Bible Verses About Backstabbing
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for backstabbing, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 2,237 votes, led by Psalms 41:9. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Backstabbing
Psalms 41:9203 votes
Yea, mine own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, which did eat of my bread, hath lifted up his heel against me.
Proverbs 19:5152 votes
A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh lies shall not escape.
Proverbs 16:28146 votes
A froward man soweth strife: and a whisperer separateth chief friends.
Matthew 26:14-16143 votes
Then one of the twelve, called Judas Iscariot, went unto the chief priests,
Psalms 55:12-14138 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:
Proverbs 25:18114 votes
A man that beareth false witness against his neighbour is a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow.
Proverbs 26:24-26114 votes
He that hateth dissembleth with his lips, and layeth up deceit within him;
Jeremiah 9:4111 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.
Luke 22:47-48108 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.
Micah 7:5-689 votes
Trust ye not in a friend, put ye not confidence in a guide: keep the doors of thy mouth from her that lieth in thy bosom.
Matthew 5:4482 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;
John 13:1865 votes
I speak not of you all: I know whom I have chosen: but that the scripture may be fulfilled, He that eateth bread with me hath lifted up his heel against me.
1 Peter 2:1-2563 votes
Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings,
John 13:18-2152 votes
I speak not of you all: I know whom I have chosen: but that the scripture may be fulfilled, He that eateth bread with me hath lifted up his heel against me.
Proverbs 23:6-847 votes
Eat thou not the bread of him that hath an evil eye, neither desire thou his dainty meats:
2 Samuel 3:2740 votes
And when Abner was returned to Hebron, Joab took him aside in the gate to speak with him quietly, and smote him there under the fifth rib, that he died, for the blood of Asahel his brother.
Proverbs 27:640 votes
Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.
Psalms 110:135 votes
The Lord said unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool.
Matthew 26:47-5034 votes
And while he yet spake, lo, Judas, one of the twelve, came, and with him a great multitude with swords and staves, from the chief priests and elders of the people.
Proverbs 19:933 votes
A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh lies shall perish.
Psalms 55:20-2129 votes
He hath put forth his hands against such as be at peace with him: he hath broken his covenant.
Psalms 109:2-528 votes
For the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of the deceitful are opened against me: they have spoken against me with a lying tongue.
Proverbs 11:1328 votes
A talebearer revealeth secrets: but he that is of a faithful spirit concealeth the matter.
Proverbs 20:1924 votes
He that goeth about as a talebearer revealeth secrets: therefore meddle not with him that flattereth with his lips.
2 Timothy 3:1-521 votes
This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come.
What does the Bible say about backstabbing?
Readers most often cite Psalms 41:9 on the subject of backstabbing. Across 2,237 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Proverbs 19:5, Proverbs 16:28, 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.