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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 even Christ did not please Himself, but as it is written: “The insults of those who insult You have fallen on Me.”
So if you are offering your gift at the altar and there remember that your brother has something against you,leave your gift there before the altar. First go and be reconciled to your brother; then come and offer your gift.
Hear us, O God, for we are despised. Turn their scorn back upon their own heads, and let them be taken as plunder to a land of captivity.
I will no longer allow the taunts of the nations to be heard against you, and you will no longer endure the reproach of the peoples or cause your nation to stumble, declares the Lord GOD.”
Be kind and tenderhearted to one another, forgiving each other just as in Christ God forgave you.
His mouth is full of cursing, deceit, and violence; trouble and malice are under his tongue.
Bear with one another and forgive any complaint you may have against someone else. Forgive as the Lord forgave you.
When Jacob’s sons heard what had happened, they returned from the field. They were filled with grief and fury, because Shechem had committed an outrage in Israel by lying with Jacob’s daughter—a thing that should not be done.
David asked the men who were standing with him, “What will be done for the man who kills this Philistine and removes this disgrace from Israel? Just who is this uncircumcised Philistine, that he should defy the armies of the living God?”
On hearing that Nabal was dead, David said, “Blessed be the Lord, who has upheld my cause against the reproach of Nabal and has restrained His servant from evil. For the Lord has brought the wickedness of Nabal down upon his own head.” Then David sent word to Abigail, asking for her in marriage.
Like the crushing of my bones, my enemies taunt me, while they say to me all day long, “Where is your God?”
If your brother sins against you, go and confront him privately. If he listens to you, you have won your brother over.
Do not repay evil with evil or insult with insult, but with blessing, because to this you were called so that you may inherit a blessing.
because zeal for Your house has consumed me, and the insults of those who insult You have fallen on me.
For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.But if you do not forgive men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive yours.
Therefore let us stop judging one another. Instead, make up your mind not to put any stumbling block or obstacle in your brother’s way.
Insults have broken my heart, and I am in despair. I looked for sympathy, but there was none, for comforters, but I found no one.
Watch yourselves. If your brother sins, rebuke him; and if he repents, forgive him.It will be just like that on the day the Son of Man is revealed.On that day, let no one on the housetop come down to retrieve his possessions. Likewise, let no one in the field return for anything he has left behind.Remember Lot’s wife!Whoever tries to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life will preserve it.I tell you, on that night two people will be in one bed: One will be taken and the other left.Two women will be grinding grain together: One will be taken and the other left.” “Where, Lord?” they asked. Jesus answered, “Wherever there is a carcass, there the vultures will gather.”Even if he sins against you seven times in a day, and seven times returns to say, ‘I repent,’ you must forgive him.”
Pay back into the laps of our neighbors sevenfold the reproach they hurled at You, O Lord.
My beloved brothers, understand this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to anger,Consider it pure joy, my brothers, when you encounter trials of many kinds,for man’s anger does not bring about the righteousness that God desires.
“Do not judge, or you will be judged.Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a snake?So if you who are evil know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good things to those who ask Him!In everything, then, do to others as you would have them do to you. For this is the essence of the Law and the Prophets.Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and many enter through it.But small is the gate and narrow the way that leads to life, and only a few find it.Beware of false prophets. They come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves.By their fruit you will recognize them. Are grapes gathered from thornbushes, or figs from thistles?Likewise, every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit.A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, and a bad tree cannot bear good fruit.Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.For with the same judgment you pronounce, you will be judged; and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.
Drive out the mocker, and conflict will depart; even quarreling and insults will cease.
It is better not to eat meat or drink wine or to do anything to cause your brother to stumble.
“If a man divorces his wife and she leaves him to marry another, can he ever return to her? Would not such a land be completely defiled? But you have played the harlot with many lovers— and you would return to Me?” declares the Lord.
Let him offer his cheek to the one who would strike him; let him be filled with reproach.
Then the king will do as he pleases and will exalt and magnify himself above every god, and he will speak monstrous things against the God of gods. He will be successful until the time of wrath is completed, for what has been decreed must be accomplished.
“I have heard the reproach of Moab and the insults of the Ammonites, who have taunted My people and threatened their borders.
At this, the high priest tore his clothes and declared, “He has blasphemed! Why do we need any more witnesses? Look, now you have heard the blasphemy.
Do nothing out of selfish ambition or empty pride, but in humility consider others more important than yourselves.because he nearly died for the work of Christ, risking his life to make up for your deficit of service to me.Each of you should look not only to your own interests, but also to the interests of others.
“We are not stoning You for any good work,” said the Jews, “but for blasphemy, because You, who are a man, declare Yourself to be God.”
Then Peter came to Jesus and asked, “Lord, how many times shall I forgive my brother who sins against me? Up to seven times?”Jesus answered, “I tell you, not just seven times, but seventy-seven times!
Get rid of all bitterness, rage and anger, outcry and slander, along with every form of malice.
Abundant peace belongs to those who love Your instruction; nothing can make them stumble.
It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no account of wrongs.
Therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, clothe yourselves with hearts of compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience.Bear with one another and forgive any complaint you may have against someone else. Forgive as the Lord forgave you.
To start a quarrel is to release a flood; so abandon the dispute before it breaks out.
In everything, then, do to others as you would have them do to you. For this is the essence of the Law and the Prophets.
But if you keep on biting and devouring one another, watch out, or you will be consumed by one another.
and walk in love, just as Christ loved us and gave Himself up for us as a fragrant sacrificial offering to God.
Pursue peace with everyone, as well as holiness, without which no one will see the Lord.
Make sure that no one repays evil for evil. Always pursue what is good for one another and for all people.
And a servant of the Lord must not be quarrelsome, but must be kind to everyone, able to teach, and forbearing.
Beloved, let us love one another, because love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God.Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love.
We who are strong ought to bear with the shortcomings of the weak and not to please ourselves.Again, it says: “Rejoice, O Gentiles, with His people.” And again: “Praise the Lord, all you Gentiles, and extol Him, all you peoples.” And once more, Isaiah says: “The Root of Jesse will appear, One who will arise to rule over the Gentiles; in Him the Gentiles will put their hope.” Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you believe in Him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.I myself am convinced, my brothers, that you yourselves are full of goodness, brimming with knowledge, and able to instruct one another.However, I have written you a bold reminder on some points, because of the grace God has given meto be a minister of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles in the priestly service of the gospel of God, so that the Gentiles might become an offering acceptable to God, sanctified by the Holy Spirit.Therefore I exult in Christ Jesus in my service to God.I will not presume to speak of anything except what Christ has accomplished through me in leading the Gentiles to obedience by word and deed,by the power of signs and wonders, and by the power of the Spirit of God. So from Jerusalem all the way around to Illyricum, I have fully proclaimed the gospel of Christ. Each of us should please his neighbor for his good, to build him up.
Whoever shows contempt for his neighbor lacks judgment, but a man of understanding remains silent.
But the wisdom from above is first of all pure, then peace-loving, gentle, accommodating, full of mercy and good fruit, impartial, and sincere.Peacemakers who sow in peace reap the fruit of righteousness.
Do not repay anyone evil for evil. Carefully consider what is right in the eyes of everybody.If it is possible on your part, live at peace with everyone.Do not avenge yourselves, beloved, but leave room for God’s wrath. For it is written: “Vengeance is Mine; I will repay, says the Lord.”
An offended brother is harder to win than a fortified city, and disputes are like the bars of a castle.
You have heard that it was said, ‘Eye for eye and tooth for tooth.’But I tell you not to resist an evil person. If someone slaps you on your right cheek, turn to him the other also;
Do not say, “I will do to him as he has done to me; I will repay the man according to his work.”
Let no unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building up the one in need and bringing grace to those who listen.
But in your hearts sanctify Christ as Lord. Always be prepared to give a defense to everyone who asks you the reason for the hope that is in you. But respond with gentleness and respect,keeping a clear conscience, so that those who slander you may be put to shame by your good behavior in Christ.
Let your speech always be gracious, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how to answer everyone.
Brothers, if someone is caught in a trespass, you who are spiritual should restore him with a spirit of gentleness. But watch yourself, or you also may be tempted.
If you forgive anyone, I also forgive him. And if I have forgiven anything, I have forgiven it in the presence of Christ for your sake,in order that Satan should not outwit us. For we are not unaware of his schemes.
If anyone considers himself religious and yet does not bridle his tongue, he deceives his heart and his religion is worthless.
He who is slow to anger is better than a warrior, and he who controls his temper is greater than one who captures a city.
For, “Whoever would love life and see good days must keep his tongue from evil and his lips from deceitful speech.He must turn from evil and do good; he must seek peace and pursue it.
Woe to the world for the causes of sin. These stumbling blocks must come, but woe to the man through whom they come!
Be careful, however, that your freedom does not become a stumbling block to the weak.
Jesus said to His disciples, “It is inevitable that stumbling blocks will come, but woe to the one through whom they come!
Therefore, if what I eat causes my brother to stumble, I will never eat meat again, so that I will not cause him to stumble.
But if anyone causes one of these little ones who believe in Me to stumble, it would be better for him to have a large millstone hung around his neck and to be drowned in the depths of the sea.
A man of great anger must pay the penalty; if you rescue him, you will have to do so again.
But I tell you that men will give an account on the day of judgment for every careless word they have spoken.For by your words you will be acquitted, and by your words you will be condemned.”
The very fact that you have lawsuits among you means that you are thoroughly defeated already. Why not rather be wronged? Why not rather be cheated?Instead, you yourselves cheat and do wrong, even against your own brothers!
Fathers, do not provoke your children to wrath; instead, bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.
Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you, and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of Me.
Do not complain about one another, brothers, so that you will not be judged. Look, the Judge is standing at the door!
with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love,But this is not the way you came to know Christ.Surely you heard of Him and were taught in Him—in keeping with the truth that is in Jesus—to put off your former way of life, your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires;to be renewed in the spirit of your minds;and to put on the new self, created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness.Therefore each of you must put off falsehood and speak truthfully to his neighbor, for we are all members of one another.“Be angry, yet do not sin.” Do not let the sun set upon your anger,and do not give the devil a foothold.He who has been stealing must steal no longer, but must work, doing good with his own hands, that he may have something to share with the one in need.Let no unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building up the one in need and bringing grace to those who listen.and with diligence to preserve the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace.
“Everything is permissible,” but not everything is beneficial. “Everything is permissible,” but not everything is edifying.No one should seek his own good, but the good of others.
Why, then, do you judge your brother? Or why do you belittle your brother? For we will all stand before God’s judgment seat.
When they heaped abuse on Him, He did not retaliate; when He suffered, He made no threats, but entrusted Himself to Him who judges justly.
When a man’s ways please the Lord, He makes even the man’s enemies live at peace with him.
Life and death are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruit.
A new commandment I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you also must love one another.By this everyone will know that you are My disciples, if you love one another.”
Whoever loves his brother remains in the light, and there is no cause of stumbling in him.