Bible Verses About Calling Someone Names
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These are the Bible verses most often cited for calling someone names, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 2,539 votes, led by Matthew 5:22. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Calling Someone Names
Matthew 5:22232 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.
Ephesians 4:29172 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.
James 3:9-10156 votes
Therewith bless we God, even the Father; and therewith curse we men, which are made after the similitude of God.
1 Peter 2:1137 votes
Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings,
Colossians 3:8130 votes
But now ye also put off all these; anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy communication out of your mouth.
Proverbs 18:21127 votes
Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.
Titus 3:2127 votes
To speak evil of no man, to be no brawlers, but gentle, shewing all meekness unto all men.
Matthew 5:21-22107 votes
Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not kill; and whosoever shall kill shall be in danger of the judgment:
Proverbs 11:1292 votes
He that is void of wisdom despiseth his neighbour: but a man of understanding holdeth his peace.
James 4:1192 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.
Matthew 15:1190 votes
Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man; but that which cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man.
Ephesians 4:31-3290 votes
Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice:
Proverbs 15:189 votes
A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger.
James 1:2688 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.
2 Timothy 2:1685 votes
But shun profane and vain babblings: for they will increase unto more ungodliness.
Proverbs 20:365 votes
It is an honour for a man to cease from strife: but every fool will be meddling.
Proverbs 11:957 votes
An hypocrite with his mouth destroyeth his neighbour: but through knowledge shall the just be delivered.
Matthew 15:1854 votes
But those things which proceed out of the mouth come forth from the heart; and they defile the man.
Proverbs 12:1853 votes
There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise is health.
Matthew 6:1-3436 votes
Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of them: otherwise ye have no reward of your Father which is in heaven.
Matthew 12:36-3733 votes
But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.
Ephesians 2:8-929 votes
For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:
James 4:11-1229 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 10:1825 votes
He that hideth hatred with lying lips, and he that uttereth a slander, is a fool.
Proverbs 29:2025 votes
Seest thou a man that is hasty in his words? there is more hope of a fool than of him.
What does the Bible say about calling someone names?
Readers most often cite Matthew 5:22 on the subject of calling someone names. Across 2,539 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Ephesians 4:29, James 3:9-10, 1 Peter 2:1. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.