Bible Verses about “offense”
The Bible contains 22 verses about offense across both Old and New Testaments. These scriptures offer guidance and inspiration for your spiritual journey.
“¶ Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:”
“¶ ‹Moreover if thy brother shall trespass against thee, go and tell him his fault between thee and him alone: if he shall hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother.›”
“These six [things] doth the LORD hate: yea, seven [are] an abomination unto him:”
“A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,”
“A false witness [that] speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren.”
“An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief,”
“‹But if he will not hear› [thee, then] ‹take with thee one or two more, that in the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established.›”
“‹And if he shall neglect to hear them, tell› [it] ‹unto the church: but if he neglect to hear the church, let him be unto thee as an heathen man and a publican.›”
“¶ With all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love;”
“Endeavouring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.”
“For where envying and strife [is], there [is] confusion and every evil work.”
“Thou shalt not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people, but thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself: I [am] the LORD.”
“‹Take heed to yourselves: If thy brother trespass against thee, rebuke him; and if he repent, forgive him.›”
“Who, when he was reviled, reviled not again; when he suffered, he threatened not; but committed [himself] to him that judgeth righteously:”
“¶ ‹Woe unto the world because of offences! for it must needs be that offences come; but woe to that man by whom the offence cometh!›”
“‹And if he trespass against thee seven times in a day, and seven times in a day turn again to thee, saying, I repent; thou shalt forgive him.›”
“¶ The discretion of a man deferreth his anger; and [it is] his glory to pass over a transgression.”
“¶ A brother offended [is harder to be won] than a strong city: and [their] contentions [are] like the bars of a castle.”
“Also take no heed unto all words that are spoken; lest thou hear thy servant curse thee:”
“For oftentimes also thine own heart knoweth that thou thyself likewise hast cursed others.”
“¶ Great peace have they which love thy law: and nothing shall offend them.”
“Give none offence, neither to the Jews, nor to the Gentiles, nor to the church of God:”