What Does the Bible Say About Stigma?

1 John 4:8 ESV / 7 helpful votes

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

Proverbs 4:24 ESV / 7 helpful votes

Put away from you crooked speech, and put devious talk far from you.

Proverbs 18:6-7 ESV / 6 helpful votes

A fool's lips walk into a fight, and his mouth invites a beating. A fool's mouth is his ruin, and his lips are a snare to his soul.

1 Thessalonians 5:22 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Abstain from every form of evil.

Mark 12:29-31 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Jesus answered, “The most important is, ‘Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’ The second is this: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no other commandment greater than these.”

Proverbs 18:2 ESV / 5 helpful votes

A fool takes no pleasure in understanding, but only in expressing his opinion.

Proverbs 15:7 ESV / 5 helpful votes

The lips of the wise spread knowledge; not so the hearts of fools.

Proverbs 14:16 ESV / 5 helpful votes

One who is wise is cautious and turns away from evil, but a fool is reckless and careless.

Proverbs 12:15 ESV / 5 helpful votes

The way of a fool is right in his own eyes, but a wise man listens to advice.

Psalm 139:14 ESV / 5 helpful votes

I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Wonderful are your works; my soul knows it very well.

Revelation 12:9 ESV / 4 helpful votes

And the great dragon was thrown down, that ancient serpent, who is called the devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world—he was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him.

1 John 4:19 ESV / 4 helpful votes

We love because he first loved us.

1 John 3:8 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Whoever makes a practice of sinning is of the devil, for the devil has been sinning from the beginning. The reason the Son of God appeared was to destroy the works of the devil.

1 Peter 5:8 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Be sober-minded; be watchful. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.

2 Corinthians 11:3 ESV / 4 helpful votes

But I am afraid that as the serpent deceived Eve by his cunning, your thoughts will be led astray from a sincere and pure devotion to Christ.

John 8:44 ESV / 4 helpful votes

You are of your father the devil, and your will is to do your father's desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks out of his own character, for he is a liar and the father of lies.

John 8:42-47 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Jesus said to them, “If God were your Father, you would love me, for I came from God and I am here. I came not of my own accord, but he sent me. Why do you not understand what I say? It is because you cannot bear to hear my word. You are of your father the devil, and your will is to do your father's desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks out of his own character, for he is a liar and the father of lies. But because I tell the truth, you do not believe me. Which one of you convicts me of sin? If I tell the truth, why do you not believe me? ...

Proverbs 26:4 ESV / 4 helpful votes

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

Proverbs 15:2 ESV / 4 helpful votes

The tongue of the wise commends knowledge, but the mouths of fools pour out folly.

Proverbs 10:23 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Doing wrong is like a joke to a fool, but wisdom is pleasure to a man of understanding.

Proverbs 10:18 ESV / 4 helpful votes

The one who conceals hatred has lying lips, and whoever utters slander is a fool.

Proverbs 1:22 ESV / 4 helpful votes

“How long, O simple ones, will you love being simple? How long will scoffers delight in their scoffing and fools hate knowledge?

Psalm 37:8 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Refrain from anger, and forsake wrath! Fret not yourself; it tends only to evil.

Exodus 20:13 ESV / 4 helpful votes

“You shall not murder.

24 Bible Verses about Stigma

1 John 4:8 ESV / 7 helpful votes

Proverbs 4:24 ESV / 7 helpful votes

Proverbs 18:6-7 ESV / 6 helpful votes

1 Thessalonians 5:22 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Mark 12:29-31 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Proverbs 18:2 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Proverbs 15:7 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Proverbs 14:16 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Proverbs 12:15 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Psalm 139:14 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Revelation 12:9 ESV / 4 helpful votes

1 John 4:19 ESV / 4 helpful votes

1 John 3:8 ESV / 4 helpful votes

1 Peter 5:8 ESV / 4 helpful votes

2 Corinthians 11:3 ESV / 4 helpful votes

John 8:44 ESV / 4 helpful votes

John 8:42-47 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Proverbs 26:4 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Proverbs 15:2 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Proverbs 10:23 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Proverbs 10:18 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Proverbs 1:22 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Psalm 37:8 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Exodus 20:13 ESV / 4 helpful votes

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24 Bible Verses about Stigma

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1 John 4:8 ESV / 7 helpful votes

Proverbs 4:24 ESV / 7 helpful votes

Proverbs 18:6-7 ESV / 6 helpful votes

1 Thessalonians 5:22 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Mark 12:29-31 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Proverbs 18:2 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Proverbs 15:7 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Proverbs 14:16 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Proverbs 12:15 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Psalm 139:14 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Revelation 12:9 ESV / 4 helpful votes

1 John 4:19 ESV / 4 helpful votes

1 John 3:8 ESV / 4 helpful votes

1 Peter 5:8 ESV / 4 helpful votes

2 Corinthians 11:3 ESV / 4 helpful votes

John 8:44 ESV / 4 helpful votes

John 8:42-47 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Proverbs 26:4 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Proverbs 15:2 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Proverbs 10:23 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Proverbs 10:18 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Proverbs 1:22 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Psalm 37:8 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Exodus 20:13 ESV / 4 helpful votes