Bible Verses about “calling names”
The Bible contains 18 verses about calling names across both Old and New Testaments. These scriptures offer guidance and inspiration for your spiritual journey.
“Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers.”
“Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice:”
“¶ A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger.”
“If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man's religion [is] vain.”
“‹But I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment: and whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council: but whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell fire.›”
“¶ But now ye also put off all these; anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy communication out of your mouth.”
“¶ Death and life [are] in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.”
“To speak evil of no man, to be no brawlers, [but] gentle, shewing all meekness unto all men.”
“¶ Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings,”
“¶ Speak not evil one of another, brethren. He that speaketh evil of [his] brother, and judgeth his brother, speaketh evil of the law, and judgeth the law: but if thou judge the law, thou art not a doer of the law, but a judge.”
“Out of the same mouth proceedeth blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not so to be.”
“¶ There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise [is] health.”
“Therewith bless we God, even the Father; and therewith curse we men, which are made after the similitude of God.”
“But shun profane [and] vain babblings: for they will increase unto more ungodliness.”
“¶ [It is] an honour for a man to cease from strife: but every fool will be meddling.”
“¶ He that is void of wisdom despiseth his neighbour: but a man of understanding holdeth his peace.”
“‹But those things which proceed out of the mouth come forth from the heart; and they defile the man.›”
“¶ An hypocrite with [his] mouth destroyeth his neighbour: but through knowledge shall the just be delivered.”