Bible Verses About Tolerance
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for tolerance, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 24,096 votes, led by 2 Timothy 4:1-2. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Tolerance
2 Timothy 4:1-21,181 votes
I charge thee therefore before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, who shall judge the quick and the dead at his appearing and his kingdom;
Ephesians 4:21,153 votes
With all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love;
2 John 1:10-111,046 votes
If there come any unto you, and bring not this doctrine, receive him not into your house, neither bid him God speed:
1 Corinthians 5:111,039 votes
But now I have written unto you not to keep company, if any man that is called a brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner; with such an one no not to eat.
Romans 14:1-41,035 votes
Him that is weak in the faith receive ye, but not to doubtful disputations.
John 8:7952 votes
So when they continued asking him, he lifted up himself, and said unto them, He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her.
Matthew 7:1929 votes
Judge not, that ye be not judged.
Acts 10:28880 votes
And he said unto them, Ye know how that it is an unlawful thing for a man that is a Jew to keep company, or come unto one of another nation; but God hath shewed me that I should not call any man common or unclean.
1 Peter 3:8-11846 votes
Finally, be ye all of one mind, having compassion one of another, love as brethren, be pitiful, be courteous:
Deuteronomy 13:6-10819 votes
If thy brother, the son of thy mother, or thy son, or thy daughter, or the wife of thy bosom, or thy friend, which is as thine own soul, entice thee secretly, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which thou hast not known, thou, nor thy fathers;
1 Peter 3:15801 votes
But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear:
Proverbs 16:24792 votes
Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.
Proverbs 17:15719 votes
He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the just, even they both are abomination to the Lord.
Matthew 7:12630 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.
Revelation 1:1384 votes
The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John:
1 Timothy 6:3-5368 votes
If any man teach otherwise, and consent not to wholesome words, even the words of our Lord Jesus Christ, and to the doctrine which is according to godliness;
John 14:6354 votes
Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
Revelation 2:2352 votes
I know thy works, and thy labour, and thy patience, and how thou canst not bear them which are evil: and thou hast tried them which say they are apostles, and are not, and hast found them liars:
John 3:16-17268 votes
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
Luke 6:22260 votes
Blessed are ye, when men shall hate you, and when they shall separate you from their company, and shall reproach you, and cast out your name as evil, for the Son of man’s sake.
Exodus 14:14249 votes
The Lord shall fight for you, and ye shall hold your peace.
1 Corinthians 6:3244 votes
Know ye not that we shall judge angels? how much more things that pertain to this life?
1 Corinthians 6:1-4235 votes
Dare any of you, having a matter against another, go to law before the unjust, and not before the saints?
John 3:16226 votes
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
2 Timothy 2:22-26212 votes
Flee also youthful lusts: but follow righteousness, faith, charity, peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart.
What does the Bible say about tolerance?
Readers most often cite 2 Timothy 4:1-2 on the subject of tolerance. Across 24,096 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Ephesians 4:2, 2 John 1:10-11, 1 Corinthians 5:11. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.