9 Bible Verses about Insulting Other People

Cursed is he who does not give honour to his father or mother. And let all the people say, So be it.

But I say to you that everyone who is angry with his brother will be in danger of being judged; and he who says to his brother, Raca, will be in danger from the Sanhedrin; and whoever says, You foolish one, will be in danger of the hell of fire.

A foolish man lets his trouble be openly seen, but a sharp man keeps shame secret.

But one of the young men said to Nabal's wife Abigail, David sent men from the waste land to say kind words to our master, and he gave them a rough answer.

And those who were near said, Do you say such words against God's high priest

And one of the teachers of the law, answering, said to him, Master, in saying this, you give a bad name to us as to them.

For this cause be a prophet about the land of Israel, and say to the mountains and to the hills, to the streams and to the valleys, This is what the Lord has said: Truly, in my bitter feeling and in my wrath I have said these things, because you have undergone the shame of the nations:

For this cause the Lord has said, See, I have taken an oath that the nations which are round about you are themselves to undergo the shame which they have put on you.

And I will not let the shaming of the nations come to your ears, and no longer will you be looked down on by the peoples, says the Lord.