Bible Verses About Malice
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for malice, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 2,205 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 Malice
Ephesians 4:31-32211 votes
Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice:
Proverbs 15:193 votes
A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger.
Proverbs 12:1687 votes
A fool’s wrath is presently known: but a prudent man covereth shame.
James 1:19-2069 votes
Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:
Psalms 37:8-967 votes
Cease from anger, and forsake wrath: fret not thyself in any wise to do evil.
Matthew 7:1265 votes
Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets.
Matthew 6:14-1560 votes
For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you:
James 1:2656 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.
1 Peter 2:156 votes
Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings,
Galatians 5:19-2145 votes
Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,
Colossians 3:12-1441 votes
Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering;
Ephesians 4:26-3140 votes
Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath:
Luke 10:25-2839 votes
And, behold, a certain lawyer stood up, and tempted him, saying, Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?
James 4:11-1237 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 5:43-4529 votes
Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy.
Luke 6:32-4229 votes
For if ye love them which love you, what thank have ye? for sinners also love those that love them.
Romans 14:10-1229 votes
But why dost thou judge thy brother? or why dost thou set at nought thy brother? for we shall all stand before the judgment seat of Christ.
Colossians 3:7-829 votes
In the which ye also walked some time, when ye lived in them.
Proverbs 20:2228 votes
Say not thou, I will recompense evil; but wait on the Lord, and he shall save thee.
Proverbs 10:1227 votes
Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins.
Philippians 2:2-827 votes
Fulfil ye my joy, that ye be likeminded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind.
Romans 14:126 votes
Him that is weak in the faith receive ye, but not to doubtful disputations.
Ephesians 4:2626 votes
Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath:
Romans 15:1-224 votes
We then that are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves.
Ephesians 4:3224 votes
And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ’s sake hath forgiven you.
What does the Bible say about malice?
Readers most often cite Ephesians 4:31-32 on the subject of malice. Across 2,205 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Proverbs 15:1, Proverbs 12:16, James 1:19-20. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.