Bible Verses About Boundaries
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for boundaries, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 4,678 votes, led by Proverbs 25:17. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Boundaries
Proverbs 25:17185 votes
Withdraw thy foot from thy neighbour’s house; lest he be weary of thee, and so hate thee.
Galatians 6:5181 votes
For every man shall bear his own burden.
2 Corinthians 6:14174 votes
Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?
Colossians 4:6171 votes
Let your speech be alway with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man.
Psalms 16:5-9142 votes
The Lord is the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup: thou maintainest my lot.
Proverbs 15:1141 votes
A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger.
Acts 17:26138 votes
And hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth, and hath determined the times before appointed, and the bounds of their habitation;
Philippians 4:8123 votes
Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.
Proverbs 22:24118 votes
Make no friendship with an angry man; and with a furious man thou shalt not go:
Proverbs 19:19117 votes
A man of great wrath shall suffer punishment: for if thou deliver him, yet thou must do it again.
Galatians 6:296 votes
Bear ye one another’s burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ.
Psalms 147:1494 votes
He maketh peace in thy borders, and filleth thee with the finest of the wheat.
Ephesians 5:1-492 votes
Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children;
Matthew 5:3791 votes
But let your communication be, Yea, yea; Nay, nay: for whatsoever is more than these cometh of evil.
Psalms 16:5-886 votes
The Lord is the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup: thou maintainest my lot.
Proverbs 21:1985 votes
It is better to dwell in the wilderness, than with a contentious and an angry woman.
Matthew 5:2885 votes
But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.
Psalms 19:7-1182 votes
The law of the Lord is perfect, converting the soul: the testimony of the Lord is sure, making wise the simple.
Mark 9:49-5073 votes
For every one shall be salted with fire, and every sacrifice shall be salted with salt.
Mark 9:42-5070 votes
And whosoever shall offend one of these little ones that believe in me, it is better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he were cast into the sea.
Proverbs 15:2568 votes
The Lord will destroy the house of the proud: but he will establish the border of the widow.
Matthew 5:1365 votes
Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be salted? it is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men.
Proverbs 23:1463 votes
Thou shalt beat him with the rod, and shalt deliver his soul from hell.
Titus 3:1061 votes
A man that is an heretick after the first and second admonition reject;
1 Timothy 4:1259 votes
Let no man despise thy youth; but be thou an example of the believers, in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity.
What does the Bible say about boundaries?
Readers most often cite Proverbs 25:17 on the subject of boundaries. Across 4,678 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Galatians 6:5, 2 Corinthians 6:14, Colossians 4:6. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.