100 Bible Verses about Being Rude

Philippians 2:3 ESV / 1,407 helpful votes

Do nothing from selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than yourselves.

1 Corinthians 13:1-13 ESV / 1,236 helpful votes

If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. And if I have prophetic powers, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. If I give away all I have, and if I deliver up my body to be burned, but have not love, I gain nothing. Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; ...

1 Corinthians 13:4-5 ESV / 1,082 helpful votes

Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful;

Proverbs 15:1 ESV / 1,058 helpful votes

A soft answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.

1 Corinthians 14:40 ESV / 1,031 helpful votes

But all things should be done decently and in order.

James 4:17 ESV / 1,025 helpful votes

So whoever knows the right thing to do and fails to do it, for him it is sin.

Ephesians 6:4 ESV / 995 helpful votes

Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.

Revelation 1:1 ESV / 985 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,

Proverbs 29:11 ESV / 968 helpful votes

A fool gives full vent to his spirit, but a wise man quietly holds it back.

Proverbs 17:17 ESV / 948 helpful votes

A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.

Mark 12:31 ESV / 941 helpful votes

The second is this: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no other commandment greater than these.”

Ephesians 4:31-32 ESV / 905 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.

Luke 6:31 ESV / 903 helpful votes

And as you wish that others would do to you, do so to them.

2 Corinthians 5:10 ESV / 874 helpful votes

For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each one may receive what is due for what he has done in the body, whether good or evil.

Matthew 5:22 ESV / 859 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.

2 Corinthians 5:17 ESV / 826 helpful votes

Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.

1 John 3:18 ESV / 823 helpful votes

Little children, let us not love in word or talk but in deed and in truth.

Proverbs 10:12 ESV / 818 helpful votes

Hatred stirs up strife, but love covers all offenses.

Titus 3:2 ESV / 812 helpful votes

To speak evil of no one, to avoid quarreling, to be gentle, and to show perfect courtesy toward all people.

Matthew 7:12 ESV / 781 helpful votes

“So whatever you wish that others would do to you, do also to them, for this is the Law and the Prophets.

Galatians 5:22-23 ESV / 769 helpful votes

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law.

Ephesians 4:29 ESV / 766 helpful votes

Let no corrupting talk come out of your mouths, but only such as is good for building up, as fits the occasion, that it may give grace to those who hear.

John 3:16 ESV / 716 helpful votes

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.

Luke 6:27 ESV / 711 helpful votes

“But I say to you who hear, Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you,

John 15:13 ESV / 710 helpful votes

Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends.

Luke 1:37 ESV / 706 helpful votes

For nothing will be impossible with God.”

Matthew 5:16 ESV / 704 helpful votes

In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven.

Matthew 22:39 ESV / 691 helpful votes

And a second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself.

Philippians 4:8 ESV / 671 helpful votes

Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things.

2 Timothy 3:1-5 ESV / 669 helpful votes

But understand this, that in the last days there will come times of difficulty. For people will be lovers of self, lovers of money, proud, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, heartless, unappeasable, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not loving good, treacherous, reckless, swollen with conceit, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, having the appearance of godliness, but denying its power. Avoid such people.

Ephesians 4:2 ESV / 636 helpful votes

With all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love,

John 15:6 ESV / 632 helpful votes

If anyone does not abide in me he is thrown away like a branch and withers; and the branches are gathered, thrown into the fire, and burned.

Romans 12:2 ESV / 620 helpful votes

Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.

John 16:33 ESV / 619 helpful votes

I have said these things to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take heart; I have overcome the world.”

Hebrews 13:2 ESV / 618 helpful votes

Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for thereby some have entertained angels unawares.

Ephesians 4:32 ESV / 618 helpful votes

Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you.

1 Corinthians 13:4 ESV / 618 helpful votes

Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant

1 Peter 2:1-25 ESV / 617 helpful votes

So put away all malice and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander. Like newborn infants, long for the pure spiritual milk, that by it you may grow up into salvation— if indeed you have tasted that the Lord is good. As you come to him, a living stone rejected by men but in the sight of God chosen and precious, you yourselves like living stones are being built up as a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood, to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ. ...

John 17:17 ESV / 617 helpful votes

Sanctify them in the truth; your word is truth.

John 14:27 ESV / 616 helpful votes

Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid.

Matthew 22:37 ESV / 613 helpful votes

And he said to him, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.

Galatians 2:20 ESV / 611 helpful votes

I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.

1 John 4:8 ESV / 610 helpful votes

Anyone who does not love does not know God, because God is love.

Romans 5:8 ESV / 609 helpful votes

But God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

Isaiah 41:10 ESV / 606 helpful votes

Fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God; I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.

1 Corinthians 13:5 ESV / 600 helpful votes

Or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful;

Matthew 5:13 ESV / 580 helpful votes

“You are the salt of the earth, but if salt has lost its taste, how shall its saltiness be restored? It is no longer good for anything except to be thrown out and trampled under people's feet.

Romans 12:10 ESV / 572 helpful votes

Love one another with brotherly affection. Outdo one another in showing honor.

John 3:16-17 ESV / 552 helpful votes

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.

1 Corinthians 10:31 ESV / 551 helpful votes

So, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.

John 14:6 ESV / 550 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.

Colossians 3:12 ESV / 547 helpful votes

Put on then, as God's chosen ones, holy and beloved, compassionate hearts, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience,

1 Timothy 2:1-15 ESV / 544 helpful votes

First of all, then, I urge that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings be made for all people, for kings and all who are in high positions, that we may lead a peaceful and quiet life, godly and dignified in every way. This is good, and it is pleasing in the sight of God our Savior, who desires all people to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth. For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus, ...

Colossians 2:1-23 ESV / 544 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. ...

1 Corinthians 13:4-7 ESV / 542 helpful votes

Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth. Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.

James 3:6 ESV / 539 helpful votes

And the tongue is a fire, a world of unrighteousness. The tongue is set among our members, staining the whole body, setting on fire the entire course of life, and set on fire by hell.

Galatians 6:2 ESV / 538 helpful votes

Bear one another's burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ.

Ephesians 4:31 ESV / 532 helpful votes

Let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamor and slander be put away from you, along with all malice.

Revelation 1:1-20 ESV / 522 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 ...

1 Peter 5:7 ESV / 519 helpful votes

Casting all your anxieties on him, because he cares for you.

Colossians 1:1-29 ESV / 519 helpful votes

Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother, To the saints and faithful brothers in Christ at Colossae: Grace to you and peace from God our Father. We always thank God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, when we pray for you, since we heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and of the love that you have for all the saints, because of the hope laid up for you in heaven. Of this you have heard before in the word of the truth, the gospel, ...

1 Corinthians 13:2 ESV / 518 helpful votes

And if I have prophetic powers, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing.

Philippians 4:13 ESV / 517 helpful votes

I can do all things through him who strengthens me.

1 Corinthians 13:3 ESV / 515 helpful votes

If I give away all I have, and if I deliver up my body to be burned, but have not love, I gain nothing.

Proverbs 22:6 ESV / 506 helpful votes

Train up a child in the way he should go; even when he is old he will not depart from it.

Hebrews 13:5 ESV / 502 helpful votes

Keep your life free from love of money, and be content with what you have, for he has said, “I will never leave you nor forsake you.”

Luke 6:45 ESV / 501 helpful votes

The good person out of the good treasure of his heart produces good, and the evil person out of his evil treasure produces evil, for out of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaks.

Galatians 5:22 ESV / 497 helpful votes

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,

1 Corinthians 13:6 ESV / 497 helpful votes

It does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth.

1 Corinthians 13:7 ESV / 495 helpful votes

Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.

John 15:12 ESV / 489 helpful votes

“This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you.

2 Timothy 1:7 ESV / 485 helpful votes

For God gave us a spirit not of fear but of power and love and self-control.

Colossians 3:1-25 ESV / 482 helpful votes

If then you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth. For you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. When Christ who is your life appears, then you also will appear with him in glory. Put to death therefore what is earthly in you: sexual immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry. ...

Galatians 6:7 ESV / 480 helpful votes

Do not be deceived: God is not mocked, for whatever one sows, that will he also reap.

Revelation 3:20 ESV / 477 helpful votes

Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and eat with him, and he with me.

John 1:1 ESV / 477 helpful votes

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

Ephesians 3:20 ESV / 476 helpful votes

Now to him who is able to do far more abundantly than all that we ask or think, according to the power at work within us,

Hebrews 11:1 ESV / 475 helpful votes

Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.

John 13:7 ESV / 470 helpful votes

Jesus answered him, “What I am doing you do not understand now, but afterward you will understand.”

John 10:10 ESV / 468 helpful votes

The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have life and have it abundantly.

John 8:32 ESV / 468 helpful votes

And you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”

Micah 6:8 ESV / 452 helpful votes

He has told you, O man, what is good; and what does the Lord require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God?

Matthew 7:7 ESV / 451 helpful votes

“Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.

Galatians 6:4 ESV / 443 helpful votes

But let each one test his own work, and then his reason to boast will be in himself alone and not in his neighbor.

Romans 12:8 ESV / 443 helpful votes

The one who exhorts, in his exhortation; the one who contributes, in generosity; the one who leads, with zeal; the one who does acts of mercy, with cheerfulness.

Colossians 3:5 ESV / 442 helpful votes

Put to death therefore what is earthly in you: sexual immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry.

Philippians 4:7 ESV / 441 helpful votes

And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.

1 Corinthians 13:13 ESV / 440 helpful votes

So now faith, hope, and love abide, these three; but the greatest of these is love.

John 15:4 ESV / 438 helpful votes

Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in me.

Colossians 3:23 ESV / 434 helpful votes

Whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord and not for men,

Romans 12:18 ESV / 434 helpful votes

If possible, so far as it depends on you, live peaceably with all.

Ephesians 5:33 ESV / 430 helpful votes

However, let each one of you love his wife as himself, and let the wife see that she respects her husband.

1 Corinthians 15:33 ESV / 426 helpful votes

Do not be deceived: “Bad company ruins good morals.”

Ephesians 5:25 ESV / 424 helpful votes

Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her,

Romans 12:3 ESV / 416 helpful votes

For by the grace given to me I say to everyone among you not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think, but to think with sober judgment, each according to the measure of faith that God has assigned.

1 Corinthians 13:11 ESV / 385 helpful votes

When I was a child, I spoke like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I gave up childish ways.

Proverbs 12:18 ESV / 363 helpful votes

There is one whose rash words are like sword thrusts, but the tongue of the wise brings healing.

2 Timothy 3:5 ESV / 356 helpful votes

Having the appearance of godliness, but denying its power. Avoid such people.

John 16:13 ESV / 335 helpful votes

When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all the truth, for he will not speak on his own authority, but whatever he hears he will speak, and he will declare to you the things that are to come.

1 Corinthians 15:5 ESV / 314 helpful votes

And that he appeared to Cephas, then to the twelve.

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