Bible Verses About Calling Names
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These are the Bible verses most often cited for calling names, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 2,046 votes, led by Ephesians 4:29. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Calling Names
Ephesians 4:29204 votes
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.
Matthew 5:22191 votes
But I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment: and whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council: but whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell fire.
James 3:9-10162 votes
Therewith bless we God, even the Father; and therewith curse we men, which are made after the similitude of God.
Colossians 3:8136 votes
But now ye also put off all these; anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy communication out of your mouth.
1 Peter 2:1136 votes
Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings,
Titus 3:2120 votes
To speak evil of no man, to be no brawlers, but gentle, shewing all meekness unto all men.
Proverbs 18:21116 votes
Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.
2 Timothy 2:16116 votes
But shun profane and vain babblings: for they will increase unto more ungodliness.
Proverbs 11:1297 votes
He that is void of wisdom despiseth his neighbour: but a man of understanding holdeth his peace.
Proverbs 15:192 votes
A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger.
James 1:2685 votes
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.
James 4:1168 votes
Speak not evil one of another, brethren. He that speaketh evil of his brother, and judgeth his brother, speaketh evil of the law, and judgeth the law: but if thou judge the law, thou art not a doer of the law, but a judge.
Proverbs 20:356 votes
It is an honour for a man to cease from strife: but every fool will be meddling.
Matthew 15:1852 votes
But those things which proceed out of the mouth come forth from the heart; and they defile the man.
Proverbs 12:1848 votes
There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise is health.
Proverbs 11:944 votes
An hypocrite with his mouth destroyeth his neighbour: but through knowledge shall the just be delivered.
Ephesians 4:3144 votes
Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice:
Proverbs 10:1832 votes
He that hideth hatred with lying lips, and he that uttereth a slander, is a fool.
1 Corinthians 5:1128 votes
But now I have written unto you not to keep company, if any man that is called a brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner; with such an one no not to eat.
Proverbs 15:424 votes
A wholesome tongue is a tree of life: but perverseness therein is a breach in the spirit.
Ephesians 5:424 votes
Neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not convenient: but rather giving of thanks.
Matthew 15:1121 votes
Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man; but that which cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man.
James 4:11-1220 votes
Speak not evil one of another, brethren. He that speaketh evil of his brother, and judgeth his brother, speaketh evil of the law, and judgeth the law: but if thou judge the law, thou art not a doer of the law, but a judge.
Psalms 52:216 votes
Thy tongue deviseth mischiefs; like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.
Proverbs 20:1916 votes
He that goeth about as a talebearer revealeth secrets: therefore meddle not with him that flattereth with his lips.
What does the Bible say about calling names?
Readers most often cite Ephesians 4:29 on the subject of calling names. Across 2,046 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Matthew 5:22, James 3:9-10, Colossians 3:8. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.