Bible Verses About Being Offended
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for being offended, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 8,776 votes, led by Proverbs 19:11. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Being Offended
Proverbs 19:11420 votes
The discretion of a man deferreth his anger; and it is his glory to pass over a transgression.
Ecclesiastes 7:21-22420 votes
Also take no heed unto all words that are spoken; lest thou hear thy servant curse thee:
James 1:19295 votes
Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:
Luke 7:23271 votes
And blessed is he, whosoever shall not be offended in me.
Matthew 18:15-17223 votes
Moreover if thy brother shall trespass against thee, go and tell him his fault between thee and him alone: if he shall hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother.
James 1:12208 votes
Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him.
2 Timothy 2:24205 votes
And the servant of the Lord must not strive; but be gentle unto all men, apt to teach, patient,
Luke 6:22-23191 votes
Blessed are ye, when men shall hate you, and when they shall separate you from their company, and shall reproach you, and cast out your name as evil, for the Son of man’s sake.
Proverbs 9:7-9188 votes
He that reproveth a scorner getteth to himself shame: and he that rebuketh a wicked man getteth himself a blot.
Proverbs 18:19178 votes
A brother offended is harder to be won than a strong city: and their contentions are like the bars of a castle.
John 15:18178 votes
If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you.
Exodus 14:14177 votes
The Lord shall fight for you, and ye shall hold your peace.
Psalms 119:165164 votes
Great peace have they which love thy law: and nothing shall offend them.
Proverbs 12:16150 votes
A fool’s wrath is presently known: but a prudent man covereth shame.
1 Peter 4:14149 votes
If ye be reproached for the name of Christ, happy are ye; for the spirit of glory and of God resteth upon you: on their part he is evil spoken of, but on your part he is glorified.
Ephesians 4:18143 votes
Having the understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God through the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of their heart:
1 Peter 5:8139 votes
Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:
2 Corinthians 12:10132 votes
Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ’s sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong.
Matthew 11:6107 votes
And blessed is he, whosoever shall not be offended in me.
John 16:33102 votes
These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.
Proverbs 29:1198 votes
A fool uttereth all his mind: but a wise man keepeth it in till afterwards.
Isaiah 32:1797 votes
And the work of righteousness shall be peace; and the effect of righteousness quietness and assurance for ever.
Proverbs 23:993 votes
Speak not in the ears of a fool: for he will despise the wisdom of thy words.
2 Peter 3:993 votes
The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.
Jeremiah 17:990 votes
The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?
What does the Bible say about being offended?
Readers most often cite Proverbs 19:11 on the subject of being offended. Across 8,776 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Ecclesiastes 7:21-22, James 1:19, Luke 7:23. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.