30 Bible Verses about Blasphemy

for men will be selfish, avaricious, vain, proud, slanderers, disobedient to parents, ungrateful,

the merchants of the earth shall bewail and mourn over her, because there are none to purchase their cargo:

Then a mighty angel took up a stone like a great milstone, and threw it into the sea, saying, "thus with violence shall that great city Babylon be thrown down, never to be found any more.

you therefore who instruct others don't you instruct yourself? you who preach against stealing, do you steal? you who declaim against adultery, do you commit adultery? you who abhor idols, do you commit sacrilege? and you, who glory in the law, do you dishonour God by the violation of the law? read more.
for (as it is written) the name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles by your miscarriages.

wherefore I declare to you, all manner of sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven men; but blaspheming the holy Spirit shall not be forgiven them. and if any one speaks against the son of man, it may be forgiven him: but if any one speaks against the holy spirit, it shall not be forgiven him, neither in this age, nor in that to come.

I declare unto you, all the sins which men may commit, and whatsoever blasphemies they may utter, may be forgiven them. but he that shall blaspheme against the holy Ghost, shall never be pardoned, but shall be obnoxious to eternal punishment.

and whoever shall cast a reflection upon the son of man, it shall be forgiven him; but as for him, that shall blaspheme the holy spirit, it shall not be forgiven.

if the disciple fare as well as his master, and the servant as his lord, is not that sufficient? if they style the master of the house Beelzebub, much more will they call his domestics so.

they made him blind-fold, they slapt him on the face, and cry'd out, divine who it was that smote thee. and besides all this, they loaded him with the most impious invectives.

if you suffer indignities in the cause of Christ, you are happy: for the glorious spirit of God rests upon you.

then the high priest rent his clothes, saying, he has spoke blasphemy; what further need have we of witnesses? you yourselves have now heard his blasphemy.

saying, we heard him say, "I will pull down this temple that is made with hands, and within three days I will build another made without hands."

then said they all, art thou then the son of God? you are in the right, answer'd he, for I am so. upon this they cry'd, what occasion have we for further evidence? for we ourselves have heard enough from his own mouth.

the Jews answered him, we have a law, and by our law he ought to die, because he pretended to be the son of God.

Then I saw a beast rise up out of the sea, having seven heads, and ten horns; upon his horns were ten crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy.

there was given to him a mouth speaking great things, and blasphemy; and power was given to him for two and forty months. and he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God, to blaspheme his name, and his tabernacle, and those that dwell in heaven,

and men were scorched with great heat, and blasphemed the name of God, who hath power over these plagues: and they repented not, to give him glory.

and blasphemed the God of heaven, because of their pains and their sores, and repented not of their deeds.

and there fell upon men a great hail out of heaven, every stone about the weight of a TALENT: and men blasphemed God because of the plague of the hail, for the plague thereof was exceeding great.

Let those who are in a state of servitude, consider the entire respect due to their masters, that the name of God, and the doctrine of the gospel may not be blasphemed.

where they brought a man on a bed, lying sick of the palsy: and Jesus perceiving their faith, said to the paralytic, take courage, my son, thy sins are forgiven.

Jesus reply'd, I am: moreover I declare to you, within a while ye shall see the son of man sitting on the right hand of God, and coming on the clouds of heaven. then the high priest rent his clothes, saying, he has spoke blasphemy; what further need have we of witnesses? you yourselves have now heard his blasphemy.

but now renounce them all, as well as anger, animosity, malice: let calumny and obscene discourse be banish'd from your lips.

they suborned men, who said, we have heard him speak irreverently of Moses, and of God.

where they produc'd false witnesses, who said, this man is continually inveighing against the holy place, and against the law.

it was I that persecuted them from synagogue to synagogue, and tortured them even to blaspheme: and in the transport of my rage I pursued them to foreign cities.

who was before a blasphemer, and a violent persecutor; but I obtained mercy, because I acted thro' ignorance in incrudelity.

then he fell to solemn imprecations, and swore, "I don't know the man." and immediately the cock crew:

but he fell a cursing, and swore, I don't know the man you mention,

wherefore I declare to you, all manner of sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven men; but blaspheming the holy Spirit shall not be forgiven them. and if any one speaks against the son of man, it may be forgiven him: but if any one speaks against the holy spirit, it shall not be forgiven him, neither in this age, nor in that to come.

why doth this man speak such blasphemies? who can forgive sins but God?

upon which the Scribes and Pharisees objected among themselves, saying, what a man is this to blaspheme thus? who can forgive sins but God alone?

and cry'd, you that could destroy the temple, and rebuild it in three days, now save thy self: if thou art the son of God, come down from the cross. the chief priests, with the scribes and senators, derided him in like manner. he saved others, said they, but cannot save himself: if he be the king of Israel, let him now come down from the cross, and we will believe him. read more.
he relied upon God; if he be such a favourite, let God then deliver him: for he us'd to say he was the son of God. one of the robbers too, who were crucified with him, treated him with the same reproach.

saying, sir, we remember that this impostor, when he was alive, said, "after three days I will rise again."

"I know thy works, thy tribulation and poverty (tho' thou art rich) and I know the blasphemy of those who say they are Jews, and are not, but are the synagogue of satan.

out of the heart proceed evil designs, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false testimony, slanders.

they suborned men, who said, we have heard him speak irreverently of Moses, and of God.

where they produc'd false witnesses, who said, this man is continually inveighing against the holy place, and against the law.

don't be led into any mistake, because the previous rebellion does not yet appear, nor the man of sin throw off the disguise, that offspring of perdition: that adversary that exalts it self above the divine authority of majesty: that is seated in the temple of God, pretending to be it self divine.

Hymeneus and Alexander are of that number, whom I have deliver'd to Satan, that they may learn not to blaspheme.

"I know thy works, thy tribulation and poverty (tho' thou art rich) and I know the blasphemy of those who say they are Jews, and are not, but are the synagogue of satan.

And the FIFTH angel poured out his vial upon the seat of the beast; and his kingdom was full of darkness, and they gnawed their tongues for pain. and blasphemed the God of heaven, because of their pains and their sores, and repented not of their deeds.

why doth this man speak such blasphemies? who can forgive sins but God?

upon which the Scribes and Pharisees objected among themselves, saying, what a man is this to blaspheme thus? who can forgive sins but God alone?

where they brought a man on a bed, lying sick of the palsy: and Jesus perceiving their faith, said to the paralytic, take courage, my son, thy sins are forgiven. whereupon certain of the scribes said within themselves, this man blasphemes. and Jesus perceiving their reflections, said, why do you entertain so bad an opinion? read more.
for is it not as easy to say, thy sins are forgiven? as to say, arise, and walk? only it was fit you should know that the son of man hath power on earth to forgive sins: arise, then, said he, to the paralytic, take up thy bed, and march home.

but he denied it again. a little time after, they that stood by, still urg'd Peter, saying, you are certainly one of his disciples, for your speech shows you to be a Galilean. but he fell a cursing, and swore, I don't know the man you mention,

Hymeneus and Alexander are of that number, whom I have deliver'd to Satan, that they may learn not to blaspheme.

Then I saw a beast rise up out of the sea, having seven heads, and ten horns; upon his horns were ten crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy.

and blasphemed the God of heaven, because of their pains and their sores, and repented not of their deeds.

but the Pharisees said, he casteth out devils by the authority of the prince of the devils.

but the Pharisees upon hearing this said, he exorcizes devils, by virtue only of Beelzebub the prince of the devils.

but some of them said, he casteth out demons by Beelzebub the prince of the demons.

and besides all this, they loaded him with the most impious invectives.

this was in answer to their saying, he was influenc'd by an impure spirit.