Bible Verses About Backstabbers
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These are the Bible verses most often cited for backstabbers, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 10,455 votes, led by Proverbs 16:28. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Backstabbers
Proverbs 16:28367 votes
A froward man soweth strife: and a whisperer separateth chief friends.
Psalms 41:9326 votes
Yea, mine own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, which did eat of my bread, hath lifted up his heel against me.
2 Corinthians 12:20207 votes
For I fear, lest, when I come, I shall not find you such as I would, and that I shall be found unto you such as ye would not: lest there be debates, envyings, wraths, strifes, backbitings, whisperings, swellings, tumults:
Matthew 26:14-16187 votes
Then one of the twelve, called Judas Iscariot, went unto the chief priests,
Jeremiah 9:4180 votes
Take ye heed every one of his neighbour, and trust ye not in any brother: for every brother will utterly supplant, and every neighbour will walk with slanders.
Psalms 55:12-14175 votes
For it was not an enemy that reproached me; then I could have borne it: neither was it he that hated me that did magnify himself against me; then I would have hid myself from him:
Romans 1:30162 votes
Backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents,
Psalms 1:1-6157 votes
Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.
Ephesians 4:26156 votes
Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath:
Proverbs 20:20151 votes
Whoso curseth his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in obscure darkness.
John 8:7149 votes
So when they continued asking him, he lifted up himself, and said unto them, He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her.
Romans 1:18143 votes
For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness;
Matthew 5:44139 votes
But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you;
Proverbs 20:19136 votes
He that goeth about as a talebearer revealeth secrets: therefore meddle not with him that flattereth with his lips.
Proverbs 19:5134 votes
A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh lies shall not escape.
Jeremiah 48:10132 votes
Cursed be he that doeth the work of the Lord deceitfully, and cursed be he that keepeth back his sword from blood.
Romans 1:29127 votes
Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers,
Romans 1:24-32126 votes
Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonour their own bodies between themselves:
Luke 22:47-48120 votes
And while he yet spake, behold a multitude, and he that was called Judas, one of the twelve, went before them, and drew near unto Jesus to kiss him.
Habakkuk 2:4118 votes
Behold, his soul which is lifted up is not upright in him: but the just shall live by his faith.
John 8:32117 votes
And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.
Proverbs 26:24-26110 votes
He that hateth dissembleth with his lips, and layeth up deceit within him;
Luke 1:37108 votes
For with God nothing shall be impossible.
Psalms 110:1105 votes
The Lord said unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool.
Proverbs 23:6-8105 votes
Eat thou not the bread of him that hath an evil eye, neither desire thou his dainty meats:
What does the Bible say about backstabbers?
Readers most often cite Proverbs 16:28 on the subject of backstabbers. Across 10,455 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Psalms 41:9, 2 Corinthians 12:20, Matthew 26:14-16. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.