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 the Christ, not unto himself gave pleasure, but, even as it is written—The reproaches of them that we reproaching thee, fell upon me:

If, therefore, thou be bearing thy gift towards the altar, and, there, shouldst remember that, thy brother, hath aught against thee,leave, there, thy gift before the altar, and withdraw,—first, be reconciled unto thy brother, and, then, coming, be offering thy gift.

Hear, O our God, for we have become a contempt, and turn thou back their reproach upon their own head,—and give them up as a prey, in the land of captivity;

And I will not suffer to he heard against thee any more, the insult of the nations, And the reproach of the peoples, shalt thou not bear any more,- And thy nations, shalt thou not cause to stumble any more, Declareth My Lord Yahweh.

And be ye gracious one to another, tenderly affectionate, in favour forgiving one another—even as, God also, in Christ, hath in favour forgiven you;

With cursing, his mouth is full, and with deceptions and oppression, Under his tongue, are trouble and mischief:

Bearing one with another, and in favour forgiving one another—if any, against any, have a complaint,—according as, the Lord, in favour forgave you, so also ye;

Now the sons of Jacob came in from the field as soon as they heard, and the men were grieved, and it was vexing to them exceedingly,—for, a disgraceful deed, had he done with Israel in lying with Jacob’s daughter, seeing that so, it should not be done.

Then spake David unto the men that were standing by him, saying, What shall be done to the man that shall smite yonder Philistine, and so shall take away reproach from off Israel? For who is this uncircumcised Philistine that he hath reproached the ranks of a Living God?

And, when David heard that Nabal was dead, he said—Blessed, be Yahweh, who hath maintained the plea of my reproach, at the hand of Nabal, and hath restrained, his servant, from wrong, yea, the wrong of Nabal, hath Yahweh turned back on his own head. Then sent David, and spake with Abigail, to take her to himself wife.

With a crushing of my bones, have my adversaries reproached me,—While they keep saying unto me all the day, Where is thy God?

If possible—so far as dependeth on you, with all men being at peace:

But, if thy brother sin, withdraw, convince him, betwixt thee and him, alone,—If unto thee he hearken, thou hast gained thy brother;

Thou wouldst sit down—Against thine own brother, wouldst thou speak, Against thine own mother’s son, wouldst thou expose a fault:—

Because, for thy sake, have I borne reproach, Confusion hath covered my face;

Not returning evil for evil, nor reviling for reviling, but, on the contrary, bestowing a blessing,—because, hereunto, have ye been called, in order that, a blessing, ye might inherit.

Because, zeal for thy house, hath eaten me up, And, the reproaches of them who have reproached thee, have fallen upon me.

Thou, knowest my reproach, and my shame, and my confusion, Before thee, are all mine adversaries.

For, if ye forgive men their faults, Your Father who is in the heavens, will forgive, even you;But, if ye forgive not men their faults, neither will your Father forgive, your faults.

No longer, then, upon one another, let us be sitting in judgment, but, this, judge ye rather—not to be putting a cause of stumbling before your brother or an occasion to fall.

Reproach hath broken my heart, and I am weak,—Though I waited for one to pity me, yet there was none, And for comforters, yet I found not any.

Be taking heed to yourselves,—If thy brother sin, rebuke him, and, if he repent, forgive him;Even if, seven times a day, he sin against thee, and, seven times, turn to thee, saying, I repent, thou shalt forgive him.

Return, therefore, unto our neighbours—Sevenfold, into their own bosom, The reproach wherewith they have reproached thee, O Adonay!

Ye know, my brethren beloved,—but let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger,For, man’s anger, worketh not, God’s righteousness.

Roll from off me, reproach and contempt, For, thy testimonies, have I observed.

Cause to pass away my reproach, that I have feared, for, thy regulations, are good.

Judge not, that ye be not judged;—For, with what judgment ye judge, shall ye be judged,—and, with what measure ye mete, shall it be measured unto you.

Be ye angry, and not committing sin, let not the sun be going down upon your angry mood,

Smiting and shame, shall he find, and, his reproach, shall not be wiped out;

A foolish man, on the same day, letteth his vexation be known, but, he that concealeth an affront, is prudent.

A soft answer, turneth away wrath, but a cutting word raiseth anger.

Cease from anger, and forsake wrath, Burn not with vexation— it would be only to do evil;

He that hideth a transgression, seeketh love, but, he that repeateth a matter, separateth intimate friends.

The discretion of a man, deferreth his anger, and, his adorning, is to pass over transgression.

Drive away the scoffer, that strife may depart, and quarrel, and contempt may cease.

Well, is it not to eat flesh nor to drink wine nor to do aught whereby thy brother is caused to stumble.

He hath said, If a man send away his wife, and she go from him and become another man’s, will he return unto her, again? would not that land be, utterly defiled? And, thou, hast been unchaste with many neighbours, and yet thinkest to return unto me! Declareth Yahweh.

Give no occasion of stumbling—whether to Jews, or to Greeks, or to the assembly of God:

Let him give, to him that smiteth him, his cheek, let him be sated with reproach.

Happy, the peacemakers; for, they, shall be, called sons of God:

And the king, will do according to his own pleasure, and will exalt himself, and magnify himself against every GOD, yea, against the GOD of GODS, will he speak wonderful things,—and will succeed, until exhausted is the indignation, for, what is decreed, must be done;

A comb of honey, are pleasant words, sweet to the taste and healing to the bone.

I have heard the reproach of Moab, and the revilings of the sons of Ammon,—who have reproached my people, and have magnified themselves up to their bounds.

Then, the High-priest rent asunder his garments, saying—He hath spoken profanely! What further need have we, of witnesses? Lo! now, ye have heard the profanity!

Nothing by way of faction, nothing by way of vain-glory,—but, in lowliness of mind, accounting, one another, superior to yourselves,—Not, to your own things, severally looking, but, to the things of others, severally:—

Before all things, keeping, fervent, your love, among yourselves, because, love, covereth a multitude of sins;

The Jews answered him—Concerning a noble work, are we not stoning thee; but concerning profane speech,—and because, thou, being, a man, art making thyself, God.

There is who babbleth, as with thrusts of a sword, but, the tongue of the wise, hath healing.

Then, coming near, Peter said to him—Lord! how many times, shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? Until, seven, times?Jesus saith to him—I say not unto thee, unto, seven, times, but, until seventy times seven.

All bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and outcry, and profane speaking, let it be taken away from you, with all baseness;

A wrathful man, stirreth up strife, but, he that is slow to anger, calmeth contention.

Blessing in abundance, have the lovers of thy law, and nothing to make them stumble.

Hence, then, the things pertaining to peace, let us pursue, and the things which belong to the upbuilding one of another:

Acteth not unbecomingly, seeketh not her own things, is not easily provoked, imputeth not that which is base,

Put on, therefore, as men chosen of God, holy and beloved, tender affections of compassion, graciousness, lowliness of mind, meekness, long-suffering,Bearing one with another, and in favour forgiving one another—if any, against any, have a complaint,—according as, the Lord, in favour forgave you, so also ye;

Hatred, stirreth up strifes, but, over all transgressions, love throweth a covering.

Putting away, therefore, all vice and all deceit and hypocrisy and envyings and all detractions,

A letting forth of water, is the beginning of strife, therefore, before it breaketh out, abandon, contention.

Whatsoever things, therefore, ye would, that men be doing unto you, so, be, ye also, doing, unto them,—for, this, is the law and the prophets.

If, however, one another, ye bite and devour, take heed lest, by one another, ye be consumed!

And walk in love—even as, the Christ also, loved you, and delivered himself up in your behalf, an offering and sacrifice unto God, for a fragrance of sweet smell.

And, according as ye desire that men be doing unto you, be ye doing unto them, in like manner.

Peace, be pursuing, with all, and the obtaining of holiness,—without which no one shall see the Lord:

See that none, evil for evil, unto any, do render: but, evermore, what is good, be pursuing, towards one another, and towards all:

And, a servant of the Lord, ought not to strive, but to be, gentle, towards all, apt in teaching, ready to endure malice,—

Honour, hath the man who sitteth away from strife, but, any fool, may break through.

Beloved! let us be loving one another; because, love, is, of God, and, whosoever loveth, of God, hath been born, and is getting to understand God:He that doth not love, doth not understand God, because, God, is, love.

We are bound, however, we, who are strong, the weakness of them who are not strong to be bearing, and not, unto ourselves, to give pleasure.Let, each one of us, unto his neighbour give pleasure—for what is good unto upbuilding;

He that sheweth contempt for his neighbour, lacketh sense, but, a man of understanding, observeth silence.

But, the wisdom from above, is—first pure, then peaceable, reasonable, easy to be entreated, fraught with mercy and good fruits, without partiality, without hypocrisy.And, in harvest of righteousness, with peace, is sown by them that make peace.

He that keepeth his mouth and his tongue, keepeth, out of distresses, his soul.

Depart from wickedness and do good, Aim at well-being, and pursue it.

Unto no one, evil for evil rendering: providing honourable things before all men:If possible—so far as dependeth on you, with all men being at peace:Not avenging, yourselves, beloved, but give place unto their anger; for it is written—Mine, is avenging, I, will recompense;—saith the Lord;

A brother estranged, is worse than a strong city,—and, contentions, are as the bar of a citadel.

Ye have heard, that it was said,—Eye for eye, and tooth for tooth.But, I, tell you, not to resist evil,—Nay, whoever is smiting thee on the right cheek, turn to him, the other also;

Do not say—According to what he hath done to me, so, will I do to him, I will repay every one according to his work.

Be blessing them that curse you; be praying for them that wantonly insult you.

Let, no putrid discourse, out of your mouth, be going forth, but if anything is good—suited to the needful upbuilding,—that it may give benefit unto them that hear;

But, the Lord Christ, hallow ye in your hearts, ready always for a defence, unto every one that is asking you a reason concerning, the hope within you,—nevertheless, with meekness and reverence:Having, a good conscience, in order that, wherein they speak against you, they may be put to shame who cast wanton insult on, your good behaviour in Christ.

And forgive us our debts, as, we also, have forgiven our debtors;

Only by pride, doth one cause contention, but, with the well-advised, is wisdom.

Your discourse being always with benefit, with salt, seasoned,—that ye may know how it behoveth you, unto each one, to be making answer.

Set thou, O Yahweh, a watch at my mouth, Keep thou guard over the door of my lips.

Brethren! if a man should even be overtaken in any fault, ye, the spiritual, be restoring such a one, in a spirit of meekness, looking to thyself, lest, even thou, be put to the test.

Now, to whom ye forgive anything, I, also; for, I also, what I have forgiven, if, anything, I have forgiven, for your sake, in the person of Christ, have I forgiven it .Lest we should be overreached by Satan, for, of his thoughts, we are not ignorant.

By long patience, is a judge persuaded, and, a soft tongue, breaketh the bone.

But, I, say unto you, Be loving your enemies, and praying for them who are persecuting you:

Gentleness of the tongue, is a tree of life, but, crookedness therein, a grievous wound in the spirit.

If any thinketh he is observant of religion, not curbing his own tongue, but deceiving his own heart, this one’s, religious observance is, vain:

Let, your considerateness, be known unto all men. The Lord, is near:—

Better he that is slow to anger, than a hero, and he that ruleth his spirit, than he that captureth a city.

For, he that desireth to love, life, and to see good days, Let him cause his tongue to cease from mischief, and lips, that they speak not deceit;Let him turn away from mischief, and do good, Let him seek peace, and pursue it;

Be not overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.

Compassionate and gracious, is Yahweh,—Slow to anger and abundant in lovingkindness.Not perpetually, will he contend, Nor age-abidingly, retain anger;Not according to our sins, hath he dealt with us, Nor according to our iniquities, hath he treated us.

Alas for the world! by reason of the causes of stumbling; for it is, necessary, that the causes of stumbling come,—nevertheless, alas for the man through whom the cause of stumbling cometh!

Him that is weak in his faith, receive ye,—not for disputing opinions:—

A gift in secret, quencheth anger, and, a present in the bosom, mighty wrath.

But be taking heed, lest, by any means, your right, itself, become, an occasion of stumbling, unto the weak;

And he said unto his disciples:—It is, impossible, that occasions of stumbling should not come, notwithstanding, alas! for him through whom they do come:

Therefore, if food is an occasion of stumbling unto my brother, in nowise will I eat flesh unto the age that abideth,—that, I may not occasion, my brother, to stumble.

And, whosoever shall cause to stumble one of these little ones who believe in me, it profiteth him, that there be hung a large mill-stone about his neck, and he be sunk in the wide main of the sea.

Gracious and compassionate, is Yahweh,—slow to anger, and of great lovingkindness.

A man in a rage, taketh away the penalty,—nevertheless, if thou let him go free, the more stripes must thou add.

But I say unto you, That, every useless expression that men shall utter, they shall render, concerning it, an account, in a day of judgment;For, by thy words, shalt thou be, justified, and, by thy words, shalt thou be condemned.

Already, indeed, it is an utter defeat for you, that ye are having, law-suits, one with another. Wherefore are ye not rather taking wrong? Wherefore are ye not rather suffering yourselves to be defrauded?Nay! but, ye, are doing wrong, and defrauding,—and that your brethren.

And ye fathers, be not provoking your children to anger, but be nourishing them up in the discipline and admonition of the Lord.

Ye fathers! be not irritating your children, lest they be disheartened;

Happy, are ye, whensoever they may reproach you and persecute you, and say every evil thing against you, falsely, for my sake:

Be not sighing, brethren, one against another, lest ye be judged,—Lo! the Judge, before the doors, is standing.

One slow to anger, hath great understanding, but, the hasty in spirit, exalteth folly.

Be deeply moved, but do not sin,—Ponder in your own heart upon your bed, and be silent. Selah.

With all lowliness and meekness, with long suffering, bearing one with another in love,Giving diligence to keep—the oneness of the Spirit in the uniting-bond of peace,—

In the multitude of words, there wanteth not transgression, but, he that restraineth his lips, sheweth prudence.

All things are allowable—but, not all things, are profitable,—all things are allowable—but, not all things, upbuild.Let, no one, be seeking, what concerneth himself, but that which concerneth some one else.

But, thou, why dost thou judge thy brother? Aye! and thou, why dost thou despise thy brother? For, all of us, shall present ourselves unto the judgment seat of God;

Who, being reviled, was not reviling again, suffering, he was not threatening, but was making surrender unto him that judgeth righteously,—

All his anger, doth a dullard let go, but, a wise man, by keeping it back, stilleth it.

When, acceptable to Yahweh, are the ways of a man, even his enemies, doth he cause to make peace with him.

In my heart, have I treasured what thou hast said, to the end I may not sin against thee.

Death and life, are in the power of the tongue, and, its friends, shall eat its fruits.

In your brotherly love, unto one another, being tenderly affectioned, in honour, unto one another, giving preference;

A new commandment, give I unto you,—That ye be loving one another: Just as I loved you, that, ye also, be loving one another:By this, shall all men take knowledge, that, my disciples, ye are,—If ye have, love, one to another.

He that loveth his brother, is abiding, in the light, and, cause of stumbling, in him, is there none.

A man hath joy, in the answer of his own mouth, and, a word in its season,—how good!

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