Top 30 Bible Verses about Dealing with Difficult People

A soft answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.

Repay no one evil for evil, but give thought to do what is honorable in the sight of all.

But I say to you, Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you.

With all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love.

Know this, my beloved brothers: let every person be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger.

Bearing with one another and, if one has a complaint against another, forgiving each other; as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also must forgive.

It is an honor for a man to keep aloof from strife, but every fool will be quarreling.

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law.

Do all things without grumbling or disputing.

Good sense makes one slow to anger, and it is his glory to overlook an offense.

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.

Make no friendship with a man given to anger, nor go with a wrathful man, lest you learn his ways and entangle yourself in a snare.

So then let us pursue what makes for peace and for mutual upbuilding.

Judge not, that you be not judged.

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

Be not quick in your spirit to become angry, for anger lodges in the bosom of fools.

And as you wish that others would do to you, do so to them.

Strive for peace with everyone, and for the holiness without which no one will see the Lord.

See that no one repays anyone evil for evil, but always seek to do good to one another and to everyone.

A fool gives full vent to his spirit, but a wise man quietly holds it back.

And the Lord’s servant must not be quarrelsome but kind to everyone, able to teach, patiently enduring evil.

The beginning of strife is like letting out water, so quit before the quarrel breaks out.

What causes quarrels and what causes fights among you? Is it not this, that your passions are at war within you?

Let your speech always be gracious, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how you ought to answer each person.

Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant or rude.

Whoever belittles his neighbor lacks sense, but a man of understanding remains silent.

If your brother sins against you, go and tell him his fault, between you and him alone.

To speak evil of no one, to avoid quarreling, to be gentle, and to show perfect courtesy toward all people.

So put away all malice and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander.

Hatred stirs up strife, but love covers all offenses.

Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.

Let your reasonableness be known to everyone. The Lord is at hand.

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

You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is an ocean; if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty.

When you are irritated by someone, it is because they are reflecting back to you your own issues.

You don't have to be a monster to deal with monsters.

Never give up, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn.

For every minute you are angry you lose sixty seconds of happiness.