Bible Verses about “sarcasm”
The Bible contains 29 verses about sarcasm 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.”
“Neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not convenient: but rather giving of thanks.”
“‹But let your communication be, Yea, yea; Nay, nay: for whatsoever is more than these cometh of evil.›”
“¶ Death and life [are] in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.”
“But refuse profane and old wives' fables, and exercise thyself [rather] unto godliness.”
“For where envying and strife [is], there [is] confusion and every evil work.”
“Out of the same mouth proceedeth blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not so to be.”
“But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, [and] easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.”
“¶ My brethren, be not many masters, knowing that we shall receive the greater condemnation.”
“But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth.”
“And the tongue [is] a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire of hell.”
“But the tongue can no man tame; [it is] an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.”
“This wisdom descendeth not from above, but [is] earthly, sensual, devilish.”
“¶ 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.”
“For in many things we offend all. If any man offend not in word, the same [is] a perfect man, [and] able also to bridle the whole body.”
“Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth!”
“And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace of them that make peace.”
“So [is] the man [that] deceiveth his neighbour, and saith, Am not I in sport?”
“For every kind of beasts, and of birds, and of serpents, and of things in the sea, is tamed, and hath been tamed of mankind:”
“¶ As a mad [man] who casteth firebrands, arrows, and death,”
“Doth a fountain send forth at the same place sweet [water] and bitter?”
“¶ Who [is] a wise man and endued with knowledge among you? let him shew out of a good conversation his works with meekness of wisdom.”
“Behold, we put bits in the horses' mouths, that they may obey us; and we turn about their whole body.”
“Behold also the ships, which though [they be] so great, and [are] driven of fierce winds, yet are they turned about with a very small helm, whithersoever the governor listeth.”
“Can the fig tree, my brethren, bear olive berries? either a vine, figs? so [can] no fountain both yield salt water and fresh.”
“¶ And the LORD said unto Cain, Where [is] Abel thy brother? And he said, I know not: [Am] I my brother's keeper?”
“And it came to pass at noon, that Elijah mocked them, and said, Cry aloud: for he [is] a god; either he is talking, or he is pursuing, or he is in a journey, [or] peradventure he sleepeth, and must be awaked.”
“¶ The sluggard [is] wiser in his own conceit than seven men that can render a reason.”