What Does the Bible Say About Insulting People?

Matthew 5:11-12 ESV / 38 helpful votes

“Blessed are you when others revile you and persecute you and utter all kinds of evil against you falsely on my account. Rejoice and be glad, for your reward is great in heaven, for so they persecuted the prophets who were before you.

Proverbs 26:18-19 ESV / 27 helpful votes

Like a madman who throws firebrands, arrows, and death is the man who deceives his neighbor and says, “I am only joking!”

Matthew 5:22 ESV / 24 helpful votes

But I say to you that everyone who is angry with his brother will be liable to judgment; whoever insults his brother will be liable to the council; and whoever says, ‘You fool!’ will be liable to the hell of fire.

Ephesians 5:4 ESV / 19 helpful votes

Let there be no filthiness nor foolish talk nor crude joking, which are out of place, but instead let there be thanksgiving.

Colossians 2:16 ESV / 16 helpful votes

Therefore let no one pass judgment on you in questions of food and drink, or with regard to a festival or a new moon or a Sabbath.

1 Peter 5:10 ESV / 13 helpful votes

And after you have suffered a little while, the God of all grace, who has called you to his eternal glory in Christ, will himself restore, confirm, strengthen, and establish you.

Mark 16:16 ESV / 10 helpful votes

Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned.

John 3:19 ESV / 4 helpful votes

And this is the judgment: the light has come into the world, and people loved the darkness rather than the light because their works were evil.

2 Kings 2:23-25 ESV / 4 helpful votes

He went up from there to Bethel, and while he was going up on the way, some small boys came out of the city and jeered at him, saying, “Go up, you baldhead! Go up, you baldhead!” And he turned around, and when he saw them, he cursed them in the name of the Lord. And two she-bears came out of the woods and tore forty-two of the boys. From there he went on to Mount Carmel, and from there he returned to Samaria.

2 Samuel 1:1-27 ESV / 4 helpful votes

After the death of Saul, when David had returned from striking down the Amalekites, David remained two days in Ziklag. And on the third day, behold, a man came from Saul's camp, with his clothes torn and dirt on his head. And when he came to David, he fell to the ground and paid homage. David said to him, “Where do you come from?” And he said to him, “I have escaped from the camp of Israel.” And David said to him, “How did it go? Tell me.” And he answered, “The people fled from the battle, and also many of the people have fallen and are dead, and Saul and his son Jonathan are also dead.” Then David said to the young man who told him, “How do you know that Saul and his son Jonathan are dead?” ...

10 Bible Verses about Insulting People

Matthew 5:11-12 ESV / 38 helpful votes

Proverbs 26:18-19 ESV / 27 helpful votes

Matthew 5:22 ESV / 24 helpful votes

Ephesians 5:4 ESV / 19 helpful votes

Colossians 2:16 ESV / 16 helpful votes

1 Peter 5:10 ESV / 13 helpful votes

Mark 16:16 ESV / 10 helpful votes

John 3:19 ESV / 4 helpful votes

2 Kings 2:23-25 ESV / 4 helpful votes

2 Samuel 1:1-27 ESV / 4 helpful votes

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10 Bible Verses about Insulting People

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Matthew 5:11-12 ESV / 38 helpful votes

Proverbs 26:18-19 ESV / 27 helpful votes

Matthew 5:22 ESV / 24 helpful votes

Ephesians 5:4 ESV / 19 helpful votes

Colossians 2:16 ESV / 16 helpful votes

1 Peter 5:10 ESV / 13 helpful votes

Mark 16:16 ESV / 10 helpful votes

John 3:19 ESV / 4 helpful votes

2 Kings 2:23-25 ESV / 4 helpful votes

2 Samuel 1:1-27 ESV / 4 helpful votes