What Does the Bible Say About Making Fun Of Others?

Philippians 2:3 ESV / 94 helpful votes

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

Proverbs 24:17 ESV / 48 helpful votes

Do not rejoice when your enemy falls, and let not your heart be glad when he stumbles,

2 Kings 2:23-24 ESV / 37 helpful votes

He went up from there to Bethel, and while he was going up on the way, some small boys came out of the city and jeered at him, saying, “Go up, you baldhead! Go up, you baldhead!” And he turned around, and when he saw them, he cursed them in the name of the Lord. And two she-bears came out of the woods and tore forty-two of the boys.

Proverbs 26:19 ESV / 31 helpful votes

Is the man who deceives his neighbor and says, “I am only joking!”

James 1:17 ESV / 26 helpful votes

Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change.

Proverbs 17:5 ESV / 26 helpful votes

Whoever mocks the poor insults his Maker; he who is glad at calamity will not go unpunished.

Ephesians 5:4 ESV / 24 helpful votes

Let there be no filthiness nor foolish talk nor crude joking, which are out of place, but instead let there be thanksgiving.

Romans 2:1 ESV / 23 helpful votes

Therefore you have no excuse, O man, every one of you who judges. For in passing judgment on another you condemn yourself, because you, the judge, practice the very same things.

Psalm 37:12-13 ESV / 22 helpful votes

The wicked plots against the righteous and gnashes his teeth at him, but the Lord laughs at the wicked, for he sees that his day is coming.

Ecclesiastes 7:21-22 ESV / 20 helpful votes

Do not take to heart all the things that people say, lest you hear your servant cursing you. Your heart knows that many times you yourself have cursed others.

Proverbs 12:16 ESV / 20 helpful votes

The vexation of a fool is known at once, but the prudent ignores an insult.

Matthew 7:12 ESV / 19 helpful votes

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

Proverbs 21:23-24 ESV / 17 helpful votes

Whoever keeps his mouth and his tongue keeps himself out of trouble. “Scoffer” is the name of the arrogant, haughty man who acts with arrogant pride.

Psalm 35:1-37:40 ESV / 16 helpful votes

Of David. Contend, O Lord, with those who contend with me; fight against those who fight against me! Take hold of shield and buckler and rise for my help! Draw the spear and javelin against my pursuers! Say to my soul, “I am your salvation!” Let them be put to shame and dishonor who seek after my life! Let them be turned back and disappointed who devise evil against me! Let them be like chaff before the wind, with the angel of the Lord driving them away! ...

1 Peter 3:9-17 ESV / 12 helpful votes

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.” Now who is there to harm you if you are zealous for what is good? ...

Matthew 9:36 ESV / 12 helpful votes

When he saw the crowds, he had compassion for them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd.

Proverbs 26:4 ESV / 12 helpful votes

Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest you be like him yourself.

2 Samuel 1:19-20 ESV / 12 helpful votes

“Your glory, O Israel, is slain on your high places! How the mighty have fallen! Tell it not in Gath, publish it not in the streets of Ashkelon, lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice, lest the daughters of the uncircumcised exult.

Proverbs 14:9-10 ESV / 11 helpful votes

Fools mock at the guilt offering, but the upright enjoy acceptance. The heart knows its own bitterness, and no stranger shares its joy.

Matthew 9:24 ESV / 10 helpful votes

He said, “Go away, for the girl is not dead but sleeping.” And they laughed at him.

2 Peter 3:1-4 ESV / 8 helpful votes

This is now the second letter that I am writing to you, beloved. In both of them I am stirring up your sincere mind by way of reminder, that you should remember the predictions of the holy prophets and the commandment of the Lord and Savior through your apostles, knowing this first of all, that scoffers will come in the last days with scoffing, following their own sinful desires. They will say, “Where is the promise of his coming? For ever since the fathers fell asleep, all things are continuing as they were from the beginning of creation.”

Ephesians 4:14-32 ESV / 8 helpful votes

So that we may no longer be children, tossed to and fro by the waves and carried about by every wind of doctrine, by human cunning, by craftiness in deceitful schemes. Rather, speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in every way into him who is the head, into Christ, from whom the whole body, joined and held together by every joint with which it is equipped, when each part is working properly, makes the body grow so that it builds itself up in love. Now this I say and testify in the Lord, that you must no longer walk as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their minds. They are darkened in their understanding, alienated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them, due to their hardness of heart. ...

John 11:1-57 ESV / 8 helpful votes

Now a certain man was ill, Lazarus of Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha. It was Mary who anointed the Lord with ointment and wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was ill. So the sisters sent to him, saying, “Lord, he whom you love is ill.” But when Jesus heard it he said, “This illness does not lead to death. It is for the glory of God, so that the Son of God may be glorified through it.” Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus. ...

1 Corinthians 1:20-31 ESV / 7 helpful votes

Where is the one who is wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the debater of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world? For since, in the wisdom of God, the world did not know God through wisdom, it pleased God through the folly of what we preach to save those who believe. For Jews demand signs and Greeks seek wisdom, but we preach Christ crucified, a stumbling block to Jews and folly to Gentiles, but to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God. ...

John 1:47-51 ESV / 7 helpful votes

Jesus saw Nathanael coming toward him and said of him, “Behold, an Israelite indeed, in whom there is no deceit!” Nathanael said to him, “How do you know me?” Jesus answered him, “Before Philip called you, when you were under the fig tree, I saw you.” Nathanael answered him, “Rabbi, you are the Son of God! You are the King of Israel!” Jesus answered him, “Because I said to you, ‘I saw you under the fig tree,’ do you believe? You will see greater things than these.” And he said to him, “Truly, truly, I say to you, you will see heaven opened, and the angels of God ascending and descending on the Son of Man.”

Proverbs 29:7-11 ESV / 7 helpful votes

A righteous man knows the rights of the poor; a wicked man does not understand such knowledge. Scoffers set a city aflame, but the wise turn away wrath. If a wise man has an argument with a fool, the fool only rages and laughs, and there is no quiet. Bloodthirsty men hate one who is blameless and seek the life of the upright. A fool gives full vent to his spirit, but a wise man quietly holds it back.

Proverbs 27:3-6 ESV / 7 helpful votes

A stone is heavy, and sand is weighty, but a fool's provocation is heavier than both. Wrath is cruel, anger is overwhelming, but who can stand before jealousy? Better is open rebuke than hidden love. Faithful are the wounds of a friend; profuse are the kisses of an enemy.

Proverbs 24:12-27 ESV / 7 helpful votes

If you say, “Behold, we did not know this,” does not he who weighs the heart perceive it? Does not he who keeps watch over your soul know it, and will he not repay man according to his work? My son, eat honey, for it is good, and the drippings of the honeycomb are sweet to your taste. Know that wisdom is such to your soul; if you find it, there will be a future, and your hope will not be cut off. Lie not in wait as a wicked man against the dwelling of the righteous; do no violence to his home; for the righteous falls seven times and rises again, but the wicked stumble in times of calamity. ...

Proverbs 11:9-12 ESV / 7 helpful votes

With his mouth the godless man would destroy his neighbor, but by knowledge the righteous are delivered. When it goes well with the righteous, the city rejoices, and when the wicked perish there are shouts of gladness. By the blessing of the upright a city is exalted, but by the mouth of the wicked it is overthrown. Whoever belittles his neighbor lacks sense, but a man of understanding remains silent.

Proverbs 10:8-18 ESV / 7 helpful votes

The wise of heart will receive commandments, but a babbling fool will come to ruin. Whoever walks in integrity walks securely, but he who makes his ways crooked will be found out. Whoever winks the eye causes trouble, and a babbling fool will come to ruin. The mouth of the righteous is a fountain of life, but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence. Hatred stirs up strife, but love covers all offenses. ...

Psalm 140:1-13 ESV / 7 helpful votes

To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. Deliver me, O Lord, from evil men; preserve me from violent men, who plan evil things in their heart and stir up wars continually. They make their tongue sharp as a serpent's, and under their lips is the venom of asps. Selah Guard me, O Lord, from the hands of the wicked; preserve me from violent men, who have planned to trip up my feet. The arrogant have hidden a trap for me, and with cords they have spread a net; beside the way they have set snares for me. Selah ...

Psalm 129:1-8 ESV / 7 helpful votes

A Song of Ascents. “Greatly have they afflicted me from my youth”— let Israel now say— “Greatly have they afflicted me from my youth, yet they have not prevailed against me. The plowers plowed upon my back; they made long their furrows.” The Lord is righteous; he has cut the cords of the wicked. May all who hate Zion be put to shame and turned backward! ...

Psalm 49:1-20 ESV / 7 helpful votes

To the choirmaster. A Psalm of the Sons of Korah. Hear this, all peoples! Give ear, all inhabitants of the world, both low and high, rich and poor together! My mouth shall speak wisdom; the meditation of my heart shall be understanding. I will incline my ear to a proverb; I will solve my riddle to the music of the lyre. Why should I fear in times of trouble, when the iniquity of those who cheat me surrounds me, ...

Proverbs 1:26 ESV / 6 helpful votes

I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when terror strikes you,

Psalm 25:1-22 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Of David. To you, O Lord, I lift up my soul. O my God, in you I trust; let me not be put to shame; let not my enemies exult over me. Indeed, none who wait for you shall be put to shame; they shall be ashamed who are wantonly treacherous. Make me to know your ways, O Lord; teach me your paths. Lead me in your truth and teach me, for you are the God of my salvation; for you I wait all the day long. ...

Psalm 22:1-23:6 ESV / 5 helpful votes

To the choirmaster: according to The Doe of the Dawn. A Psalm of David. My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Why are you so far from saving me, from the words of my groaning? O my God, I cry by day, but you do not answer, and by night, but I find no rest. Yet you are holy, enthroned on the praises of Israel. In you our fathers trusted; they trusted, and you delivered them. To you they cried and were rescued; in you they trusted and were not put to shame. ...

Job 30:1-31 ESV / 5 helpful votes

“But now they laugh at me, men who are younger than I, whose fathers I would have disdained to set with the dogs of my flock. What could I gain from the strength of their hands, men whose vigor is gone? Through want and hard hunger they gnaw the dry ground by night in waste and desolation; they pick saltwort and the leaves of bushes, and the roots of the broom tree for their food. They are driven out from human company; they shout after them as after a thief. ...

Job 9:1-35 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Then Job answered and said: “Truly I know that it is so: But how can a man be in the right before God? If one wished to contend with him, one could not answer him once in a thousand times. He is wise in heart and mighty in strength —who has hardened himself against him, and succeeded?— he who removes mountains, and they know it not, when he overturns them in his anger, ...

John 19:1-21:25 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Then Pilate took Jesus and flogged him. And the soldiers twisted together a crown of thorns and put it on his head and arrayed him in a purple robe. They came up to him, saying, “Hail, King of the Jews!” and struck him with their hands. Pilate went out again and said to them, “See, I am bringing him out to you that you may know that I find no guilt in him.” So Jesus came out, wearing the crown of thorns and the purple robe. Pilate said to them, “Behold the man!” ...

John 18:1-20:31 ESV / 4 helpful votes

When Jesus had spoken these words, he went out with his disciples across the brook Kidron, where there was a garden, which he and his disciples entered. Now Judas, who betrayed him, also knew the place, for Jesus often met there with his disciples. So Judas, having procured a band of soldiers and some officers from the chief priests and the Pharisees, went there with lanterns and torches and weapons. Then Jesus, knowing all that would happen to him, came forward and said to them, “Whom do you seek?” They answered him, “Jesus of Nazareth.” Jesus said to them, “I am he.” Judas, who betrayed him, was standing with them. ...

40 Bible Verses about Making Fun Of Others

Philippians 2:3 ESV / 94 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Proverbs 24:17 ESV / 48 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

2 Kings 2:23-24 ESV / 37 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Proverbs 26:19 ESV / 31 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

James 1:17 ESV / 26 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Proverbs 17:5 ESV / 26 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Ephesians 5:4 ESV / 24 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Romans 2:1 ESV / 23 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Psalm 37:12-13 ESV / 22 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Ecclesiastes 7:21-22 ESV / 20 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Proverbs 12:16 ESV / 20 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Matthew 7:12 ESV / 19 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Proverbs 21:23-24 ESV / 17 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Psalm 35:1-37:40 ESV / 16 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Peter 3:9-17 ESV / 12 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Matthew 9:36 ESV / 12 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Proverbs 26:4 ESV / 12 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

2 Samuel 1:19-20 ESV / 12 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Proverbs 14:9-10 ESV / 11 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Matthew 9:24 ESV / 10 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

2 Peter 3:1-4 ESV / 8 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Ephesians 4:14-32 ESV / 8 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

John 11:1-57 ESV / 8 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Corinthians 1:20-31 ESV / 7 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

John 1:47-51 ESV / 7 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Proverbs 29:7-11 ESV / 7 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Proverbs 27:3-6 ESV / 7 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Proverbs 24:12-27 ESV / 7 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Proverbs 11:9-12 ESV / 7 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Proverbs 10:8-18 ESV / 7 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Psalm 140:1-13 ESV / 7 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Psalm 129:1-8 ESV / 7 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Psalm 49:1-20 ESV / 7 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Proverbs 1:26 ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Psalm 25:1-22 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Psalm 22:1-23:6 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Job 30:1-31 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Job 9:1-35 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

John 19:1-21:25 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

John 18:1-20:31 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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