This is a hand-curated and ranked list of 25 of the most relevant Bible verses about Being Offended (ESV). Verses are ranked by number of votes.
21 Do not take to heart all the things that people say, lest you hear your servant cursing you. 22 Your heart knows that many times you yourself have cursed others.
11 Good sense makes one slow to anger,
and it is his glory to overlook an offense.
19 Know this, my beloved brothers: let every person be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger;
15 “If your brother sins against you, go and tell him his fault, between you and him alone. If he listens to you, you have gained your brother. 16 But if he does not listen, take one or two others along with you, that every charge may be established by the evidence of two or three witnesses. 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.
12 Blessed is the man who remains steadfast under trial, for when he has stood the test he will receive the crown of life, which God has promised to those who love him.
24 And the Lord’s servant must not be quarrelsome but kind to everyone, able to teach, patiently enduring evil,
22 “Blessed are you when people hate you and when they exclude you and revile you and spurn your name as evil, on account of the Son of Man! 23 Rejoice in that day, and leap for joy, for behold, your reward is great in heaven; for so their fathers did to the prophets.
165 Great peace have those who love your law;
nothing can make them stumble.
19 A brother offended is more unyielding than a strong city,
and quarreling is like the bars of a castle.
14 The LORD will fight for you, and you have only to be silent.”
7 Whoever corrects a scoffer gets himself abuse,
and he who reproves a wicked man incurs injury.
8 Do not reprove a scoffer, or he will hate you;
reprove a wise man, and he will love you.
9 Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be still wiser;
teach a righteous man, and he will increase in learning.
18 “If the world hates you, know that it has hated me before it hated you.
18 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.
16 The vexation of a fool is known at once,
but the prudent ignores an insult.
14 If you are insulted for the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the Spirit of glory and of God rests upon you.
10 For the sake of Christ, then, I am content with weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and calamities. For when I am weak, then I am strong.
8 Be sober-minded; be watchful. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.
33 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.”
9 Do not speak in the hearing of a fool,
for he will despise the good sense of your words.
17 And the effect of righteousness will be peace,
and the result of righteousness, quietness and trust forever.
11 A fool gives full vent to his spirit,
but a wise man quietly holds it back.
9 The Lord is not slow to fulfill his promise as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should reach repentance.
9 The heart is deceitful above all things,
and desperately sick;
who can understand it?
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