Bible Verses About Calling Someone Names

“With the tongue we bless our Lord and Father, and with it we curse men, who have been made in God’s likeness. Out of the same mouth come blessing and cursing. My brothers, this should not be!”

“Rid yourselves, therefore, of all malice, deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and slander.”

“But now you must put aside all such things as these: anger, rage, malice, slander, and filthy language from your lips.”

“Life and death are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruit.”

“A man is not defiled by what enters his mouth, but by what comes out of it.”

“It is honorable for a man to resolve a dispute, but any fool will quarrel.”

“With his mouth the ungodly man destroys his neighbor, but through knowledge the righteous are rescued.”

“Speaking rashly is like a piercing sword, but the tongue of the wise brings healing.”

“But the things that come out of the mouth come from the heart, and these things defile a man.”

“Brothers, do not slander one another. Anyone who speaks against his brother or judges him speaks against the law and judges it. And if you judge the law, you are not a practitioner of the law, but a judge of it. There is only one Lawgiver and Judge, the One who is able to save and destroy. But who are you to judge your neighbor?”

“Do you see a man who speaks in haste? There is more hope for a fool than for him.”

“For we maintain that a man is justified by faith apart from works of the law.”

“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.”

“Guard your steps when you go to the house of God. Draw near to listen rather than to offer the sacrifice of fools, who do not know that they do wrong.”

“A soothing tongue is a tree of life, but a perverse tongue crushes the spirit.”

“A fool vents all his anger, but a wise man holds it back.”

“An angry man stirs up dissension, and a hot-tempered man abounds in transgression.”

“You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.”

“Even if our hearts condemn us, God is greater than our hearts, and He knows all things.”

“But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, to proclaim the virtues of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.”

“Whoever shows contempt for his neighbor lacks judgment, but a man of understanding remains silent. A gossip reveals a secret, but a trustworthy person keeps a confidence.”

“In the same way, the tongue is a small part of the body, but it boasts of great things. Consider how small a spark sets a great forest ablaze. The tongue also is a fire, a world of wickedness among the parts of the body. It pollutes the whole person, sets the course of his life on fire, and is itself set on fire by hell. All kinds of animals, birds, reptiles, and creatures of the sea are being tamed and have been tamed by man, but no man can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison. With the tongue we bless our Lord and Father, and with it we curse men, who have been made in God’s likeness. Out of the same mouth come blessing and cursing. My brothers, this should not be!”