.”

So now, say to the men of Judah and to the residents of Jerusalem: This is what the Lord says: I am about to bring harm to you and make plans against you. Turn now, each from your evil way, and correct your ways and your deeds.

They keep on saying to those who despise Me, ‘The Lord has said: You will have peace.’ They have said to everyone who follows the stubbornness of his heart, ‘No harm will come to you.’”

Do not follow other gods to serve them and to worship them, and do not provoke Me to anger by the work of your hands. Then I will do you no harm.

Did Hezekiah king of Judah and all the people of Judah put him to death? Did he not fear the Lord and plead for the Lord’s favor, and did not the Lord relent concerning the disaster He had pronounced against them? We are about to bring great harm on ourselves!”

“Take him, look after him, and don’t let any harm come to him; do for him whatever he says.”

“Go tell Ebed-melech the Cushite: This is what the Lord of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: I am about to fulfill My words for harm and not for good against this city. They will take place before your eyes on that day.

“So now, this is what the Lord, the God of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: Why are you doing such great harm to yourselves? You are cutting off man and woman, child and infant from Judah, leaving yourselves without a remnant.

There is no longer praise for Moab;they plan harm against her in Heshbon:Come, let’s cut her off from nationhood.Also, Madmen, you will be silenced;the sword will pursue you.

And if they are drivenby their enemies into captivity,from there I will commandthe sword to kill them.I will fix My eyes on themfor harm and not for good.

The Lord has removed your punishment;He has turned back your enemy.The King of Israel, Yahweh, is among you;you need no longer fear harm.

they will pick up snakes; if they should drink anything deadly, it will never harm them; they will lay hands on the sick, and they will get well.”

Look, I have given you the authority to trample on snakes and scorpions and over all the power of the enemy; nothing will ever harm you.

“Lord,” Ananias answered, “I have heard from many people about this man, how much harm he has done to Your saints in Jerusalem.

But Paul called out in a loud voice, “Don’t harm yourself, because all of us are here!”

However, he shook the creature off into the fire and suffered no harm.

Alexander the coppersmith did great harm to me. The Lord will repay him according to his works.

and who have fallen away, because, to their own harm, they are recrucifying the Son of God and holding Him up to contempt.

And who will harm you if you are deeply committed to what is good?

suffering harm as the payment for unrighteousness. They consider it a pleasure to carouse in the daytime. They are spots and blemishes, delighting in their deceptions as they feast with you.

Then I heard something like a voice among the four living creatures say, “A quart of wheat for a denarius, and three quarts of barley for a denarius—but do not harm the olive oil and the wine.”

Then I saw another angel, who had the seal of the living God rise up from the east. He cried out in a loud voice to the four angels who were empowered to harm the earth and the sea:

“Don’t harm the earth or the sea or the trees until we seal the slaves of our God on their foreheads.”

They were told not to harm the grass of the earth, or any green plant, or any tree, but only people who do not have God’s seal on their foreheads.

and they had tails with stingers like scorpions, so that with their tails they had the power to harm people for five months.

If anyone wants to harm them, fire comes from their mouths and consumes their enemies; if anyone wants to harm them, he must be killed in this way.