Ephesians 4:31

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Ephesians 4:31

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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

Wrath

Clamour

Evil speaking

With

General references

Exodus 20:16

Luke 6:36

1 John 4:11

Bible References

Bitterness

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

Their mouth is full of cursing and bitterness.

But now you must also put away all the following: anger, wrath, malice, slander, and filthy language from your mouth.

But if you have bitter envy and selfish ambition in your heart, don’t brag and deny the truth.

Wrath

Be angry and do not sin.

Don’t let the sun go down on your anger,

A quick-tempered man acts foolishly,
and a man who schemes is hated.

A king’s rage is like the roaring of a lion,
but his favor is like dew on the grass.

Don’t let your spirit rush to be angry,
for anger abides in the heart of fools.

For I fear that perhaps when I come I will not find you to be what I want, and I may not be found by you to be what you want; there may be quarreling, jealousy, outbursts of anger, selfish ambitions, slander, gossip, arrogance, and disorder.

idolatry, sorcery, hatreds, strife, jealousy, outbursts of anger, selfish ambitions, dissensions, factions,

But now you must also put away all the following: anger, wrath, malice, slander, and filthy language from your mouth.

But reject foolish and ignorant disputes, knowing that they breed quarrels.

For an overseer, as God’s administrator, must be blameless, not arrogant, not hot-tempered, not addicted to wine, not a bully, not greedy for money,

My dearly loved brothers, understand this: Everyone must be quick to hear, slow to speak, and slow to anger,

But if you have bitter envy and selfish ambition in your heart, don’t brag and deny the truth.

What is the source of wars and fights among you? Don’t they come from the cravings that are at war within you?

Clamour

The men of Israel answered the men of Judah: “We have 10 shares in the king, so we have a greater claim to David than you. Why then do you despise us? Weren’t we the first to speak of restoring our king?” But the words of the men of Judah were harsher than those of the men of Israel.

Now a wicked man, a Benjaminite named Sheba son of Bichri, happened to be there. He blew the ram’s horn and shouted:

We have no portion in David,
no inheritance in Jesse’s son.
Each man to his tent, Israel!

If a wise man goes to court with a fool,
there will be ranting and raving but no resolution.

When they had heard this, they were filled with rage and began to cry out, “Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!”

The whole city was stirred up, and the people rushed together. They seized Paul, dragged him out of the temple complex, and at once the gates were shut.

They listened to him up to this word. Then they raised their voices, shouting, “Wipe this person off the earth—it’s a disgrace for him to live!”

not addicted to wine, not a bully but gentle, not quarrelsome, not greedy—

he is conceited, understanding nothing, but has a sick interest in disputes and arguments over words. From these come envy, quarreling, slander, evil suspicions,

Evil speaking

You must not go about spreading slander among your people; you must not jeopardize your neighbor’s life; I am Yahweh.

Ziba slandered your servant to my lord the king. But my lord the king is like the Angel of God, so do whatever you think best.

who does not slander with his tongue,
who does not harm his friend
or discredit his neighbor,

You sit, maligning your brother,
slandering your mother’s son.

I will destroy anyone
who secretly slanders his neighbor;
I cannot tolerate anyone
with haughty eyes or an arrogant heart.

Do not let a slanderer stay in the land.
Let evil relentlessly hunt down a violent man.

a lying witness who gives false testimony,
and one who stirs up trouble among brothers.

The one who conceals hatred has lying lips,
and whoever spreads slander is a fool.

A gossip’s words are like choice food
that goes down to one’s innermost being.

The north wind produces rain,
and a backbiting tongue, angry looks.

Without wood, fire goes out;
without a gossip, conflict dies down.

All are stubborn rebels
spreading slander.
They are bronze and iron;
all of them are corrupt.

Everyone has to be on guard against his friend.
Don’t trust any brother,
for every brother will certainly deceive,
and every friend spread slander.

They are filled with all unrighteousness, evil, greed, and wickedness. They are full of envy, murder, quarrels, deceit, and malice. They are gossips,

Wives, too, must be worthy of respect, not slanderers, self-controlled, faithful in everything.

At the same time, they also learn to be idle, going from house to house; they are not only idle, but are also gossips and busybodies, saying things they shouldn’t say.

unloving, irreconcilable, slanderers, without self-control, brutal, without love for what is good,

In the same way, older women are to be reverent in behavior, not slanderers, not addicted to much wine. They are to teach what is good,

to slander no one, to avoid fighting, and to be kind, always showing gentleness to all people.

Don’t criticize one another, brothers. He who criticizes a brother or judges his brother criticizes the law and judges the law. But if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law but a judge.

So rid yourselves of all malice, all deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and all slander.

especially those who follow the polluting desires of the flesh and despise authority.

Bold, arrogant people! They do not tremble when they blaspheme the glorious ones;

Nevertheless, these dreamers likewise defile their flesh, reject authority, and blaspheme glorious ones.

Then I heard a loud voice in heaven say:

The salvation and the power
and the kingdom of our God
and the authority of His Messiah
have now come,
because the accuser of our brothers
has been thrown out:
the one who accuses them
before our God day and night.

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Cain said to his brother Abel, “Let’s go out to the field.” And while they were in the field, Cain attacked his brother Abel and killed him.

Esau held a grudge against Jacob because of the blessing his father had given him. And Esau determined in his heart: “The days of mourning for my father are approaching; then I will kill my brother Jacob.”

When his brothers saw that their father loved him more than all his brothers, they hated him and could not bring themselves to speak peaceably to him.

“You must not harbor hatred against your brother.

Rebuke your neighbor directly, and you will not incur guilt because of him.

Absalom didn’t say anything to Amnon, either good or bad, because he hated Amnon since he disgraced his sister Tamar.

Hatred stirs up conflicts,
but love covers all offenses.

A hateful person disguises himself with his speech
and harbors deceit within.

Don’t let your spirit rush to be angry,
for anger abides in the heart of fools.

They are filled with all unrighteousness, evil, greed, and wickedness. They are full of envy, murder, quarrels, deceit, and malice. They are gossips,

Therefore, let us observe the feast, not with old yeast or with the yeast of malice and evil but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.

Brothers, don’t be childish in your thinking, but be infants in regard to evil and adult in your thinking.

But now you must also put away all the following: anger, wrath, malice, slander, and filthy language from your mouth.

For we too were once foolish, disobedient, deceived, enslaved by various passions and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, detesting one another.

unlike Cain, who was of the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? Because his works were evil, and his brother’s were righteous.

General references

Do not give false testimony against your neighbor.

Be merciful, just as your Father also is merciful.

Dear friends, if God loved us in this way, we also must love one another.