Blasphemy
122 passages listed in Nave’s Topical Bible and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook. Verse text: Berean Standard Bible; links open in your translation.
34 sections
- Against the Holy Spirit, Unpardonable
- Backslidden Ephesians
- Charged Upon Christ
- Charged Upon Saints
- Christ Assailed With
- Connected with Folly and Pride
- False Indictments for of Naboth
- False Indictments For: Jesus
- False Indictments For: Jesus Falsely Accused of, Previously to his Trial
- False Indictments For: Stephen
- Forbidden
- General Scriptures Concerning
- Gives No Occasion For
- Hymenaeus
- Hypocrisy Counted As
- Idolatry Counted As
- Infidels, Who Used the Adultery of David As an Occasion to Blaspheme
- Job's Wife, when She Exhorted Job to Curse God and Die
- Peter, when Accused of Being a Disciple of Jesus
- Proceeds from the Heart
- Prophecy of
- Punishment of
- Rabshakeh, in the Siege of Jerusalem
- Saints Grieved to Hear
- Sennacherib
- Shimei, in his Malice Toward David
- The Danite
- The Depraved Son of Shelomith, Who, in an Altercation with an Israelite, Cursed God
- The Early Christians, Persecuted by Saul of Tarsus, Compelled to Blaspheme the Name of Jesus
- The Jews
- The Man of Sin
- The Revilers of Jesus, when he Was Crucified
- The Wicked Addicted To
- Two Disciples
Against the Holy Spirit, Unpardonable
- Matthew 12:31–32 Therefore I tell you, every sin and blasphemy will be forgiven men, but the blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven. …
Backslidden Ephesians
- Revelation 2:9 I know your affliction and your poverty — though you are rich! And I am aware of the slander of those who falsely claim to be Jews, but are in fact a synagogue of Satan.
Charged Upon Christ
- Matthew 9:2–3 Just then some men brought to Him a paralytic lying on a mat. When Jesus saw their faith, He said to the paralytic, “Take courage, son; your sins are forgiven.” …
- Matthew 26:64–65 “You have said it yourself,” Jesus answered. “But I say to all of you, from now on you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of Power and coming on the clouds of heaven.” …
- John 10:33 “We are not stoning You for any good work,” said the Jews, “but for blasphemy, because You, who are a man, make Yourself out to be God.”
- John 10:36 then what about the One whom the Father sanctified and sent into the world? How then can you accuse Me of blasphemy for stating that I am the Son of God?
Charged Upon Saints
Christ Assailed With
- Matthew 10:25 It is enough for a disciple to be like his teacher, and a servant like his master. If the head of the house has been called Beelzebul, how much more the members of his household!
- Luke 22:64–65 They blindfolded Him and kept demanding, “Prophesy! Who hit You?” …
- 1 Peter 4:14 If you are insulted for the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the Spirit of glory and of God rests on you.
Connected with Folly and Pride
- 2 Kings 19:22 Whom have you taunted and blasphemed? Against whom have you raised your voice and lifted your eyes in pride? Against the Holy One of Israel!
- Psalm 74:18 Remember how the enemy has mocked You, O LORD, how a foolish people has spurned Your name.
False Indictments for of Naboth
- 1 Kings 21:13 And the two scoundrels came in and sat opposite Naboth, and these men testified against him before the people, saying, “Naboth has cursed both God and the king!” So they took him outside the city and stoned him to death.
False Indictments For: Jesus
- Matthew 26:65 At this, the high priest tore his clothes and declared, “He has blasphemed! Why do we need any more witnesses? Look, now you have heard the blasphemy.
- Mark 14:58 “We heard Him say, ‘I will destroy this man-made temple, and in three days I will build another that is made without hands.’”
- Luke 22:70–71 So they all asked, “Are You then the Son of God?” He replied, “You say that I am.” …
- John 19:7 “We have a law,” answered the Jews, “and according to that law He must die, because He declared Himself to be the Son of God.”
False Indictments For: Jesus Falsely Accused of, Previously to his Trial
False Indictments For: Stephen
Forbidden
- Exodus 20:7 You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain, for the LORD will not leave anyone unpunished who takes His name in vain.
- Colossians 3:8 But now you must put aside all such things as these: anger, rage, malice, slander, and filthy language from your lips.
General Scriptures Concerning
- Exodus 20:7 You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain, for the LORD will not leave anyone unpunished who takes His name in vain.
- Leviticus 19:12 You must not swear falsely by My name and so profane the name of your God. I am the LORD.
- Leviticus 22:32 You must not profane My holy name. I must be acknowledged as holy among the Israelites. I am the LORD who sanctifies you,
- Leviticus 24:10–16 Now the son of an Israelite mother and an Egyptian father went out among the Israelites, and a fight broke out in the camp between him and an Israelite. …
- Deuteronomy 5:11 You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain, for the LORD will not leave anyone unpunished who takes His name in vain.
- 2 Samuel 12:14 Nevertheless, because by this deed you have shown utter contempt for the word of the LORD, the son born to you will surely die.”
- 2 Kings 19:22 Whom have you taunted and blasphemed? Against whom have you raised your voice and lifted your eyes in pride? Against the Holy One of Israel!
- 2 Chronicles 32:19 They spoke against the God of Jerusalem as they had spoken against the gods of the peoples of the earth — the work of human hands.
- Job 9:16–17 If I summoned Him and He answered me, I do not believe He would listen to my voice. …
- Job 9:34–35 Let Him remove His rod from me, so that His terror will no longer frighten me. …
- Job 10:2–7 I will say to God: Do not condemn me! Let me know why You prosecute me. …
- Job 13:7–9 Will you speak wickedly on God’s behalf or speak deceitfully for Him? …
- Job 13:25–27 Would You frighten a windblown leaf? Would You chase after dry chaff? …
- Job 15:13 so that you turn your spirit against God and pour such words from your mouth?
- Job 15:25–26 For he has stretched out his hand against God and has vaunted himself against the Almighty, …
- Job 16:9 His anger has torn me and opposed me; He gnashes His teeth at me. My adversary pierces me with His eyes.
- Job 16:11 God has delivered me to unjust men; He has thrown me to the clutches of the wicked.
- Job 16:14 He breaks me with wound upon wound; He rushes me like a mighty warrior.
- Job 19:6–7 then understand that it is God who has wronged me and drawn His net around me. …
- Job 19:21–22 Have pity on me, my friends, have pity, for the hand of God has struck me. …
- Job 21:13–14 They spend their days in prosperity and go down to Sheol in peace. …
- Job 22:12–14 Is not God as high as the heavens? Look at the highest stars, how lofty they are! …
- Job 22:17 They said to God, ‘Depart from us. What can the Almighty do to us?’
- Job 30:21 You have ruthlessly turned on me; You oppose me with Your strong hand.
- Job 33:10–11 Yet God finds occasions against me; He counts me as His enemy. …
- Job 34:5–6 For Job has declared, ‘I am righteous, yet God has deprived me of justice. …
- Job 34:9 For he has said, ‘It profits a man nothing that he should delight in God.’
- Job 34:16–19 If you have understanding, hear this; listen to my words. …
- Job 34:37 For he adds rebellion to his sin; he claps his hands among us and multiplies his words against God.”
- Job 37:20 Should He be told that I want to speak? Would a man ask to be swallowed up?
- Job 40:2 “Will the faultfinder contend with the Almighty? Let him who argues with God give an answer.”
- Psalm 5:1–2 Give ear to my words, O LORD; consider my groaning. …
- Psalm 10:11 He says to himself, “God has forgotten; He hides His face and never sees.”
- Psalm 10:13 Why has the wicked man renounced God? He says to himself, “You will never call me to account.”
- Psalm 50:21 You have done these things, and I kept silent; you thought I was just like you. But now I rebuke you and accuse you to your face.
- Psalm 73:9 They set their mouths against the heavens, and their tongues strut across the earth.
- Psalm 73:11 The wicked say, “How can God know? Does the Most High have knowledge?”
- Psalm 74:18 Remember how the enemy has mocked You, O LORD, how a foolish people has spurned Your name.
- Psalm 78:19–20 They spoke against God, saying, “Can God really prepare a table in the wilderness? …
- Psalm 94:7 They say, “The LORD does not see; the God of Jacob pays no heed.”
- Psalm 139:20 who speak of You deceitfully; Your enemies take Your name in vain.
- Proverbs 30:7–9 Two things I ask of You — do not refuse me before I die: …
- Isaiah 8:21–22 They will roam the land, dejected and hungry. When they are famished, they will become enraged; and looking upward, they will curse their king and their God. …
- Isaiah 29:15–16 Woe to those who dig deep to hide their plans from the LORD. In darkness they do their works and say, “Who sees us, and who will know?” …
- Isaiah 36:15 Do not let Hezekiah persuade you to trust in the LORD when he says, ‘The LORD will surely deliver us; this city will not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria.’
- Isaiah 36:18 Do not let Hezekiah mislead you when he says, ‘The LORD will deliver us.’ Has the god of any nation ever delivered his land from the hand of the king of Assyria?
- Isaiah 36:20–21 Who among all the gods of these lands has delivered his land from my hand? How then can the LORD deliver Jerusalem from my hand?” …
- Isaiah 37:10 “Give this message to Hezekiah king of Judah: ‘Do not let your God, in whom you trust, deceive you by saying that Jerusalem will not be delivered into the hand of the king of Assyria.
- Isaiah 37:23 Whom have you taunted and blasphemed? Against whom have you raised your voice and lifted your eyes in pride? Against the Holy One of Israel!
- Isaiah 40:27 Why do you say, O Jacob, and why do you assert, O Israel, “My way is hidden from the LORD, and my claim is ignored by my God”?
- Isaiah 45:9 Woe to him who quarrels with his Maker— one clay pot among many. Does the clay ask the potter, ‘What are you making?’ Does your work say, ‘He has no hands’?
- Isaiah 52:5 And now what have I here? declares the LORD. For My people have been taken without cause; those who rule them taunt, declares the LORD, and My name is blasphemed continually all day long.
- Isaiah 65:7 both for your iniquities and for those of your fathers,” says the LORD. “Because they burned incense on the mountains and scorned Me on the hills, I will measure into their laps full payment for their former deeds.”
- Jeremiah 4:10 Then I said, “Ah, Lord GOD, how completely You have deceived this people and Jerusalem by saying, ‘You will have peace,’ while a sword is at our throats.”
- Jeremiah 17:15 Behold, they keep saying to me, “Where is the word of the LORD? Let it come now!”
- Jeremiah 20:7 You have deceived me, O LORD, and I was deceived. You have overcome me and prevailed. I am a laughingstock all day long; everyone mocks me.
- Jeremiah 23:10 For the land is full of adulterers — because of the curse, the land mourns and the pastures of the wilderness have dried up — their course is evil and their power is misused.
- Ezekiel 8:12 “Son of man,” He said to me, “do you see what the elders of the house of Israel are doing in the darkness, each at the shrine of his own idol? For they are saying, ‘The LORD does not see us; the LORD has forsaken the land.’”
- Ezekiel 9:9 He replied, “The iniquity of the house of Israel and Judah is exceedingly great. The land is full of bloodshed, and the city is full of perversity. For they say, ‘The LORD has forsaken the land; the LORD does not see.’
- Ezekiel 18:25 Yet you say, ‘The way of the Lord is not just.’ Hear now, O house of Israel: Is it My way that is unjust? Is it not your ways that are unjust?
- Ezekiel 20:27 Therefore, son of man, speak to the house of Israel, and tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: In this way also your fathers blasphemed Me by their unfaithfulness against Me.
- Ezekiel 33:17–20 Yet your people say, ‘The way of the Lord is not just.’ But it is their way that is not just. …
- Ezekiel 35:12–13 Then you will know that I, the LORD, have heard every contemptuous word you uttered against the mountains of Israel when you said, ‘They are desolate; they are given to us to devour!’ …
- Daniel 7:25 He will speak out against the Most High and oppress the saints of the Most High, intending to change the appointed times and laws; and the saints will be given into his hand for a time, and times, and half a time.
- Daniel 11:36–37 Then the king will do as he pleases and will exalt and magnify himself above every god, and he will speak monstrous things against the God of gods. He will be successful until the time of wrath is completed, for what has been …
- Hosea 7:13 Woe to them, for they have strayed from Me! Destruction to them, for they have rebelled against Me! Though I would redeem them, they speak lies against Me.
- Zephaniah 1:12 And at that time I will search Jerusalem with lamps and punish the men settled in complacency, who say to themselves, ‘The LORD will do nothing, either good or bad.’
- Zechariah 5:3–4 Then he told me, “This is the curse that is going out over the face of all the land, for according to one side of the scroll, every thief will be removed; and according to the other side, every perjurer will be removed. …
- Malachi 3:13–14 “Your words against Me have been harsh,” says the LORD. “Yet you ask, ‘What have we spoken against You?’ …
- Matthew 10:25 It is enough for a disciple to be like his teacher, and a servant like his master. If the head of the house has been called Beelzebul, how much more the members of his household!
- Matthew 12:31–32 Therefore I tell you, every sin and blasphemy will be forgiven men, but the blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven. …
- Matthew 15:19 For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false testimony, and slander.
- Mark 3:29–30 But whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will never be forgiven; he is guilty of eternal sin.” …
- Mark 7:21–23 For from within the hearts of men come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery, …
- Luke 12:10 And everyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven.
- John 19:7 “We have a law,” answered the Jews, “and according to that law He must die, because He declared Himself to be the Son of God.”
- Romans 2:24 As it is written: “God’s name is blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you.”
- 1 Corinthians 12:3 Therefore I inform you that no one who is speaking by the Spirit of God says, “Jesus be cursed,” and no one can say, “Jesus is Lord,” except by the Holy Spirit.
- Colossians 3:8 But now you must put aside all such things as these: anger, rage, malice, slander, and filthy language from your lips.
- 2 Thessalonians 2:4 He will oppose and exalt himself above every so-called god or object of worship. So he will seat himself in the temple of God, proclaiming himself to be God.
- 2 Timothy 3:2 For men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy,
- Hebrews 10:29 How much more severely do you think one deserves to be punished who has trampled on the Son of God, profaned the blood of the covenant that sanctified him, and insulted the Spirit of grace?
- James 2:7 Are they not the ones who blaspheme the noble name by which you have been called?
- James 3:10 Out of the same mouth come blessing and cursing. My brothers, this should not be!
- James 5:12 Above all, my brothers, do not swear, not by heaven or earth or by any other oath. Simply let your “Yes” be yes, and your “No,” no, so that you will not fall under judgment.
- 2 Peter 3:3–4 Most importantly, you must understand that in the last days scoffers will come, scoffing and following their own evil desires. …
- Revelation 13:1 Then I saw a beast with ten horns and seven heads rising out of the sea. There were ten royal crowns on its horns and blasphemous names on its heads.
- Revelation 13:6 And the beast opened its mouth to speak blasphemies against God and to slander His name and His tabernacle — those who dwell in heaven.
- Revelation 16:9 And the people were scorched by intense heat, and they cursed the name of God, who had authority over these plagues. Yet they did not repent and give Him glory.
- Revelation 16:11 and curse the God of heaven for their pains and sores. Yet they did not repent of their deeds.
- Revelation 16:21 And great hailstones weighing almost a hundred pounds each rained down on them from above. And men cursed God for the plague of hail, because it was so horrendous.
- Revelation 17:3 And the angel carried me away in the Spirit into a wilderness, where I saw a woman sitting on a scarlet beast that was covered with blasphemous names and had seven heads and ten horns.
Gives No Occasion For
- 2 Samuel 12:14 Nevertheless, because by this deed you have shown utter contempt for the word of the LORD, the son born to you will surely die.”
- 1 Timothy 6:1 All who are under the yoke of slavery should regard their masters as fully worthy of honor, so that God’s name and our teaching will not be discredited.
Hymenaeus
- 1 Timothy 1:20 Among them are Hymenaeus and Alexander, whom I have handed over to Satan to be taught not to blaspheme.
Hypocrisy Counted As
- Revelation 2:9 I know your affliction and your poverty — though you are rich! And I am aware of the slander of those who falsely claim to be Jews, but are in fact a synagogue of Satan.
Idolatry Counted As
- Isaiah 65:7 both for your iniquities and for those of your fathers,” says the LORD. “Because they burned incense on the mountains and scorned Me on the hills, I will measure into their laps full payment for their former deeds.”
- Ezekiel 20:27–28 Therefore, son of man, speak to the house of Israel, and tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: In this way also your fathers blasphemed Me by their unfaithfulness against Me. …
Infidels, Who Used the Adultery of David As an Occasion to Blaspheme
- 2 Samuel 12:14 Nevertheless, because by this deed you have shown utter contempt for the word of the LORD, the son born to you will surely die.”
Job's Wife, when She Exhorted Job to Curse God and Die
- Job 2:9 Then Job’s wife said to him, “Do you still retain your integrity? Curse God and die!”
Peter, when Accused of Being a Disciple of Jesus
- Matthew 26:74 At that he began to curse and swear to them, “I do not know the man!” And immediately a rooster crowed.
- Mark 14:71 But he began to curse and swear, “I do not know this man of whom you speak!”
Proceeds from the Heart
- Matthew 15:19 For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false testimony, and slander.
Prophecy of
- Revelation 13:1 Then I saw a beast with ten horns and seven heads rising out of the sea. There were ten royal crowns on its horns and blasphemous names on its heads.
- Revelation 13:5–6 The beast was given a mouth to speak arrogant and blasphemous words, and authority to act for 42 months. …
- Revelation 16:9 And the people were scorched by intense heat, and they cursed the name of God, who had authority over these plagues. Yet they did not repent and give Him glory.
- Revelation 16:11 and curse the God of heaven for their pains and sores. Yet they did not repent of their deeds.
- Revelation 16:21 And great hailstones weighing almost a hundred pounds each rained down on them from above. And men cursed God for the plague of hail, because it was so horrendous.
- Revelation 17:3 And the angel carried me away in the Spirit into a wilderness, where I saw a woman sitting on a scarlet beast that was covered with blasphemous names and had seven heads and ten horns.
Punishment of
- Leviticus 24:16 Whoever blasphemes the name of the LORD must surely be put to death; the whole assembly must surely stone him, whether he is a foreign resident or native; if he blasphemes the Name, he must be put to death.
- Isaiah 65:7 both for your iniquities and for those of your fathers,” says the LORD. “Because they burned incense on the mountains and scorned Me on the hills, I will measure into their laps full payment for their former deeds.”
- Ezekiel 20:27–33 Therefore, son of man, speak to the house of Israel, and tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: In this way also your fathers blasphemed Me by their unfaithfulness against Me. …
- Ezekiel 35:11–12 therefore as surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, I will treat you according to the anger and jealousy you showed in your hatred against them, and I will make Myself known among them when I judge you. …
Rabshakeh, in the Siege of Jerusalem
- 2 Kings 18:22 But if you say to me, ‘We trust in the LORD our God,’ is He not the One whose high places and altars Hezekiah has removed, saying to Judah and Jerusalem: ‘You must worship before this altar in Jerusalem’?
- 2 Kings 19:1 On hearing this report, King Hezekiah tore his clothes, put on sackcloth, and entered the house of the LORD.
- Isaiah 36:15–20 Do not let Hezekiah persuade you to trust in the LORD when he says, ‘The LORD will surely deliver us; this city will not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria.’ …
- Isaiah 37:10–33 “Give this message to Hezekiah king of Judah: ‘Do not let your God, in whom you trust, deceive you by saying that Jerusalem will not be delivered into the hand of the king of Assyria. …
Saints Grieved to Hear
- Psalm 44:15–16 All day long my disgrace is before me, and shame has covered my face, …
- Psalm 74:10 How long, O God, will the enemy taunt You? Will the foe revile Your name forever?
- Psalm 74:18 Remember how the enemy has mocked You, O LORD, how a foolish people has spurned Your name.
- Psalm 74:22 Rise up, O God; defend Your cause! Remember how the fool mocks You all day long.
Sennacherib
- 2 Kings 19:4 Perhaps the LORD your God will hear all the words of the Rabshakeh, whom his master the king of Assyria has sent to defy the living God, and He will rebuke him for the words that the LORD your God has heard. Therefore lift up a …
- 2 Kings 19:10 “Give this message to Hezekiah king of Judah: ‘Do not let your God, in whom you trust, deceive you by saying that Jerusalem will not be delivered into the hand of the king of Assyria.
- 2 Kings 19:22 Whom have you taunted and blasphemed? Against whom have you raised your voice and lifted your eyes in pride? Against the Holy One of Israel!
Shimei, in his Malice Toward David
- 2 Samuel 16:5 As King David approached Bahurim, a man from the family of the house of Saul was just coming out. His name was Shimei son of Gera, and as he approached, he kept yelling out curses.
The Danite
- Leviticus 24:11 The son of the Israelite woman blasphemed the Name with a curse. So they brought him to Moses. (His mother’s name was Shelomith daughter of Dibri, of the tribe of Dan.)
The Depraved Son of Shelomith, Who, in an Altercation with an Israelite, Cursed God
- Leviticus 24:10–16 Now the son of an Israelite mother and an Egyptian father went out among the Israelites, and a fight broke out in the camp between him and an Israelite. …
The Early Christians, Persecuted by Saul of Tarsus, Compelled to Blaspheme the Name of Jesus
- Acts 26:11 I frequently had them punished in the synagogues, and I tried to make them blaspheme. In my raging fury against them, I even went to foreign cities to persecute them.
- 1 Timothy 1:13 I was formerly a blasphemer, a persecutor, and a violent man; yet because I had acted in ignorance and unbelief, I was shown mercy.
The Jews
- Luke 22:65 And they said many other blasphemous things against Him.
The Man of Sin
- 2 Thessalonians 2:3–4 Let no one deceive you in any way, for it will not come until the rebellion occurs and the man of lawlessness — the son of destruction — is revealed. …
The Revilers of Jesus, when he Was Crucified
- Matthew 27:40–44 and saying, “You who are going to destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days, save Yourself! If You are the Son of God, come down from the cross!” …
- Matthew 27:63 “Sir,” they said, “we remember that while He was alive that deceiver said, ‘After three days I will rise again.’
The Wicked Addicted To
- Psalm 74:18 Remember how the enemy has mocked You, O LORD, how a foolish people has spurned Your name.
- Isaiah 52:5 And now what have I here? declares the LORD. For My people have been taken without cause; those who rule them taunt, declares the LORD, and My name is blasphemed continually all day long.
- 2 Timothy 3:2 For men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy,
- Revelation 18:11 And the merchants of the earth will weep and mourn over her, because there is no one left to buy their cargo —
- Revelation 18:21 Then a mighty angel picked up a stone the size of a great millstone and cast it into the sea, saying: “With such violence the great city of Babylon will be cast down, never to be seen again.
Two Disciples
- 1 Timothy 1:20 Among them are Hymenaeus and Alexander, whom I have handed over to Satan to be taught not to blaspheme.
Related topics
Blasphemy of the Israelites, in Complaining Against GodLibnahInfidelity
Topics: Nave’s Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook (1897), public domain, via the Berean Bible topical index.