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57 Bible Verses about
Calling Someone Names
Matthew 5:21-22 ESV / 94 helpful votes
“You have heard that it was said to those of old, ‘You shall not murder; and whoever murders will be liable to judgment.’ But I say to you that everyone who is angry with his brother will be liable to judgment; whoever insults his brother will be liable to the council; and whoever says, ‘You fool!’ will be liable to the hell of fire.
Ephesians 4:31-32 ESV / 82 helpful votes
Let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamor and slander be put away from you, along with all malice. Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you.
Matthew 15:11 ESV / 54 helpful votes
It is not what goes into the mouth that defiles a person, but what comes out of the mouth; this defiles a person.”
Matthew 6:1-34 ESV / 32 helpful votes
“Beware of practicing your righteousness before other people in order to be seen by them, for then you will have no reward from your Father who is in heaven. “Thus, when you give to the needy, sound no trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may be praised by others. Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward. But when you give to the needy, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, so that your giving may be in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will reward you. “And when you pray, you must not be like the hypocrites. For they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and at the street corners, that they may be seen by others. Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward. ...
Matthew 5:22 ESV / 27 helpful votes
But I say to you that everyone who is angry with his brother will be liable to judgment; whoever insults his brother will be liable to the council; and whoever says, ‘You fool!’ will be liable to the hell of fire.
Ephesians 2:8-9 ESV / 26 helpful votes
For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast.
Romans 3:28 ESV / 19 helpful votes
For we hold that one is justified by faith apart from works of the law.
Proverbs 29:20 ESV / 19 helpful votes
Do you see a man who is hasty in his words? There is more hope for a fool than for him.
1 Thessalonians 5:21 ESV / 17 helpful votes
But test everything; hold fast what is good.
Ecclesiastes 5:1 ESV / 17 helpful votes
Guard your steps when you go to the house of God. To draw near to listen is better than to offer the sacrifice of fools, for they do not know that they are doing evil.
Romans 10:13 ESV / 14 helpful votes
For “everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.”
1 Peter 2:9 ESV / 12 helpful votes
But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.
Romans 16:17 ESV / 11 helpful votes
I appeal to you, brothers, to watch out for those who cause divisions and create obstacles contrary to the doctrine that you have been taught; avoid them.
Matthew 7:1 ESV / 11 helpful votes
“Judge not, that you be not judged.
Matthew 12:34 ESV / 8 helpful votes
You brood of vipers! How can you speak good, when you are evil? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.
Acts 2:38 ESV / 7 helpful votes
And Peter said to them, “Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
1 Samuel 20:30 ESV / 7 helpful votes
Then Saul's anger was kindled against Jonathan, and he said to him, “You son of a perverse, rebellious woman, do I not know that you have chosen the son of Jesse to your own shame, and to the shame of your mother's nakedness?
1 Peter 3:8-12 ESV / 6 helpful votes
Finally, all of you, have unity of mind, sympathy, brotherly love, a tender heart, and a humble mind. Do not repay evil for evil or reviling for reviling, but on the contrary, bless, for to this you were called, that you may obtain a blessing. For “Whoever desires to love life and see good days, let him keep his tongue from evil and his lips from speaking deceit; let him turn away from evil and do good; let him seek peace and pursue it. For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous, and his ears are open to their prayer. But the face of the Lord is against those who do evil.”
James 1:20 ESV / 6 helpful votes
For the anger of man does not produce the righteousness of God.
Acts 22:16 ESV / 6 helpful votes
And now why do you wait? Rise and be baptized and wash away your sins, calling on his name.’
Matthew 28:18 ESV / 6 helpful votes
And Jesus came and said to them, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me.
Matthew 23:33 ESV / 6 helpful votes
You serpents, you brood of vipers, how are you to escape being sentenced to hell?
Genesis 17:5 ESV / 6 helpful votes
No longer shall your name be called Abram, but your name shall be Abraham, for I have made you the father of a multitude of nations.
Titus 3:2-3 ESV / 5 helpful votes
To speak evil of no one, to avoid quarreling, to be gentle, and to show perfect courtesy toward all people. For we ourselves were once foolish, disobedient, led astray, slaves to various passions and pleasures, passing our days in malice and envy, hated by others and hating one another.
Acts 2:21 ESV / 5 helpful votes
And it shall come to pass that everyone who calls upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.’
Acts 2:1-47 ESV / 5 helpful votes
When the day of Pentecost arrived, they were all together in one place. And suddenly there came from heaven a sound like a mighty rushing wind, and it filled the entire house where they were sitting. And divided tongues as of fire appeared to them and rested on each one of them. And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit gave them utterance. Now there were dwelling in Jerusalem Jews, devout men from every nation under heaven. ...
Matthew 7:12 ESV / 5 helpful votes
“So whatever you wish that others would do to you, do also to them, for this is the Law and the Prophets.
Psalm 53:1 ESV / 5 helpful votes
To the choirmaster: according to Mahalath. A Maskil of David. The fool says in his heart, “There is no God.” They are corrupt, doing abominable iniquity; there is none who does good.
Genesis 32:28 ESV / 5 helpful votes
Then he said, “Your name shall no longer be called Jacob, but Israel, for you have striven with God and with men, and have prevailed.”
Colossians 2:1-23 ESV / 4 helpful votes
For I want you to know how great a struggle I have for you and for those at Laodicea and for all who have not seen me face to face, that their hearts may be encouraged, being knit together in love, to reach all the riches of full assurance of understanding and the knowledge of God's mystery, which is Christ, in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge. I say this in order that no one may delude you with plausible arguments. For though I am absent in body, yet I am with you in spirit, rejoicing to see your good order and the firmness of your faith in Christ. ...
Acts 13:9 ESV / 4 helpful votes
But Saul, who was also called Paul, filled with the Holy Spirit, looked intently at him
John 15:16 ESV / 4 helpful votes
You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit and that your fruit should abide, so that whatever you ask the Father in my name, he may give it to you.
John 1:14 ESV / 4 helpful votes
And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.
Joel 2:32 ESV / 4 helpful votes
And it shall come to pass that everyone who calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved. For in Mount Zion and in Jerusalem there shall be those who escape, as the Lord has said, and among the survivors shall be those whom the Lord calls.
Psalm 14:1 ESV / 4 helpful votes
To the choirmaster. Of David. The fool says in his heart, “There is no God.” They are corrupt, they do abominable deeds, there is none who does good.
Exodus 20:5 ESV / 4 helpful votes
You shall not bow down to them or serve them, for I the Lord your God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children to the third and the fourth generation of those who hate me,
Revelation 21:8 ESV / 3 helpful votes
But as for the cowardly, the faithless, the detestable, as for murderers, the sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars, their portion will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur, which is the second death.”
Ephesians 4:26 ESV / 3 helpful votes
Be angry and do not sin; do not let the sun go down on your anger,
Ephesians 4:4 ESV / 3 helpful votes
There is one body and one Spirit—just as you were called to the one hope that belongs to your call—
1 Corinthians 1:2 ESV / 3 helpful votes
To the church of God that is in Corinth, to those sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints together with all those who in every place call upon the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, both their Lord and ours:
John 14:6 ESV / 3 helpful votes
Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.
John 6:44 ESV / 3 helpful votes
No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him. And I will raise him up on the last day.
Matthew 7:6 ESV / 3 helpful votes
“Do not give dogs what is holy, and do not throw your pearls before pigs, lest they trample them underfoot and turn to attack you.
Exodus 20:2-6 ESV / 3 helpful votes
“I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery. “You shall have no other gods before me. “You shall not make for yourself a carved image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth. You shall not bow down to them or serve them, for I the Lord your God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children to the third and the fourth generation of those who hate me, but showing steadfast love to thousands of those who love me and keep my commandments.
Genesis 4:26 ESV / 3 helpful votes
To Seth also a son was born, and he called his name Enosh. At that time people began to call upon the name of the Lord.
Revelation 1:1-20 ESV / 2 helpful votes
The revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things that must soon take place. He made it known by sending his angel to his servant John, who bore witness to the word of God and to the testimony of Jesus Christ, even to all that he saw. Blessed is the one who reads aloud the words of this prophecy, and blessed are those who hear, and who keep what is written in it, for the time is near. John to the seven churches that are in Asia: Grace to you and peace from him who is and who was and who is to come, and from the seven spirits who are before his throne, and from Jesus Christ the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of kings on earth. To him who loves us and has freed us from our sins by his blood ...
John 10:1-42 ESV / 2 helpful votes
“Truly, truly, I say to you, he who does not enter the sheepfold by the door but climbs in by another way, that man is a thief and a robber. But he who enters by the door is the shepherd of the sheep. To him the gatekeeper opens. The sheep hear his voice, and he calls his own sheep by name and leads them out. When he has brought out all his own, he goes before them, and the sheep follow him, for they know his voice. A stranger they will not follow, but they will flee from him, for they do not know the voice of strangers.” ...
John 8:12 ESV / 2 helpful votes
Again Jesus spoke to them, saying, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.”
John 1:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
Matthew 23:17 ESV / 2 helpful votes
You blind fools! For which is greater, the gold or the temple that has made the gold sacred?
Matthew 23:1-39 ESV / 2 helpful votes
Then Jesus said to the crowds and to his disciples, “The scribes and the Pharisees sit on Moses' seat, so practice and observe whatever they tell you—but not what they do. For they preach, but do not practice. They tie up heavy burdens, hard to bear, and lay them on people's shoulders, but they themselves are not willing to move them with their finger. They do all their deeds to be seen by others. For they make their phylacteries broad and their fringes long, ...
Matthew 3:7 ESV / 2 helpful votes
But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his baptism, he said to them, “You brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the wrath to come?
Isaiah 43:10 ESV / 2 helpful votes
“You are my witnesses,” declares the Lord, “and my servant whom I have chosen, that you may know and believe me and understand that I am he. Before me no god was formed, nor shall there be any after me.
Psalm 23:1-6 ESV / 2 helpful votes
A Psalm of David. The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters. He restores my soul. He leads me in paths of righteousness for his name's sake. Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me. You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; you anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows. ...
Exodus 10:1-29 ESV / 2 helpful votes
Then the Lord said to Moses, “Go in to Pharaoh, for I have hardened his heart and the heart of his servants, that I may show these signs of mine among them, and that you may tell in the hearing of your son and of your grandson how I have dealt harshly with the Egyptians and what signs I have done among them, that you may know that I am the Lord.” So Moses and Aaron went in to Pharaoh and said to him, “Thus says the Lord, the God of the Hebrews, ‘How long will you refuse to humble yourself before me? Let my people go, that they may serve me. For if you refuse to let my people go, behold, tomorrow I will bring locusts into your country, and they shall cover the face of the land, so that no one can see the land. And they shall eat what is left to you after the hail, and they shall eat every tree of yours that grows in the field, ...
Yeah but listen up TeddyBugs, you complained about naming calling long ago while at the same time engaging in it, so isn’t it kinda like hypocritical to look at some one else calling attention to it now, all of a sudden⁉️⁉️⁉️
I’ve never complained about certain kinds of name calling because I believe in it, besides, l think TeddyBug fits you and is so endearing, in fact, I think you should start using it, my compliments ‼️😂😂🤣🤣😇
It’s always good to remember that certain kinds of name calling is acceptable. Jesus called hard core false religious leader/teachers names like “viper, snakes, hypocrites, white washed tombs, sons of Satan” and other names which included names like “blind guides”.
I’ve heard some say we’re not to call another person a fool. But Jesus did not deny the term but said we are not even to angrily, ie with murder on the heart, call someone a fool because it’s like committing murder in the heart. For that matter, any name said in a spirit of godless anger applies as well. But Jesus is not against anger because he said be angry and sin not. Godless human anger is the issue.
Here is a list of some names used appropriately in Bible as indicated in the thread above
Revelations 21:8 But as for the cowardly, the faithless, the detestable, as for murderers, the sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars, their portion will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur, which is the second death.” [TeddyHug might want to take heed here because he rejects the “second death” which refers to a life of torment in an eternal forever hell (where their worm doesn’t die), obviously much worse than mere physical death of the body]
