30 Important Bible Scriptures on Offense
Here are the 30 most important Bible scriptures on offense.
Proverbs 19:11
Good sense makes one slow to anger, and it is his glory to overlook an offense.
Proverbs 18:19
A brother offended is more unyielding than a strong city, and quarreling is like the bars of a castle.
James 3:16
For where jealousy and selfish ambition exist, there will be disorder and every vile practice.
Leviticus 19:18
“You shall not take vengeance or bear a grudge against the sons of your own people, but you shall love your neighbor as yourself: I am the Lord.”
1 Peter 2:23
When he was reviled, he did not revile in return; when he suffered, he did not threaten, but continued entrusting himself to him who judges justly.
1 Corinthians 1:23
But we preach Christ crucified, a stumbling block to Jews and folly to Gentiles.
1 Corinthians 10:32
Give no offense to Jews or to Greeks or to the church of God.
1 Corinthians 13:5
Or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful.
1 Peter 2:8
And “A stone of stumbling, and a rock of offense.” They stumble because they disobey the word, as they were destined to do.
Acts 24:16
So I always take pains to have a clear conscience toward both God and man.
Colossians 3:13
Bearing with one another and, if one has a complaint against another, forgiving each other; as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also must forgive.
Ephesians 4:26
Be angry and do not sin; do not let the sun go down on your anger.
Ephesians 4:32
Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you.
Galatians 5:11
But if I, brothers, still preach circumcision, why am I still being persecuted? In that case the offense of the cross has been removed.
Galatians 5:13
For you were called to freedom, brothers. Only do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another.
Galatians 5:22
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness.
Galatians 5:26
Let us not become conceited, provoking one another, envying one another.
Isaiah 8:14
And he will become a sanctuary and a stone of offense and a rock of stumbling to both houses of Israel, a trap and a snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
James 1:19
Know this, my beloved brothers: let every person be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger.
Luke 17:1
And he said to his disciples, “Temptations to sin are sure to come, but woe to the one through whom they come!”
Luke 17:3
“Pay attention to yourselves! If your brother sins, rebuke him, and if he repents, forgive him.”
Luke 17:4
“And if he sins against you seven times in the day, and turns to you seven times, saying, ‘I repent,’ you must forgive him.”
Matthew 16:23
But he turned and said to Peter, “Get behind me, Satan! You are a hindrance to me. For you are not setting your mind on the things of God, but on the things of man.”
Matthew 18:17
“If he refuses to listen to them, tell it to the church. And if he refuses to listen even to the church, let him be to you as a Gentile and a tax collector.”
Matthew 18:6
“But whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin, it would be better for him to have a great millstone fastened around his neck and to be drowned in the depth of the sea.”
Matthew 18:7
“Woe to the world for temptations to sin! For it is necessary that temptations come, but woe to the one by whom the temptation comes!”
Proverbs 10:12
Hatred stirs up strife, but love covers all offenses.
Proverbs 17:9
Whoever covers an offense seeks love, but he who repeats a matter separates close friends.
Psalm 119:165
Great peace have those who love your law; nothing can make them stumble.
Romans 3:23
For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.
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