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What does the Bible say about backstabbing?
17 verses about backstabbing, ranked by the votes of OpenBible.info readers, with the King James text.
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Bible verses about backstabbing
- Psalms 41:9 — Yea, mine own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, which did eat of my bread, hath lifted up his heel against me. 8 votes
- Psalms 55:12 — For it was not an enemy that reproached me; then I could have borne neither was it he that hated me that did magnify himself against me; then I would have hid myself from him: 6 votes
- Proverbs 16:28 — A froward man soweth strife: and a whisperer separateth chief friends. 6 votes
- Proverbs 19:5 — A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh lies shall not escape. 6 votes
- Matthew 26:14 — Then one of the twelve, called Judas Iscariot, went unto the chief priests, 6 votes
- Proverbs 25:18 — A man that beareth false witness against his neighbour is a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow. 5 votes
- Proverbs 26:24 — He that hateth dissembleth with his lips, and layeth up deceit within him; 5 votes
- Jeremiah 9:4 — Take ye heed every one of his neighbour, and trust ye not in any brother: for every brother will utterly supplant, and every neighbour will walk with slanders. 5 votes
- Micah 7:5 — Trust ye not in a friend, put ye not confidence in a guide: keep the doors of thy mouth from her that lieth in thy bosom. 4 votes
- Luke 22:47 — And while he yet spake, behold a multitude, and he that was called Judas, one of the twelve, went before them, and drew near unto Jesus to kiss him. 4 votes
- Matthew 5:44 — But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you; 3 votes
- John 13:18 — I speak not of you all: I know whom I have chosen: but that the scripture may be fulfilled, He that eateth bread with me hath lifted up his heel against me. 3 votes
- 1 Peter 2:1 — Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings, 3 votes
- 2 Samuel 3:27 — And when Abner was returned to Hebron, Joab took him aside in the gate to speak with him quietly, and smote him there under the fifth rib, that he died, for the blood of Asahel his brother. 2 votes
- Psalms 110:1 — [A Psalm of David.] The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool. 2 votes
- Proverbs 23:6 — Eat thou not the bread of him that hath an evil eye, neither desire thou his dainty meats: 2 votes
- Proverbs 27:6 — Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful. 2 votes
Where these verses are
Proverbs (6), Psalms (3), Matthew (2), 2 Samuel (1), Jeremiah (1), Micah (1), Luke (1), John (1), 1 Peter (1)
Related topics
- Backstabber
- Troublemakers
- Judas
- Betrayal
- Flattery
- Hatred
- Friends And Friendship
- Choosing Friends
- Abandoning Friends
- Meddling
- Judas Iscariot
- Friendship
Topical Bible data by OpenBible.info (https://www.openbible.info/topics/), CC BY 4.0. Votes reflect how many readers judged each verse relevant; they are not a doctrinal ranking. Verse text: King James Version.