9 Bible Verses about Insulting Other People

Cursed is the one who disrespects his father and mother.' Then all the people will say, 'Amen!'

But I say to you that anyone who is angry with a brother will be subjected to judgment. And whoever insults a brother will be brought before the council, and whoever says 'Fool' will be sent to fiery hell.

A fool's annoyance is known at once, but the prudent overlooks an insult.

But one of the servants told Nabal's wife Abigail, "David sent messengers from the desert to greet our lord, but he screamed at them.

Those standing near him said, "Do you dare insult God's high priest?"

One of the experts in religious law answered him, "Teacher, when you say these things you insult us too."

"Therefore prophesy concerning the land of Israel, and say to the mountains and hills, the ravines and valleys, 'This is what the sovereign Lord says: Look, I have spoken in my zeal and in my anger, because you have endured the insults of the nations.

So this is what the sovereign Lord says: I vow that the nations around you will endure insults as well.

I will no longer subject you to the nations' insults; no longer will you bear the shame of the peoples, and no longer will you bereave your nation, declares the sovereign Lord.'"