Ephesians 4:31

Let all bitterness, wrath, anger, quarreling, and slander be put away from you, along with all hatred.

Colossians 3:8

But now you must also get rid of anger, wrath, malice, slander, obscene speech, and all such sins.

Ecclesiastes 7:9

Never be in a hurry to become internally angry, since anger settles down in the lap of fools.

Colossians 3:19

Husbands, love your wives, and do not be harsh with them.

Proverbs 14:17

A quick tempered person does foolish things, and a devious man is hated.

Romans 3:14

Their mouths are full of cursing and bitterness.

Ephesians 4:26

"Be angry, yet do not sin." Do not let the sun set while you are still angry,

James 1:19

You must understand this, my dear brothers. Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to get angry.

1 Peter 2:1

Therefore, rid yourselves of every kind of evil and deception, hypocrisy, jealousy, and every kind of slander.

Genesis 4:8

Instead, Cain told his brother Abel, "Let's go out to the wilderness." When they were outside in the fields, Cain attacked his brother Abel and killed him.

Genesis 27:41

So Esau harbored animosity toward Jacob because of the way his father had blessed him. Esau kept saying to himself, "The time to mourn for my father is very near. That's when I'm going to kill my brother Jacob."

Genesis 37:4

When Joseph's brothers realized that their father loved him more than all of his brothers, they hated him so much that they were unable to speak politely to him.

Genesis 37:21

When Reuben heard about it, he tried to save Joseph from their plot. "Let's not do any killing,"

Leviticus 19:16-18

"You are not to go around slandering your people. "You are not to stand idle when your neighbor's life is at stake. I am the LORD.

2 Samuel 13:22

But Absalom never said a word, either good or bad, to Amnon. Nevertheless, he hated Amnon because he had humiliated his sister Tamar.

2 Samuel 19:27

by slandering your servant to your majesty. But your majesty the king is like an angel from God: so do what you think is best.

2 Samuel 19:43-2

But the men from Israel answered the men from Judah: "We represent ten of the tribes of Israel! So we have more right to David than you do! Why haven't you taken us seriously? Weren't we the first to talk about bringing back our king?" But what the people of Judah had to say was harsher than what the people of Israel were saying.

Psalm 15:3

The one who does not slander with his tongue, who does no evil to his neighbor, and who does not destroy his friend's reputation.

Psalm 50:20

You sit and speak against your brother; you slander your own mother's son.

Psalm 64:3

who sharpen their tongues like swords, and aim their bitter words like arrows,

Psalm 101:5

I will destroy the one who secretly slanders a friend. I will not allow the proud and haughty to prevail.

Psalm 140:11

Let not the slanderer become established in the land. May evil quickly hunt down the violent man.

Proverbs 6:19

a false witness snorting lies, and someone sowing quarrels between brothers.

Proverbs 10:12

Hatred awakens contention, but love covers all transgressions.

Proverbs 10:18

Whoever conceals hatred is a deceitful liar, and whoever spreads slander is a fool.

Proverbs 18:8

The words of a gossip are like choice morsels as they descend to the innermost parts of the body.

Proverbs 19:12

The king's anger is like the roaring of a lion, but his goodwill is like dew on the grass.

Proverbs 25:23

The north wind brings rain, and a backbiting tongue an angry look.

Proverbs 26:20

Without wood, the fire goes out. Without a gossip, contention stops.

Proverbs 26:24-25

Someone who hates hides behind his words, harboring deceit within himself.

Proverbs 29:9

When a wise man has a dispute with a fool, the fool either rages or laughs without relief.

Proverbs 29:22

An angry man stirs up arguments, and a hot-tempered man causes many transgressions.

Jeremiah 6:28

All of them are very rebellious, going around as slanderers. They're bronze and iron, and all of them are corrupt.

Jeremiah 9:4

"Beware of your neighbors, and don't trust any of your relatives. For all of your relatives act deceitfully, and every friend goes around as a slanderer.

Acts 19:28-29

When they heard this, they became furious and began to shout, "Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!"

Acts 21:30

The whole city was in chaos. The people rushed together, grabbed Paul, dragged him out of the Temple, and at once the doors were sealed shut.

Acts 22:22-23

Up to this point they listened to him, but then they began to shout, "Away with such a fellow from the earth! He's not fit to go on living!"

Romans 1:29-30

They have become filled with every kind of wickedness, evil, greed, and depravity. They are full of envy, murder, quarreling, deceit, and viciousness. They are gossips,

1 Corinthians 5:8

So let's keep celebrating the festival, neither with old yeast nor with yeast that is evil and wicked, but with yeast-free bread that is both sincere and true.

1 Corinthians 14:20

Brothers, stop being childish in your thinking. Be like infants with respect to evil, but think like adults.

2 Corinthians 12:20

I am afraid that I may come and somehow find you not as I want to find you, and that you may find me not as you want to find me. Perhaps there will be quarreling, jealousy, anger, selfishness, slander, gossip, arrogance, and disorderly conduct.

Galatians 5:20

idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, rivalry, jealously, outbursts of anger, quarrels, conflicts, factions,

1 Timothy 3:3

He must not drink excessively or be a violent person, but instead be gentle. He must not be argumentative or love money.

1 Timothy 3:11

Their wives must also be serious. They must not be gossips, but instead be stable and trustworthy in everything.

1 Timothy 5:13

At the same time, they also learn how to be lazy while going from house to house. Not only this, but they even become gossips and keep busy by interfering in other people's lives, saying things they should not say.

1 Timothy 6:4-5

he is a conceited person and does not understand anything. He has an unhealthy craving for arguments and debates. This produces jealousy, rivalry, slander, evil suspicions,

2 Timothy 2:23

Do not have anything to do with foolish and stupid discussions, because you know they breed arguments.

2 Timothy 3:3

unfeeling, uncooperative, slanderous, degenerate, brutal, hateful of what is good,

Titus 1:7

Because an overseer is God's servant manager, he must be blameless. He must not be arrogant or irritable. He must not drink too much, be a violent person, or make money in shameful ways.

Titus 2:3

Likewise, older women are to show their reverence for God by their behavior. They are not to be gossips or addicted to alcohol, but to be examples of goodness.

Titus 3:2-3

They are not to insult anyone or be argumentative. Instead, they are to be gentle and perfectly courteous to everyone.

James 3:14-2

But if you have bitter jealousy and rivalry in your hearts, stop boasting and slandering the truth.

James 4:11

Do not criticize each other, brothers. Whoever makes it his habit to criticize his brother or to judge his brother is judging the Law and condemning the Law. But if you condemn the Law, you are not a practicer of the Law but its judge.

2 Peter 2:10-11

especially those who satisfy their flesh by indulging in its passions and who despise authority.

1 John 3:12

Do not be like Cain, who was from the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? Because what he was doing was evil and his brother's actions were righteous.

1 John 3:15

Everyone who hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life present in him.

Jude 1:8-10

In a similar way, these dreamers also defile their flesh, reject the Lord's authority, and slander his glorious beings.

Revelation 12:10

Then I heard a loud voice in heaven say, "Now the salvation, the power, the kingdom of our God, and the authority of his Messiah have come. For the one who accuses our brothers, who accuses them day and night in the presence of our God, has been thrown out.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Bible References

Bitterness

Psalm 64:3
who sharpen their tongues like swords, and aim their bitter words like arrows,
Romans 3:14
Their mouths are full of cursing and bitterness.
Colossians 3:8
But now you must also get rid of anger, wrath, malice, slander, obscene speech, and all such sins.
James 3:14
But if you have bitter jealousy and rivalry in your hearts, stop boasting and slandering the truth.

Wrath

Ephesians 4:26
"Be angry, yet do not sin." Do not let the sun set while you are still angry,
Proverbs 14:17
A quick tempered person does foolish things, and a devious man is hated.
Proverbs 19:12
The king's anger is like the roaring of a lion, but his goodwill is like dew on the grass.
Ecclesiastes 7:9
Never be in a hurry to become internally angry, since anger settles down in the lap of fools.
2 Corinthians 12:20
I am afraid that I may come and somehow find you not as I want to find you, and that you may find me not as you want to find me. Perhaps there will be quarreling, jealousy, anger, selfishness, slander, gossip, arrogance, and disorderly conduct.
Galatians 5:20
idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, rivalry, jealously, outbursts of anger, quarrels, conflicts, factions,
Colossians 3:8
But now you must also get rid of anger, wrath, malice, slander, obscene speech, and all such sins.
2 Timothy 2:23
Do not have anything to do with foolish and stupid discussions, because you know they breed arguments.
Titus 1:7
Because an overseer is God's servant manager, he must be blameless. He must not be arrogant or irritable. He must not drink too much, be a violent person, or make money in shameful ways.
James 1:19
You must understand this, my dear brothers. Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to get angry.
James 3:14
But if you have bitter jealousy and rivalry in your hearts, stop boasting and slandering the truth.
James 4:1
Where do those fights and quarrels among you come from? They come from your selfish desires that are at war in your bodies, don't they?

Clamour

2 Samuel 19:43
But the men from Israel answered the men from Judah: "We represent ten of the tribes of Israel! So we have more right to David than you do! Why haven't you taken us seriously? Weren't we the first to talk about bringing back our king?" But what the people of Judah had to say was harsher than what the people of Israel were saying.
2 Samuel 20:1
Right about then, Bichri's son Sheba, an ungodly man from the tribe of Benjamin, sounded a battle trumpet and announced: We've never been a part of David! We'll never gain anything from Jesse's son! It's every man to his tent, Israel!
Proverbs 29:9
When a wise man has a dispute with a fool, the fool either rages or laughs without relief.
Acts 19:28
When they heard this, they became furious and began to shout, "Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!"
Acts 21:30
The whole city was in chaos. The people rushed together, grabbed Paul, dragged him out of the Temple, and at once the doors were sealed shut.
Acts 22:22
Up to this point they listened to him, but then they began to shout, "Away with such a fellow from the earth! He's not fit to go on living!"
1 Timothy 3:3
He must not drink excessively or be a violent person, but instead be gentle. He must not be argumentative or love money.
1 Timothy 6:4
he is a conceited person and does not understand anything. He has an unhealthy craving for arguments and debates. This produces jealousy, rivalry, slander, evil suspicions,

Evil speaking

Leviticus 19:16
"You are not to go around slandering your people. "You are not to stand idle when your neighbor's life is at stake. I am the LORD.
2 Samuel 19:27
by slandering your servant to your majesty. But your majesty the king is like an angel from God: so do what you think is best.
Psalm 15:3
The one who does not slander with his tongue, who does no evil to his neighbor, and who does not destroy his friend's reputation.
Psalm 50:20
You sit and speak against your brother; you slander your own mother's son.
Psalm 101:5
I will destroy the one who secretly slanders a friend. I will not allow the proud and haughty to prevail.
Psalm 140:11
Let not the slanderer become established in the land. May evil quickly hunt down the violent man.
Proverbs 6:19
a false witness snorting lies, and someone sowing quarrels between brothers.
Proverbs 10:18
Whoever conceals hatred is a deceitful liar, and whoever spreads slander is a fool.
Proverbs 18:8
The words of a gossip are like choice morsels as they descend to the innermost parts of the body.
Proverbs 25:23
The north wind brings rain, and a backbiting tongue an angry look.
Proverbs 26:20
Without wood, the fire goes out. Without a gossip, contention stops.
Jeremiah 6:28
All of them are very rebellious, going around as slanderers. They're bronze and iron, and all of them are corrupt.
Jeremiah 9:4
"Beware of your neighbors, and don't trust any of your relatives. For all of your relatives act deceitfully, and every friend goes around as a slanderer.
Romans 1:29
They have become filled with every kind of wickedness, evil, greed, and depravity. They are full of envy, murder, quarreling, deceit, and viciousness. They are gossips,
1 Timothy 3:11
Their wives must also be serious. They must not be gossips, but instead be stable and trustworthy in everything.
1 Timothy 5:13
At the same time, they also learn how to be lazy while going from house to house. Not only this, but they even become gossips and keep busy by interfering in other people's lives, saying things they should not say.
2 Timothy 3:3
unfeeling, uncooperative, slanderous, degenerate, brutal, hateful of what is good,
Titus 2:3
Likewise, older women are to show their reverence for God by their behavior. They are not to be gossips or addicted to alcohol, but to be examples of goodness.
Titus 3:2
They are not to insult anyone or be argumentative. Instead, they are to be gentle and perfectly courteous to everyone.
James 4:11
Do not criticize each other, brothers. Whoever makes it his habit to criticize his brother or to judge his brother is judging the Law and condemning the Law. But if you condemn the Law, you are not a practicer of the Law but its judge.
1 Peter 2:1
Therefore, rid yourselves of every kind of evil and deception, hypocrisy, jealousy, and every kind of slander.
2 Peter 2:10
especially those who satisfy their flesh by indulging in its passions and who despise authority.
Jude 1:8
In a similar way, these dreamers also defile their flesh, reject the Lord's authority, and slander his glorious beings.
Revelation 12:10
Then I heard a loud voice in heaven say, "Now the salvation, the power, the kingdom of our God, and the authority of his Messiah have come. For the one who accuses our brothers, who accuses them day and night in the presence of our God, has been thrown out.

With

Genesis 4:8
Instead, Cain told his brother Abel, "Let's go out to the wilderness." When they were outside in the fields, Cain attacked his brother Abel and killed him.
Genesis 27:41
So Esau harbored animosity toward Jacob because of the way his father had blessed him. Esau kept saying to himself, "The time to mourn for my father is very near. That's when I'm going to kill my brother Jacob."
Genesis 37:4
When Joseph's brothers realized that their father loved him more than all of his brothers, they hated him so much that they were unable to speak politely to him.
Leviticus 19:17
"You are not to hate your relative in your heart. Rebuke your neighbor if you must, but you are not to incur guilt on account of him.
2 Samuel 13:22
But Absalom never said a word, either good or bad, to Amnon. Nevertheless, he hated Amnon because he had humiliated his sister Tamar.
Proverbs 10:12
Hatred awakens contention, but love covers all transgressions.
Proverbs 26:24
Someone who hates hides behind his words, harboring deceit within himself.
Ecclesiastes 7:9
Never be in a hurry to become internally angry, since anger settles down in the lap of fools.
Romans 1:29
They have become filled with every kind of wickedness, evil, greed, and depravity. They are full of envy, murder, quarreling, deceit, and viciousness. They are gossips,
1 Corinthians 5:8
So let's keep celebrating the festival, neither with old yeast nor with yeast that is evil and wicked, but with yeast-free bread that is both sincere and true.
1 Corinthians 14:20
Brothers, stop being childish in your thinking. Be like infants with respect to evil, but think like adults.
Colossians 3:8
But now you must also get rid of anger, wrath, malice, slander, obscene speech, and all such sins.
Titus 3:3
After all, we ourselves were once foolish, disobedient, and misled. We were slaves to many kinds of lusts and pleasures, spending our days in malice and jealousy. We were despised, and we hated one another.
1 John 3:12
Do not be like Cain, who was from the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? Because what he was doing was evil and his brother's actions were righteous.

General references

Exodus 20:16
"You are not to give false testimony against your neighbor.
Luke 6:36
Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful."
1 John 4:11
Dear friends, if this is the way God loved us, we must also love one another.

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