Bible Verses About Name Calling
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for name calling, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 3,140 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 Name Calling
Matthew 5:22357 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.
Psalms 110:196 votes
The Lord said unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool.
Colossians 3:880 votes
But now ye also put off all these; anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy communication out of your mouth.
Titus 3:280 votes
To speak evil of no man, to be no brawlers, but gentle, shewing all meekness unto all men.
Proverbs 29:9-1177 votes
If a wise man contendeth with a foolish man, whether he rage or laugh, there is no rest.
Colossians 3:1-2575 votes
If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God.
1 Peter 2:167 votes
Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings,
2 Timothy 2:1665 votes
But shun profane and vain babblings: for they will increase unto more ungodliness.
Titus 1:1264 votes
One of themselves, even a prophet of their own, said, The Cretians are alway liars, evil beasts, slow bellies.
Proverbs 18:2161 votes
Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.
Matthew 23:2752 votes
Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are like unto whited sepulchres, which indeed appear beautiful outward, but are within full of dead men’s bones, and of all uncleanness.
Matthew 23:1-3951 votes
Then spake Jesus to the multitude, and to his disciples,
James 1:2643 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.
Ephesians 5:641 votes
Let no man deceive you with vain words: for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience.
Proverbs 15:140 votes
A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger.
Matthew 7:1-2937 votes
Judge not, that ye be not judged.
Proverbs 19:1133 votes
The discretion of a man deferreth his anger; and it is his glory to pass over a transgression.
Proverbs 20:2233 votes
Say not thou, I will recompense evil; but wait on the Lord, and he shall save thee.
Matthew 12:36-3731 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 6:1631 votes
Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked.
Matthew 3:7-830 votes
But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees come to his baptism, he said unto them, O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come?
Luke 12:11-1430 votes
And when they bring you unto the synagogues, and unto magistrates, and powers, take ye no thought how or what thing ye shall answer, or what ye shall say:
James 4:4-928 votes
Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.
James 4:11-1228 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 37:12-1326 votes
The wicked plotteth against the just, and gnasheth upon him with his teeth.
What does the Bible say about name calling?
Readers most often cite Matthew 5:22 on the subject of name calling. Across 3,140 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Psalms 110:1, Colossians 3:8, Titus 3:2. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.