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124 Bible verses about Offense, offending
When you face hurts, you can find real comfort and guidance in Scripture. God's word reminds us that He is our refuge and strength, especially when things get tough.
Facing hurts with humility and forgiveness can truly heal your wounds and restore relationships. Loving your neighbor is a fundamental command, and that includes loving your enemies and blessing those who persecute you. I know it's a challenge, but it's part of what God calls us to as His followers.
The Bible teaches us that offenses are just a part of life. But it also encourages us to handle them in a way that honors God and leads to reconciliation. In Matthew 18:21-22, Jesus gives us key instruction on forgiveness: "Then Peter came to Jesus and asked, ‘Lord, how many times shall I forgive my brother or sister who sins against me? Up to seven times?’ Jesus answered, ‘I tell you, not seven times, but seventy-seven times.’"
This passage tells me that Jesus wants us to have hearts that don't hold onto bitterness and resentment. He wants us to forgive others, just as our Heavenly Father has forgiven us.
For Christ also pleased not himself, but as has been written, The reproaches of them reproaching thee fell upon me
If therefore, thou bring thy gift upon the altar, and there thou remember that thy brother has anything against thee,
Let go there thy gift, before the altar, and retire; first be reconciled to thy brother, and then, having come, bring thy gift.
Hear, O our God; for we were despised: and turn back their reproach upon their head, and wilt thou give them for plunder in the land of captivity?
And I will no more cause to be heard in thee the shame of the nations, and thou shalt bear no more the reproach of the peoples, and thou shalt no more bereave thy nations, says the Lord Jehovah.
And be ye kind one to another, having good bowels, favoring each other, as also God in Christ Jesus favored you.
His mouth was filled with cursing and deceit and violence: under his tongue, trouble and vanity.
(Bearing one another, propitiating one another, if any have a complaint against any: as also Christ propitiated for you, so also ye.)
And the sons of Jacob came from the field when they having heard: and the men will be grieved, and it will be kindled to them exceedingly because he did folly in Israel, to lie with Jacob's daughter; and thus it shall not be done.
And David will say to the men standing with him, saying, What shall be done to the man who shall strike this one of the rovers, and take away the reproach from Israel? for who this uncircumcised of the rovers? for he upbraided the ranks of the living God.
And David will hear that Nabal died, and he will say, Blessed Jehovah who plead the cause of my reproach from the hand of Nabal, and held back his servant from evil: and the evil of Nabal Jehovah turned back upon his head. And David will send and will speak with Abigail to take her to him for wife.
With a breaking of my bones mine enemies reproached me, in their saying all the day, Where their God?
And if thy brother sin against thee, retire, and refute him between thee and him alone; if he hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother.
Thou wilt sit, and thou wilt speak against thy brother; against the son of thy, mother thou wilt give a stumbling-block.
Not returning evil for evil, or railing for railing: and on the contrary prayer; knowing that to this were ye called, that ye might inherit praise.
For the zeal of thy house devoured me, and the reproaches of those reproaching thee fell upon me.
Thou knewest my reproach and my shame, and my disgrace: all mine adversaries are before thee.
For if ye let go to men their faults, your Father which in the heavens will also let go to you.
But if ye should not let go to men their faults, neither will your Father let go your faults.
Then let us no more judge one another: but rather judge ye this, not to put a stumble or offence to thy brother.
Reproach broke my heart, and I shall be ill at ease: and I shall hope for comforting, and none; and for those consoling, and I found not
Attend to yourselves: and if thy brother sin against thee, censure him; and if he should repent, let him go.
And if seven times in a day he sin against thee, and seven times in a day turn back to thee, saying, I repent; thou shalt let him go.
And turn back to our neighbors seven fold to their bosom their reproach which they reproached thee, O Jehovah.
Wherefore, my dearly beloved brethren, let every man be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger:
For man s anger works not the justice of God.
Judge not, that ye be not judged.
For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged; and with what measure ye measure, it shall be repaid to you.
The foolish one in the day shall make known his anger: but the prudent one covered dishonor.
He covering transgression seeks love; and he perverting in the word, separates a, friend.
The understanding of man will defer his anger: and his glory to pass over transgression.
Cast out him mocking, and strife shall go out, and contention shall cease and dishonor.
Good not to eat flesh, nor drink wine, nor in what thy brother stumbles, or is offended, or is weak.
Saying, If a man shall send away his wife, and she went from him and she was to another man, shall he yet turn back to her? Being defiled, shall not that land be defiled? and thou committedst fornication with many shepherds; and turn back to me, says Jehovah.
And the king did according to his will; and he shall exalt himself and magnify himself over every god; and against the God of gods he shall speak wonderful things,, and he prospered even till anger was finished: for that being determined was done.
I heard the reproach of Moab, and the revilings of the sons of Ammon which they reproached my people, and they will magnify against their border.
Then the chief priest tore his garments, saying, That he blasphemed: what further need have we of witnesses? see, now ye have heard his blasphemy.
Nothing by hired labor, or vainglory; but in lowliness the leaders hold each other above themselves.
Look ye each not on the things of themselves, but also each the things of others.
More than all having intent love among yourselves: for love shall cover a multitude of sins.
The Jews answered him, saying, For a good work we stone thee not; but for blasphemy; and that thou, being man, makest thyself God.
There is he talking idly as the piercings of the sword: and the tongue of the wise is healing.
Then Peter, having come to him, said, Lord, how often shall my brother sin against me, and I let him go? Till seven times?
And Jesus says to him, I say not to thee, till seven times; but till seventy times seven.
Let all harshness, and wrath, and anger, and clamor, and slander, be put away from you, with all badness:
So therefore, let us pursue the things of peace, and the things for the building up for one another.
It demeans itself not unbecomingly, seeks not the things of itself, is not irritated, reckons no evil;
Put on therefore, as the chosen of God, holy and beloved, bowels of compassions, kindnesses, humility, meekness, longsuffering;
(Bearing one another, propitiating one another, if any have a complaint against any: as also Christ propitiated for you, so also ye.)
Therefore setting aside all wickedness, and all artifice, and dissimulation; and envies, and all calumnies,
The causing water to break forth. is the beginning of strife: cast off contention before being irritated.
Therefore all whatever ye would that men should do to you, so also do ye to them; for this is the law and the prophets.
And if ye bite and devour one another, see ye that ye be not laid waste by one another.
And walk ye in love, as also Christ loved us, and gave himself for us a gift and sacrifice to God for a smell of sweet odor.
See that any return not evil to any: but always pursue good to one another, and to all.
And the servant of the Lord must not contend; but be gentle to all, giving instruction, enduring evil,
Dearly beloved, we should love one another: for love is of God; and every one loving has been born of God, and knows God.
He not loving knows not God; for God is love.
And we the able ought to bear the weaknesses of the unable and not please ourselves.
For let each of us please the neighbor for good to the building.
He wanting heart despised for his neighbor: and a man of understanding will be silent.
And the wisdom from above is truly first pure, then peaceful, decorous, docile, full of mercy and good fruits, not separated, and unfeigned.
And the fruit of justice is sown in peace by those making peace.
Giving hack evil for evil to none. Providing good things before all men.
If possible of you, living peaceably with all men.
Avenging not yourselves, beloved, but give ye place to anger: for it has been written, Vengeance to me; I will repay, says the Lord.
A brother falling away, above a city of strength; and strifes as the bars of a fortress.
Ye have heard, that it has been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth:
But I say to you not to resist evil: but whosoever shall smite thee with a rod upon thy right cheek, turn to him also the other.
Thou shalt not say, According to what he did to me, thus will I do to him: I will turn back to the man according to his work.
Let not any foul word go out of your mouth, but if any good to the building of necessity, that it might give grace to them hearing.
And consecrate the Lord God in your hearts: and being ready always for a justification to every one asking you the word of the hope in you with meekness and fear:
Having a good consciousness; that, in what they speak evil against you, as doing evil, they threatening your good turning round in Christ should be ashamed.
Your word always in grace, Seasoned with salt, to know how it is fitting for you to answer one another.
Brethren, if a man be taken in any fault, ye the spiritual, restore such a one in the spirit of meekness; observing thyself narrowly, lest thou also be tempted.
And to whom ye show any favor; I also: for also if I have shown any kindness, to whom I have shown kindness, through you in the face of Christ;
That we might not be taken advantage of by Satan: for we are not ignorant of his inventions.
In slowness to anger shall the prince be persuaded, and the soft tongue shall break the bones.
But I say to you, Love your enemies, praise them cursing you, do well to them hating you, and pray for them threatening you, and driving you out.
The healing of the tongue the tree of life: and perverseness in it a breaking in the spirit
If any among you seem to be religious, bridling not his tongue, but deceiving his heart, the religion of this one vain.
He slow to anger is, good above the strong; and, he ruling over his spirit above him taking a city,
For he wishing to love life, and to see good days, let him cause his tongue to cease from evil, and his lips from speaking deceit:
Let him bend away from evil, and do good; let him seek peace, and follow it.
Jehovah being compassionate and merciful, slow to anger and great of mercy.
He will not contend forever; he will not keep forever.
He did not to us according to our sins, and he did not recompense upon us according to our iniquities.
Woe to the world for offences I for there is necessity for offences to come; but woe to that man by whom the offence comes!
And he said to the disciples, It is impossible there come not causes of offence: and woe, through whom they come!
Wherefore, if food offend my brother, I will eat no flesh forever, lest I shall offend my brother.
And whoever should offend one of these little ones believing in me, it is profitable for him that the millstone of an ass be hung upon his neck, and he be sunk in the midst of the sea.
The stern in wrath lifted up a fine: for if thou shalt deliver and thou shalt yet add.
And I say to you, That every idle word which men speak, they shill return word for it in the day of judgment.
For by thy words shalt thou be justified, and by thy words shalt thou be condemned.
Therefore truly, already is there wholly a misfortune in you, that ye have judgments with yourselves. Wherefore had ye not rather be treated ill? wherefore had ye not rather be defrauded?
But ye treat ill, and defraud, and that the brethren.
And, fathers, be not angry with your children: but bring them up in the instruction and reminding of the Lord.
Happy are ye, when they shall upbraid you, and drive you out, and say every evil word against you, lying, for my sake.
Groan not against one another, brethren, that ye be not condemned: behold, the judge stands before the door.
With all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, bearing one another in love;
Striving earnestly to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.
In the multitude of words transgression shall not cease: and he withholding his lips is prudent
All things are lawful to me, but all are not profitable: all things are lawful to me, but all build not the house.
Let none seek his own, but each another's.
And why judgest thou thy brother? or why also despisest thou thy brother? for we shall all stand at the judgment seat of Christ.
Who, being reviled, reviled not back; suffering, he threatened not; and delivered to him judging justly;
The foolish one will bring forth all his spirit; and the wise one will restrain it back.
The ways of a man being accepted of Jehovah also he will make his enemies friends with him.
In brotherly love, being kindly affectioned to one another; in honour preceding one another.
A new command give I to you, That ye love one another: as I loved you, that ye also love one another.
In this all shall know that ye are disciples to me, if ye have love in one another.