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What Does the Bible Say About Verbal Abuse?

Here are 17 Bible verses about verbal abuse, ordered by how relevant readers found them, with the King James Version and the modern Berean Standard Bible side by side.

  1. #1Ephesians 4:29

    Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers.

    BSBLet no unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building up the one in need and bringing grace to those who listen.

  2. #2Matthew 12:36-37

    But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment. For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.

    BSBBut I tell you that men will give an account on the day of judgment for every careless word they have spoken. For by your words you will be acquitted, and by your words you will be condemned.”

  3. #3Titus 3:10

    A man that is an heretick after the first and second admonition reject;

    BSBReject a divisive man after a first and second admonition,

  4. #4Psalms 34:18

    The Lord is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit.

    BSBThe LORD is near to the brokenhearted; He saves the contrite in spirit.

  5. #5Colossians 3:19

    Husbands, love your wives, and be not bitter against them.

    BSBHusbands, love your wives and do not be harsh with them.

  6. #6Proverbs 18:21

    Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.

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

  7. #7Proverbs 22:24

    Make no friendship with an angry man; and with a furious man thou shalt not go:

    BSBDo not make friends with an angry man, and do not associate with a hot-tempered man,

  8. #8Ephesians 4:31

    Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice:

    BSBGet rid of all bitterness, rage and anger, outcry and slander, along with every form of malice.

  9. #9Proverbs 12:18

    There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise is health.

    BSBSpeaking rashly is like a piercing sword, but the tongue of the wise brings healing.

  10. #10James 1:26

    If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man’s religion is vain.

    BSBIf anyone considers himself religious and yet does not bridle his tongue, he deceives his heart and his religion is worthless.

  11. #11James 3:10

    Out of the same mouth proceedeth blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not so to be.

    BSBOut of the same mouth come blessing and cursing. My brothers, this should not be!

  12. #12Proverbs 15:1

    A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger.

    BSBA gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.

  13. #131 Corinthians 13:1-13

    Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal. And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing. And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing. Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil; Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth; …

    BSBIf I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am only a ringing gong or a clanging cymbal. If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have absolute faith so as to move mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. If I give all I possess to the poor and exult in the surrender of my body, but have not love, I gain nothing. Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no account of wrongs. Love takes no pleasure in evil, but rejoices in the truth. …

  14. #141 Corinthians 15:33

    Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners.

    BSBDo not be deceived: “Bad company corrupts good character.”

  15. #15James 1:19

    Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:

    BSBMy beloved brothers, understand this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to anger,

  16. #16Proverbs 29:22

    An angry man stirreth up strife, and a furious man aboundeth in transgression.

    BSBAn angry man stirs up dissension, and a hot-tempered man abounds in transgression.

  17. #17Ephesians 6:4

    And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.

    BSBFathers, do not provoke your children to wrath; instead, bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.

Verse rankings: OpenBible.info Topical Bible (CC BY). Scripture: KJV & BSB (public domain).

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