Bible Verses About Offending Someone
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for offending someone, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 1,780 votes, led by Matthew 18:15-17. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Offending Someone
Matthew 18:15-17248 votes
Moreover if thy brother shall trespass against thee, go and tell him his fault between thee and him alone: if he shall hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother.
Romans 14:1128 votes
Him that is weak in the faith receive ye, but not to doubtful disputations.
Matthew 18:15107 votes
Moreover if thy brother shall trespass against thee, go and tell him his fault between thee and him alone: if he shall hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother.
James 3:9-1098 votes
Therewith bless we God, even the Father; and therewith curse we men, which are made after the similitude of God.
1 Corinthians 9:19-2375 votes
For though I be free from all men, yet have I made myself servant unto all, that I might gain the more.
Psalms 37:1-4069 votes
Fret not thyself because of evildoers, neither be thou envious against the workers of iniquity.
Romans 12:1863 votes
If it be possible, as much as lieth in you, live peaceably with all men.
Proverbs 18:1960 votes
A brother offended is harder to be won than a strong city: and their contentions are like the bars of a castle.
Matthew 5:23-2542 votes
Therefore if thou bring thy gift to the altar, and there rememberest that thy brother hath ought against thee;
James 1:537 votes
If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.
1 John 3:1737 votes
But whoso hath this world’s good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him?
James 1:1-2736 votes
James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad, greeting.
Galatians 3:2833 votes
There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus.
Matthew 18:6-1032 votes
But whoso shall offend one of these little ones which believe in me, it were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and that he were drowned in the depth of the sea.
1 John 2:1-2932 votes
My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous:
1 Corinthians 10:3231 votes
Give none offence, neither to the Jews, nor to the Gentiles, nor to the church of God:
Romans 12:1-230 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.
1 Corinthians 8:1229 votes
But when ye sin so against the brethren, and wound their weak conscience, ye sin against Christ.
Amos 1:1323 votes
Thus saith the Lord; For three transgressions of the children of Ammon, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they have ripped up the women with child of Gilead, that they might enlarge their border:
John 14:622 votes
Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
1 Corinthians 10:23-3220 votes
All things are lawful for me, but all things are not expedient: all things are lawful for me, but all things edify not.
1 John 3:11-1220 votes
For this is the message that ye heard from the beginning, that we should love one another.
Matthew 18:1-3519 votes
At the same time came the disciples unto Jesus, saying, Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?
Luke 17:1-218 votes
Then said he unto the disciples, It is impossible but that offences will come: but woe unto him, through whom they come!
Colossians 3:1318 votes
Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye.
What does the Bible say about offending someone?
Readers most often cite Matthew 18:15-17 on the subject of offending someone. Across 1,780 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Romans 14:1, Matthew 18:15, James 3:9-10. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.