Verse 15

Everyone who hates their brother or sister is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life abiding in them.

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  • Matt 5:21-22 : 21 You have heard that it was said to those of old, ‘You shall not murder,’ and whoever murders will be subject to judgment. 22 But I say to you, everyone who is angry with their brother without cause will be subject to judgment. Whoever says to their brother, ‘Raka!’ will be answerable to the council, and whoever says, ‘You fool!’ will be in danger of the fire of hell.
  • Acts 23:14 : 14 They went to the chief priests and elders and said, 'We have bound ourselves under a solemn curse not to eat anything until we have killed Paul.'
  • Rev 21:8 : 8 But as for the cowardly, the unbelieving, the detestable, murderers, the sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars, their portion will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur, which is the second death.
  • Prov 26:24-26 : 24 An enemy disguises themselves with their lips, but in their heart, they harbor deceit. 25 Though they speak graciously, do not believe them, for there are seven abominations in their heart. 26 Though hatred is concealed by deceit, its wickedness will be exposed in the assembly.
  • Gal 5:20-21 : 20 idolatry, sorcery, hostilities, strife, jealousy, outbursts of anger, selfish ambitions, dissensions, factions, 21 envy, murders, drunkenness, carousing, and things like these. I warn you, as I warned you before, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.
  • Matt 5:28 : 28 But I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman with lust has already committed adultery with her in his heart.
  • John 8:44 : 44 You are from your father, the devil, and you want to do the desires of your father. He was a murderer from the beginning and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks from his own nature, for he is a liar and the father of lies.
  • Acts 23:12 : 12 When daylight came, some of the Jews formed a conspiracy and bound themselves under a curse, declaring that they would neither eat nor drink until they had killed Paul.
  • Gen 27:41 : 41 Esau held a grudge against Jacob because of the blessing his father had given him. He said to himself, 'The days of mourning for my father are near; then I will kill my brother Jacob.'
  • Lev 19:16-18 : 16 Do not go about spreading slander among your people. Do not do anything that endangers your neighbor’s life. I am the LORD. 17 Do not hate your brother in your heart. You must surely reprove your neighbor, and do not bear sin because of him. 18 Do not seek revenge or bear a grudge against anyone among your people, but love your neighbor as yourself. I am the LORD.
  • 2 Sam 13:22-28 : 22 Absalom never said a word to Amnon, either good or bad; he hated Amnon because he had disgraced his sister Tamar. 23 Two years later, when Absalom's sheep were being sheared at Baal Hazor near Ephraim, he invited all the king’s sons to come. 24 Absalom went to the king and said, 'Your servant has shearers. Will the king and his attendants please join me?' 25 The king replied, 'No, my son. All of us should not go; we would only be a burden to you.' Although Absalom urged him, he refused to go, but he gave him his blessing. 26 Then Absalom said, 'If not, please let my brother Amnon come with us.' The king asked him, 'Why should he go with you?' 27 But Absalom pressed him, so he sent with him Amnon and the rest of the king's sons. 28 Absalom ordered his servants, saying, 'Watch when Amnon’s heart is cheerful from drinking wine, and when I say to you, "Strike Amnon down," then kill him. Don’t be afraid. Haven’t I ordered you? Be strong and courageous.’
  • Mark 6:19 : 19 So Herodias held a grudge against John and wanted to kill him, but she was unable to do so.
  • John 4:14 : 14 But whoever drinks the water I give them will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give them will become in them a spring of water welling up to eternal life."
  • Jas 1:15 : 15 Then, after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and when sin is fully grown, it gives birth to death.
  • Jas 4:1-2 : 1 What causes fights and quarrels among you? Don’t they come from your desires that battle within your body parts? 2 You desire but do not have, so you kill. You covet but cannot get what you want, so you quarrel and fight. You do not have because you do not ask God.
  • 1 Pet 1:23 : 23 For you have been born again, not of perishable seed but of imperishable, through the living and enduring word of God.