Bible verses about "insults" | ISV

Leviticus 19:18

18 “You are not to seek vengeance or hold a grudge against the descendants of your people. Instead, love your neighbor as yourself. I am the LORD.”

Proverbs 20:22

22 Don’t say “I’ll avenge that wrong!” Wait on the LORD and he will deliver you.

Proverbs 10:12

12 Hatred awakens contention, but love covers all transgressions.

Matthew 5:43-45

43 Teaching about Love for Enemies
“You have heard that it was said, ‘You must love your neighbor’ and hate your enemy. 44 But I say to you, love your enemies, and pray for those who persecute you, 45 so that you will become children of your Father in heaven, because he makes his sun rise on both evil and good people, and he lets rain fall on the righteous and the unrighteous.

Matthew 7:1-5

1 Judging Others
“Stop judging, so that you won’t be judged, 2 because the way that you judge others will be the way that you will be judged, and you will be evaluated by the standard with which you evaluate others.
3 “Why do you see the speck in your brother’s eye but fail to notice the beam in your own eye? 4 Or how can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ when the beam is in your own eye? 5 You hypocrite! First remove the beam from your own eye, and then you will see clearly enough to remove the speck from your brother’s eye.”

Romans 14:10-12

10 Why, then, do you criticize your brother? Or why do you despise your brother? For all of us will stand before the judgment seat of God. 11 For it is written, “As certainly as I live, declares the Lord, every knee will bow to me, and every tongue will praise God.”
12 Consequently, each of us will give an account of himself to God.

Ephesians 4:26

26 “Be angry, yet do not sin.” Do not let the sun set while you are still angry,

Proverbs 11:12

12 Whoever belittles his neighbor lacks sense, but the discerning man controls his comments.

Ephesians 4:31-32

31 Let all bitterness, wrath, anger, quarreling, and slander be put away from you, along with all hatred. 32 And be kind to one another, compassionate, forgiving one another just as God has forgiven you in the Messiah.

Proverbs 12:18

18 Some speak rashly like the cutting of a sword, but what the wise say promotes healing.

Proverbs 12:16

16 The anger of a fool becomes readily apparent, but the prudent person overlooks an insult.

James 1:26

26 If anyone thinks that he is religious and does not bridle his tongue, but instead deceives himself, his religion is worthless.

James 4:11-12

11 Do Not Criticize Each OtherDo not criticize each other, brothers. Whoever makes it his habit to criticize his brother or to judge his brother is judging the Law and condemning the Law. But if you condemn the Law, you are not a practicer of the Law but its judge. 12 There is only one Lawgiver and Judge—the one who can save and destroy. So who are you to judge your neighbor?

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