Ephesians 4:31

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Ephesians 4:31

Drop all bitter feeling and passion and anger and clamouring and insults, together with all malice;

Colossians 3:8

but off with them all now, off with anger, rage, malice, slander, foul talk!

Colossians 3:19

Husbands, love your wives, do not be harsh to them.

Romans 3:14

Their mouth is full of cursing and bitterness,

Ephesians 4:26

Be angry but do not sin; never let the sun set upon your exasperation,

James 1:19

Be sure of that, my beloved brothers. Let everyone be quick to listen, slow to talk, slow to be angry ??20 for human anger does not promote divine righteousness;

1 Peter 2:1

So off with all malice, all guile and insincerity and envy and slander of every kind!

Acts 19:28-29

When they heard this they were filled with rage and raised the cry, "Great is Artemis of Ephesus!"

Acts 21:30

The whole city was thrown into turmoil. The people rushed together, seized Paul and dragged him outside the temple; whereupon the doors were immediately shut.

Acts 22:22-23

Till he said that, they had listened to him. But at that they shouted, "Away with such a creature from the earth! He is not fit to live!"

Romans 1:29-30

till they are filled with all manner of wickedness, depravity, lust, and viciousness, filled to the brim with envy, murder, quarrels, intrigues, and malignity ??slanderers,

1 Corinthians 5:8

So let us celebrate our festival, not with any old leaven, not with vice and evil, but with the unleavened bread of innocence and integrity.

1 Corinthians 14:20

Brothers, do not be children in the sphere of intelligence; in evil be mere infants, but be mature in your intelligence.

For I am afraid I may perhaps come and find you are not what I could wish, while you may find I am not what you could wish; I am afraid of finding quarrels, jealousy, temper, rivalry, slanders, gossiping, arrogance, and disorder ??21 afraid that when I come back to you, my God may humiliate me before you, and I may have to mourn for many who sinned some time ago and yet have never repented of the impurity, the sexual vice, and the sensuality which they have practised.

Galatians 5:20

idolatry, magic, quarrels, dissension, jealousy, temper, rivalry, factions, party-spirit,

1 Timothy 3:3

not a drunkard or violent, but lenient and conciliatory, not a lover of money,

1 Timothy 3:11

Their wives must be serious too; they must not be slanderers but temperate and absolutely trustworthy.

1 Timothy 5:13

Besides, they become idle unconsciously by gadding about from one house to another ??and not merely idle but gossips and busybodies, repeating things they have no right to mention.

1 Timothy 6:4-5

is a conceited, ignorant creature, with a morbid passion for controversy and argument which only leads to envy, dissension, insults, insinuations,

2 Timothy 2:23

Shut your mind against foolish, popular controversy; be sure that only breeds strife.

2 Timothy 3:3

callous, relentless, scurrilous, dissolute, and savage; they will hate goodness,

Titus 1:7

[For a bishop must be above reproach ??he is a steward of God's house ??he must not be presumptuous or hot-tempered or a drunkard or violent or addicted to pilfering;

Titus 2:3

Tell the older women also to be reverent in their demeanour and not to be slanderers or slaves to drink;

Titus 3:2-3

they must abuse no one, they must not quarrel, but be conciliatory and display perfect gentleness to all men.

James 3:14-2

But if you are cherishing bitter jealousy and rivalry in your hearts, do not pride yourselves on that ??and be false to the truth.

James 4:11

2 Peter 2:10-11

particularly those who fall in with the polluting appetite of the flesh and despise the Powers celestial. Daring, presumptuous creatures! they are not afraid to scoff at the angelic Glories;

1 John 3:12

we are not to be like Cain, who belonged to the evil One and slew his brother. And why did he slay him? Because his own deeds were evil and his brother's just.

1 John 3:15

Anyone who hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life remaining within him.

Jude 1:8-10

Despite it all, these visionaries pollute their flesh, scorn the Powers celestial, and scoff at the angelic Glories.

Revelation 12:10

Then I heard a loud voice in heaven saying, "Now it has come, the salvation and power, the reign of our God and the authority of his Christ! ??for the Accuser of our brothers is thrown down, who accused them before God day and night.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Ephesians 4:31

Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice:

Bitterness

Romans 3:14

Colossians 3:8

James 3:14

Wrath

Clamour

1 Timothy 6:4

Evil speaking

With

General references

Luke 6:36

1 John 4:11

Bible References

Bitterness

Their mouth is full of cursing and bitterness,

but off with them all now, off with anger, rage, malice, slander, foul talk!

But if you are cherishing bitter jealousy and rivalry in your hearts, do not pride yourselves on that ??and be false to the truth.

Wrath

Be angry but do not sin; never let the sun set upon your exasperation,

idolatry, magic, quarrels, dissension, jealousy, temper, rivalry, factions, party-spirit,

but off with them all now, off with anger, rage, malice, slander, foul talk!

Shut your mind against foolish, popular controversy; be sure that only breeds strife.

[For a bishop must be above reproach ??he is a steward of God's house ??he must not be presumptuous or hot-tempered or a drunkard or violent or addicted to pilfering;

Be sure of that, my beloved brothers. Let everyone be quick to listen, slow to talk, slow to be angry ??20 for human anger does not promote divine righteousness;

But if you are cherishing bitter jealousy and rivalry in your hearts, do not pride yourselves on that ??and be false to the truth.

Where do conflicts, where do wrangles come from, in your midst? Is it not from these passions of yours that war among your members?

Clamour

When they heard this they were filled with rage and raised the cry, "Great is Artemis of Ephesus!"

The whole city was thrown into turmoil. The people rushed together, seized Paul and dragged him outside the temple; whereupon the doors were immediately shut.

Till he said that, they had listened to him. But at that they shouted, "Away with such a creature from the earth! He is not fit to live!"

not a drunkard or violent, but lenient and conciliatory, not a lover of money,

is a conceited, ignorant creature, with a morbid passion for controversy and argument which only leads to envy, dissension, insults, insinuations,

Evil speaking

till they are filled with all manner of wickedness, depravity, lust, and viciousness, filled to the brim with envy, murder, quarrels, intrigues, and malignity ??slanderers,

Their wives must be serious too; they must not be slanderers but temperate and absolutely trustworthy.

Besides, they become idle unconsciously by gadding about from one house to another ??and not merely idle but gossips and busybodies, repeating things they have no right to mention.

callous, relentless, scurrilous, dissolute, and savage; they will hate goodness,

Tell the older women also to be reverent in their demeanour and not to be slanderers or slaves to drink;

they must abuse no one, they must not quarrel, but be conciliatory and display perfect gentleness to all men.

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So off with all malice, all guile and insincerity and envy and slander of every kind!

particularly those who fall in with the polluting appetite of the flesh and despise the Powers celestial. Daring, presumptuous creatures! they are not afraid to scoff at the angelic Glories;

Despite it all, these visionaries pollute their flesh, scorn the Powers celestial, and scoff at the angelic Glories.

With

till they are filled with all manner of wickedness, depravity, lust, and viciousness, filled to the brim with envy, murder, quarrels, intrigues, and malignity ??slanderers,

So let us celebrate our festival, not with any old leaven, not with vice and evil, but with the unleavened bread of innocence and integrity.

Brothers, do not be children in the sphere of intelligence; in evil be mere infants, but be mature in your intelligence.

but off with them all now, off with anger, rage, malice, slander, foul talk!

For we ourselves were once senseless, disobedient, astray, enslaved to all manner of passions and pleasures; we spent our days in malice and envy, we were hateful, and we hated one another.

we are not to be like Cain, who belonged to the evil One and slew his brother. And why did he slay him? Because his own deeds were evil and his brother's just.

General references

Be merciful, as your Father is merciful.

Beloved, if God had such love for us, we ought to love one another.