Bible Verses About Hurting Others
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for hurting others, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 2,206 votes, led by Ephesians 4:31-32. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Hurting Others
Ephesians 4:31-32347 votes
Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice:
Romans 12:18-20198 votes
If it be possible, as much as lieth in you, live peaceably with all men.
Colossians 3:25164 votes
But he that doeth wrong shall receive for the wrong which he hath done: and there is no respect of persons.
Proverbs 6:16-19127 votes
These six things doth the Lord hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him:
Genesis 50:20126 votes
But as for you, ye thought evil against me; but God meant it unto good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save much people alive.
Ephesians 4:3282 votes
And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ’s sake hath forgiven you.
Psalms 34:1866 votes
The Lord is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit.
Psalms 147:360 votes
He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds.
Proverbs 15:159 votes
A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger.
Luke 17:3-454 votes
Take heed to yourselves: If thy brother trespass against thee, rebuke him; and if he repent, forgive him.
Romans 12:1-16:2744 votes
I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.
Proverbs 18:2143 votes
Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.
Matthew 12:35-3741 votes
A good man out of the good treasure of the heart bringeth forth good things: and an evil man out of the evil treasure bringeth forth evil things.
Proverbs 26:2837 votes
A lying tongue hateth those that are afflicted by it; and a flattering mouth worketh ruin.
Psalms 23:1-636 votes
The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.
1 Peter 5:732 votes
Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.
Romans 12:1430 votes
Bless them which persecute you: bless, and curse not.
Luke 6:3725 votes
Judge not, and ye shall not be judged: condemn not, and ye shall not be condemned: forgive, and ye shall be forgiven:
Jeremiah 29:1124 votes
For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the Lord, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.
Matthew 6:14-1524 votes
For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you:
Romans 8:1824 votes
For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us.
Romans 8:2824 votes
And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.
Proverbs 12:1823 votes
There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise is health.
1 Peter 3:1022 votes
For he that will love life, and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak no guile:
John 1:1-5121 votes
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
What does the Bible say about hurting others?
Readers most often cite Ephesians 4:31-32 on the subject of hurting others. Across 2,206 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Romans 12:18-20, Colossians 3:25, Proverbs 6:16-19. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.