Wherefore, lay aside all maliciousness, and all guile, and dissimulation, and envy, and all backbiting:

Let all bitterness, fierceness and wrath, roaring and cursed speaking, be put away from you, with all maliciousness.

Wherefore lay apart all filthiness, all superfluity of maliciousness, and receive with meekness the word that is grafted in you, which is able to save your souls:

Backbite not one another, brethren. He that backbiteth his brother, and he that judgeth his brother, backbiteth the law, and judgeth the law: but and if thou judge the law, thou art not an observer of the law: but a judge.

{A Psalm of David} Fret not thyself because of the ungodly; neither be thou envious against the evil doers.

Then was Saul exceeding wroth and that saying displeased him, and he said, "They have ascribed unto David ten thousand, and to me but a thousand. And what more can he have, save the kingdom?"

As for such as be fained hypocrites, they heap up wrath for themselves: for they call not upon him, though they be his prisoners.

Blessed is the man, unto whom the LORD imputeth no sin, and in whose spirit there is no guile.

Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips, that they speak no guile.

And why? I was grieved at the wicked, to see the ungodly in such prosperity.

Follow not a wicked man, and choose none of his ways:

A merry heart is the life of the body; but rancor consumeth away the bones.

Be not thou jealous over wicked men, and desire not thou to be among them.

Let not thy wrath and jealousy move thee, to follow the wicked and ungodly.

Then, then shall man cast away his gods of silver and gold - which he nevertheless had made to honour them - unto moles and bats

Ye shall destroy also the covering of your silver images, and the decking of your golden idols. Even as filthiness shall ye put them away, and say, "Get you hence."

Cast away from you all your ungodliness that ye have done: make you new hearts and a new spirit. Wherefore will ye die, O ye house of Israel?

"Hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to pluck out the mote out of thy brother's eye.

So are ye, for outward ye appear righteous unto men, when within ye are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.

and will divide him, and give him his reward with hypocrites. There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth."

Ought we to give, or ought we not to give?" He understood their dissimulation, and said unto them, "Why tempt ye me? Bring me a penny, that I may see it."

Either, how canst thou say to thy brother, Brother, let me pull out the mote that is in thine eye: when thou perceivest not the beam that is in thine own eye? Hypocrite, cast out the beam out of thine own eye first, and then shalt thou see perfectly, to pull out the mote out of thy brother's eye.

Woe be to you scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, for ye are as graves which appear not; And the men that walk over them, are not aware of them."

As there gathered together an innumerable multitude of people - insomuch that they trod one another - he began to say unto his disciples, "First of all, beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.

Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, and said of him, "Behold a right Israelite, in whom is no guile."

being full of all unrighteous doing: of fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness, full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, evil-conditioned whisperers,

The night is past and the day is come nigh. Let us therefore cast away the deeds of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light.

I gave you milk to drink and not meat. For ye then were not strong - no, neither yet are strong.

Therefore let us keep holiday, not with old leaven, neither with the leaven of maliciousness and wickedness - but with the sweet bread of pureness and truth.

Brethren, be not children in wit. Howbeit, as concerning maliciousness be children: but in wit be perfect.

For I fear, lest it come to pass, that when I come I shall not find you such as I would: and I shall be found unto you such as I would not. I fear lest there be found among you debate, envying, wrath, strife, backbitings, whisperings, swellings, and discord.

envying, murder, drunkenness, gluttony, and such like. Of the which I tell you before, as I have told you in time past, that they which commit such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.

so then, as concerning the conversation in time past, lay from you that old man, which is corrupt through the deceivable lusts,

Mortify therefore your members which are on the earth; fornication, uncleanness, unnatural lust, evil concupiscence, and covetousness which is worshipping of idols:

Our exhortation was not to bring you to error, nor yet to uncleanness, neither was it with guile:

Even so must their wives be honest, not evil speakers: but sober, and faithful in all things.

And the elder women likewise that they be in such raiment as becometh holiness, not false accusers, not given to much drinking, but teachers of honest things,

For we ourselves also were in times past, unwise, disobedient, deceived, in danger to lusts, and to divers manners of voluptuousness, living in maliciousness and envy, full of hate, hating one another.

Wherefore let us also - seeing that we are compassed with so great a multitude of witnesses - lay away all that presseth down, and the sin that hangeth on us, and let us run with patience, unto the battle that is set before us,

But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, rejoice not: neither be liars against the truth.

For where envying and strife is, there is unstableness, and all manner of evil works:

Either do ye think that the scripture saith in vain, "The spirit that dwelleth in you, lusteth even contrary to envy,"

Grudge not one against another, brethren, lest ye be damned. Behold, the judge standeth before the door.

Forasmuch as ye know how that ye were not redeemed with corruptible gold and silver from your vain conversation, which ye received by the traditions of the fathers,

as free, and not as having the liberty for a cloak of maliciousness: but even as the servants of God.

which did no sin, neither was there guile found in his mouth:

If any man long after life, and loveth to see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips, that they speak not guile:

that he henceforward should live as much time as remaineth in the flesh, not after the lusts of men: but after the will of God.

And it seemeth to them a strange thing that ye run not also with them unto the same excess of riot, and therefore speak they evil of you,

and in their mouths was found no guile. For they are without spot before the throne of God.

Hypocrites; well prophesied of you Isaiah, saying,

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Wherefore

Forasmuch as ye know how that ye were not redeemed with corruptible gold and silver from your vain conversation, which ye received by the traditions of the fathers,

Laying

that he henceforward should live as much time as remaineth in the flesh, not after the lusts of men: but after the will of God.
Then, then shall man cast away his gods of silver and gold - which he nevertheless had made to honour them - unto moles and bats
Ye shall destroy also the covering of your silver images, and the decking of your golden idols. Even as filthiness shall ye put them away, and say, "Get you hence."
Cast away from you all your ungodliness that ye have done: make you new hearts and a new spirit. Wherefore will ye die, O ye house of Israel?
The night is past and the day is come nigh. Let us therefore cast away the deeds of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light.
so then, as concerning the conversation in time past, lay from you that old man, which is corrupt through the deceivable lusts,
Mortify therefore your members which are on the earth; fornication, uncleanness, unnatural lust, evil concupiscence, and covetousness which is worshipping of idols:
Wherefore let us also - seeing that we are compassed with so great a multitude of witnesses - lay away all that presseth down, and the sin that hangeth on us, and let us run with patience, unto the battle that is set before us,
Wherefore lay apart all filthiness, all superfluity of maliciousness, and receive with meekness the word that is grafted in you, which is able to save your souls:
Grudge not one against another, brethren, lest ye be damned. Behold, the judge standeth before the door.

Malice

as free, and not as having the liberty for a cloak of maliciousness: but even as the servants of God.
Therefore let us keep holiday, not with old leaven, neither with the leaven of maliciousness and wickedness - but with the sweet bread of pureness and truth.
Brethren, be not children in wit. Howbeit, as concerning maliciousness be children: but in wit be perfect.
Let all bitterness, fierceness and wrath, roaring and cursed speaking, be put away from you, with all maliciousness.
For we ourselves also were in times past, unwise, disobedient, deceived, in danger to lusts, and to divers manners of voluptuousness, living in maliciousness and envy, full of hate, hating one another.

Guile

which did no sin, neither was there guile found in his mouth:
If any man long after life, and loveth to see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips, that they speak not guile:
Blessed is the man, unto whom the LORD imputeth no sin, and in whose spirit there is no guile.
Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips, that they speak no guile.
Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, and said of him, "Behold a right Israelite, in whom is no guile."
Our exhortation was not to bring you to error, nor yet to uncleanness, neither was it with guile:
and in their mouths was found no guile. For they are without spot before the throne of God.

Hypocrisies

As for such as be fained hypocrites, they heap up wrath for themselves: for they call not upon him, though they be his prisoners.
"Hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to pluck out the mote out of thy brother's eye.
Hypocrites; well prophesied of you Isaiah, saying,
So are ye, for outward ye appear righteous unto men, when within ye are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.
and will divide him, and give him his reward with hypocrites. There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth."
Ought we to give, or ought we not to give?" He understood their dissimulation, and said unto them, "Why tempt ye me? Bring me a penny, that I may see it."
Either, how canst thou say to thy brother, Brother, let me pull out the mote that is in thine eye: when thou perceivest not the beam that is in thine own eye? Hypocrite, cast out the beam out of thine own eye first, and then shalt thou see perfectly, to pull out the mote out of thy brother's eye.
Woe be to you scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, for ye are as graves which appear not; And the men that walk over them, are not aware of them."
As there gathered together an innumerable multitude of people - insomuch that they trod one another - he began to say unto his disciples, "First of all, beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.
but the wisdom that is from above, is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be entreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without judging, and without simulation.

Envies

Then was Saul exceeding wroth and that saying displeased him, and he said, "They have ascribed unto David ten thousand, and to me but a thousand. And what more can he have, save the kingdom?"
{A Psalm of David} Fret not thyself because of the ungodly; neither be thou envious against the evil doers.
And why? I was grieved at the wicked, to see the ungodly in such prosperity.
Follow not a wicked man, and choose none of his ways:
A merry heart is the life of the body; but rancor consumeth away the bones.
Be not thou jealous over wicked men, and desire not thou to be among them.
being full of all unrighteous doing: of fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness, full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, evil-conditioned whisperers,
Let us walk honestly as it were in the daylight: not in eating and drinking: neither in chambering and wantonness: neither in strife and envying:
I gave you milk to drink and not meat. For ye then were not strong - no, neither yet are strong.
For I fear, lest it come to pass, that when I come I shall not find you such as I would: and I shall be found unto you such as I would not. I fear lest there be found among you debate, envying, wrath, strife, backbitings, whisperings, swellings, and discord.
envying, murder, drunkenness, gluttony, and such like. Of the which I tell you before, as I have told you in time past, that they which commit such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.
But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, rejoice not: neither be liars against the truth.
Either do ye think that the scripture saith in vain, "The spirit that dwelleth in you, lusteth even contrary to envy,"

All evil

And it seemeth to them a strange thing that ye run not also with them unto the same excess of riot, and therefore speak they evil of you,
Let all bitterness, fierceness and wrath, roaring and cursed speaking, be put away from you, with all maliciousness.
But now put ye also away from you all things; wrath, fierceness, maliciousness, cursed speaking, filthy speaking out of your mouths.
Even so must their wives be honest, not evil speakers: but sober, and faithful in all things.
And the elder women likewise that they be in such raiment as becometh holiness, not false accusers, not given to much drinking, but teachers of honest things,
Backbite not one another, brethren. He that backbiteth his brother, and he that judgeth his brother, backbiteth the law, and judgeth the law: but and if thou judge the law, thou art not an observer of the law: but a judge.

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A stranger they will not follow, but will fly from him. For they know not the voice of strangers."
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