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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width; initial-scale=1.0;"/><title>Topical Bible: Ungraceful</title><link rel="canonical" href="https://biblehub.com/topical/u/ungraceful.htm" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/newtopical.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /><script type="application/javascript" src="https://scripts.webcontentassessor.com/scripts/8a2459b64f9cac8122fc7f2eac4409c8555fac9383016db59c4c26e3d5b8b157"></script><script src='https://qd.admetricspro.com/js/biblehub/biblehub-layout-loader-revcatch.js'></script><script id='HyDgbd_1s' src='https://prebidads.revcatch.com/ads.js' type='text/javascript' async></script><script>(function(w,d,b,s,i){var cts=d.createElement(s);cts.async=true;cts.id='catchscript'; cts.dataset.appid=i;cts.src='https://app.protectsubrev.com/catch_rp.js?cb='+Math.random(); document.head.appendChild(cts); }) (window,document,'head','script','rc-anksrH');</script></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="/topical/vmenus/1_corinthians/12-23.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="//biblehu.com/bmcde/u/ungraceful.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="/">Bible</a> > <a href="/topical/">Topical</a> > Ungraceful</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="/topical/u/ungodly-men.htm" title="Ungodly-men">◄</a> Ungraceful <a href="/topical/u/ungracious.htm" title="Ungracious">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="topverse">Jump to: <a href="#web" title="Webster's Dictionary">Webster's</a> • <a href="#cnc" title="Multiversion Concordance">Concordance</a> • <a href="#thes" title="Bible Thesaurus">Thesaurus</a> • <a href="#lib" title="Library">Library</a> • <a href="#sub" title="Subtopics">Subtopics</a> • <a href="#rel" title="Related Terms">Terms</a></div><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><a name="te" id="te"></a><div class="vheading2">Topical Encyclopedia</div>The term "ungraceful" is not directly found in the Bible; however, the concept can be understood through various scriptural teachings that address behavior, speech, and attitudes that lack grace, decorum, or the beauty of holiness. In the biblical context, grace is often associated with the favor and kindness of God, as well as the conduct expected of believers who have received such grace.<br><br><b>Biblical Understanding of Grace and Ungracefulness</b><br><br>Grace in the Bible is primarily understood as the unmerited favor of God towards humanity, exemplified in the salvation offered through Jesus Christ. <a href="/ephesians/2-8.htm">Ephesians 2:8-9</a> states, "For it is by grace you have been saved through faith, and this not from yourselves; it is the gift of God, not by works, so that no one can boast." This grace is transformative, calling believers to live in a manner that reflects the character of Christ.<br><br>Ungracefulness, therefore, can be seen as behavior or speech that does not reflect the grace received from God. It is the opposite of the fruit of the Spirit, which includes love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control (<a href="/galatians/5-22.htm">Galatians 5:22-23</a>). Ungraceful actions are those that contradict these virtues.<br><br><b>Examples of Ungraceful Behavior in Scripture</b><br><br>1. <b>Speech</b>: The Bible frequently addresses the importance of gracious speech. <a href="/colossians/4-6.htm">Colossians 4:6</a> advises, "Let your speech always be gracious, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how to answer everyone." Ungraceful speech, characterized by harshness, slander, or gossip, is condemned. <a href="/james/3-6.htm">James 3:6</a> warns of the destructive power of the tongue: "The tongue also is a fire, a world of wickedness among the parts of the body. It pollutes the whole person, sets the course of his life on fire, and is itself set on fire by hell."<br><br>2. <b>Conduct</b>: Ungraceful conduct is often associated with selfishness, pride, and a lack of consideration for others. <a href="/philippians/2-3.htm">Philippians 2:3-4</a> instructs, "Do nothing out of selfish ambition or empty pride, but in humility consider others more important than yourselves. Each of you should look not only to your own interests, but also to the interests of others." The ungraceful person acts contrary to this call for humility and selflessness.<br><br>3. <b>Attitude</b>: An ungraceful attitude is one that lacks gratitude and contentment. <a href="/hebrews/12-15.htm">Hebrews 12:15</a> warns, "See to it that no one falls short of the grace of God, and that no root of bitterness springs up to cause trouble and defile many." Bitterness and discontent are signs of an ungraceful heart, failing to recognize and appreciate the grace of God.<br><br><b>The Call to Graceful Living</b><br><br>Believers are called to live lives that reflect the grace they have received. <a href="/titus/2-11.htm">Titus 2:11-12</a> teaches, "For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation to all men. It instructs us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live sensible, upright, and godly lives in the present age." This passage highlights the transformative power of grace, urging Christians to reject ungraceful behaviors and attitudes.<br><br>In summary, while the Bible does not use the term "ungraceful," it provides clear guidance on living a life marked by grace. Believers are encouraged to embody the grace of God in their speech, conduct, and attitudes, reflecting the transformative power of the gospel in every aspect of their lives.<a name="web" id="web"></a><div class="vheading2">Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary</div>(<I>a.</I>) Not graceful; not marked with ease and dignity; deficient in beauty and elegance; inelegant; awkward; as, ungraceful manners; ungraceful speech.<a name="lib" id="lib"></a><div class="vheading2">Library</div><p><a href="/library/golden/conversion_of_a_high_priest_into_a_christian_worker/chapter_ii_arrival.htm"><span class="l">Arrival</span></a> <br><b>...</b> only a short stop at Gibraltar, that fortified rock for which Great Britain is ready<br> to play all her power just to maintain that dry and <b>ungraceful</b> rock, but <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../conversion of a high priest into a christian worker/chapter ii arrival.htm</font><p><a href="/library/tertullian/against_hermogenes/chapter_xviii_an_eulogy_on_the.htm"><span class="l">An Eulogy on the Wisdom and Word of God, by which God Made all <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> of this as, in very deed, the Matter of all Matter, not liable to any end, [6301]<br> not diverse in condition, not restless in motion, not <b>ungraceful</b> in form, but <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../tertullian/against hermogenes/chapter xviii an eulogy on the.htm</font><p><a href="/library/pamphilius/the_life_of_constantine/section_3_physical_characteristics.htm"><span class="l">Physical Characteristics.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> and straight, scanty Beard, and "slightly hooked" Nose are shown also by the coins,<br> where the nose varies from a pronounced Roman or <b>ungraceful</b> eagle's beak to <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../pamphilius/the life of constantine/section 3 physical characteristics.htm</font><p><a href="/library/basil/basil_letters_and_select_works/letter_cccxxxiv_to_a_writer.htm"><span class="l">Letter cccxxxiv. To a Writer.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> The oblique is <b>ungraceful</b>. It is the straight which pleases the eye, and does not<br> allow the reader's eyes to go nodding up and down like a swing-beam. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../basil/basil letters and select works/letter cccxxxiv to a writer.htm</font><p><a href="/library/clement/the_instructor_paedagogus/chapter_xiiiagainst_excessive_fondness_for.htm"><span class="l">Against Excessive Fondness for Jewels and Gold Ornaments.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> The <b>ungraceful</b> things round the feet of women, Philemon in the Synephebus called<br> ankle-fetters:". "Conspicuous garments, and a kind of a golden fetter.". <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../the instructor paedagogus/chapter xiiiagainst excessive fondness for.htm</font><p><a href="/library/chrysostom/on_the_priesthood/homily_ii_after_eutropius_having.htm"><span class="l">After Eutropius Having Been Found Outside the Church had Been <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> For the <b>ungraceful</b> woman, even if she cultivate beauty in countless ways, cannot<br> become graceful in body: for natural conditions are fixed, and confined by <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../chrysostom/on the priesthood/homily ii after eutropius having.htm</font><p><a href="/library/allestree/the_government_of_the_tongue/section_viii_of_flattery.htm"><span class="l">Of Flattery.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> his false light makes the shadow the more dismal: as the Ape has a peculiar deformity<br> above other brutes by that awkward and <b>ungraceful</b> resemblance he has to a <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../allestree/the government of the tongue/section viii of flattery.htm</font><p><a href="/library/pascal/pensees/section_i_thoughts_on_mind.htm"><span class="l">Thoughts on Mind and on Style</span></a> <br><b>...</b> them. 58. You are <b>ungraceful</b>: "Excuse me, pray." Without that excuse I would<br> not have known there was anything amiss. "With reverence <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//christianbookshelf.org/pascal/pensees/section i thoughts on mind.htm</font><p><a href="/library/kingsley/lectures_delivered_in_america_in_1874/lecture_i_westminster_abbey.htm"><span class="l">Westminster Abbey.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> Margaret's Churchyard you see on your right hand a huge but not <b>ungraceful</b> naval<br> monument of white marble, inscribed with the names of Bayne, Blair, Lord <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../kingsley/lectures delivered in america in 1874/lecture i westminster abbey.htm</font><p><a href="/library/various/the_sermons_and_addresses_at_the_seabury_centenary/centenary_commemoration_2.htm"><span class="l">Centenary Commemoration</span></a> <br><b>...</b> It was not an altogether <b>ungraceful</b> building with its arched windows"regarded by<br> many in those days as indicating Romeward tendencies"and its pointed spire <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../centenary commemoration 2.htm</font><a name="thes" id="thes"></a><div class="vheading2">Thesaurus</div><a href="/topical/u/ungraceful.htm"><span class="l"><b>Ungraceful</b> (1 Occurrence)</span></a><br><b>...</b> (a.) Not graceful; not marked with ease and dignity; deficient in beauty and elegance;<br> inelegant; awkward; as, <b>ungraceful</b> manners; <b>ungraceful</b> speech. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/u/ungraceful.htm - 7k</font><p><a href="/topical/u/ungodly-men.htm"><span class="l">Ungodly-men (1 Occurrence)</span></a><br>Ungodly-men. Ungodly, Ungodly-men. <b>Ungraceful</b> . Multi-Version Concordance<br> Ungodly-men (1 Occurrence). <b>...</b> Ungodly, Ungodly-men. <b>Ungraceful</b> . Reference Bible <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/u/ungodly-men.htm - 6k</font><p><a href="/topical/u/ungracious.htm"><span class="l">Ungracious (1 Occurrence)</span></a><br><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/u/ungracious.htm - 7k</font><p><a href="/topical/u/untoward.htm"><span class="l">Untoward (1 Occurrence)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Noah Webster's Dictionary (a.) Awkward; <b>ungraceful</b>; inconvenient; troublesome;<br> vexatious; unlucky; unfortunate; as, an untoward wind or accident. Int. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/u/untoward.htm - 9k</font><p><a href="/topical/g/graceful.htm"><span class="l">Graceful (6 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> 1 Corinthians 12:23 and those which we deem less honorable we clothe with more abundant<br> honor; and so our <b>ungraceful</b> parts come to have a more abundant grace <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/g/graceful.htm - 8k</font><p><a href="/topical/d/deem.htm"><span class="l">Deem (4 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> 1 Corinthians 12:23 and those which we deem less honorable we clothe with more abundant<br> honor; and so our <b>ungraceful</b> parts come to have a more abundant grace <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/d/deem.htm - 7k</font><p><a href="/topical/c/clothe.htm"><span class="l">Clothe (52 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> 1 Corinthians 12:23 and those which we deem less honorable we clothe with more abundant<br> honor; and so our <b>ungraceful</b> parts come to have a more abundant grace <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/c/clothe.htm - 22k</font><p><a href="/topical/h/hard.htm"><span class="l">Hard (733 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> hard character. 7. (superl.) Not easy or agreeable to the taste; stiff;<br> rigid; <b>ungraceful</b>; repelling; as, a hard style. 8. (superl <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/h/hard.htm - 18k</font><p><a href="/topical/e/exploration.htm"><span class="l">Exploration</span></a><br><b>...</b> In the "Jewish" period (800-300 BC) this influence is lost and the new styles are<br> coarse and <b>ungraceful</b>, such degeneration not being connected with the <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/e/exploration.htm - 38k</font><p><a name="res" id="res"></a><div class="vheading2">Resources</div><a href="https://clyx.com/term/ungraceful.htm">Ungraceful: Dictionary and Thesaurus | Clyx.com</a><br /><br /><a href="/concordance/">Bible Concordance</a> • <a href="/dictionary/">Bible Dictionary</a> • <a href="/encyclopedia/">Bible Encyclopedia</a> • <a href="/topical/">Topical Bible</a> • <a href="/thesaurus/">Bible Thesuarus</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="cnc" id="cnc"></a><div class="vheading2">Concordance</div><span class="encheading">Ungraceful (1 Occurrence)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_corinthians/12-23.htm">1 Corinthians 12:23</a></span><br />and those which we deem less honorable we clothe with more abundant honor; and so our <span class="boldtext">ungraceful</span> parts come to have a more abundant grace, while our graceful parts have everything they need.<br /><span class="source">(WEY)</span><a name="sub" id="sub"></a><div class="vheading2">Subtopics</div><p class="pspc"><a href="/topical/u/ungraceful.htm">Ungraceful</a></p><a name="rel" id="rel"></a><div class="vheading2">Related Terms</div><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/u/ungraceful.htm">Ungraceful (1 Occurrence)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/u/ungrateful.htm">Ungrateful (2 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/i/importunity.htm">Importunity (1 Occurrence)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/c/churlish.htm">Churlish (1 Occurrence)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/s/simon.htm">Simon (75 Occurrences)</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/topical/u/ungodly-men.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Ungodly-men"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Ungodly-men" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/topical/u/ungracious.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Ungracious"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Ungracious" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div> <div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"><script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></div></td></tr></table></div></div></div> <br /><br /> <div align="center"> <div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>