Ephesians 4:31

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Let all bitterness, wrath, anger, shouting, and slander be removed from you, along with all malice.

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  • Col 3:8 : 8 But now you must put away all these: anger, wrath, malice, slander, and filthy language from your mouth.
  • Eccl 7:9 : 9 Do not be quickly provoked in your spirit, for anger resides in the lap of fools.
  • 1 Pet 2:1 : 1 Therefore, rid yourselves of all malice, all deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and every kind of slander.
  • Eph 4:26 : 26 Be angry and do not sin; do not let the sun go down on your anger,
  • Titus 3:2-3 : 2 Speak evil of no one, avoid quarrels, be gentle, and show perfect courtesy to everyone. 3 For we ourselves were once foolish, disobedient, led astray, slaves to various passions and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hated by others and hating one another.
  • Jas 1:19 : 19 My beloved brothers and sisters, let every person be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to anger.
  • Col 3:19 : 19 Husbands, love your wives and do not be harsh with them.
  • Prov 26:20 : 20 Without wood, the fire goes out, and without a whisperer, strife ceases.
  • Jas 3:14-4:2 : 14 But if you have bitter envy and selfish ambition in your heart, do not boast and deny the truth. 15 This is not the wisdom that comes down from above but is earthly, unspiritual, and demonic. 16 For where there is jealousy and selfish ambition, there is disorder and every evil practice. 17 But the wisdom that comes from above is first pure, then peace-loving, gentle, willing to yield, full of mercy and good fruits, impartial, and sincere. 18 And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace by those who make peace. 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.
  • Jas 4:11 : 11 Brothers and sisters, do not slander one another. Anyone who speaks against a brother or sister or judges them speaks against the law and judges it. When you judge the law, you are not keeping it, but sitting in judgment on it.
  • 1 Cor 14:20 : 20 Brothers and sisters, do not be children in your thinking. Be infants in regard to evil, but in your thinking be mature.
  • 2 Cor 12:20 : 20 For I fear that when I come, I may not find you as I wish, and you may not find me as you wish. I fear that there may be strife, jealousy, anger, selfish ambition, slander, gossip, arrogance, and disorder.
  • Gal 5:20 : 20 idolatry, sorcery, hostilities, strife, jealousy, outbursts of anger, selfish ambitions, dissensions, factions,
  • 1 Tim 6:4-5 : 4 he is puffed up with conceit and understands nothing. Instead, he has an unhealthy interest in controversies and arguments about words, which result in envy, strife, slander, and evil suspicions. 5 These lead to constant friction among people who are corrupted in mind and deprived of the truth, imagining that godliness is a means to profit. Stay away from such people.
  • Prov 26:24-25 : 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.
  • Prov 29:9 : 9 When a wise man contends with a foolish man, whether he rages or laughs, there is no peace.
  • Prov 29:22 : 22 An angry man stirs up strife, and a hot-tempered man commits many transgressions.
  • 1 Tim 3:3 : 3 not a drunkard, not violent but gentle, not quarrelsome, and not a lover of money.
  • 1 Tim 3:11 : 11 Their wives likewise must be dignified, not slanderers, but sober-minded and faithful in all things.
  • Jer 6:28 : 28 All of them are stubborn rebels, going about with slander. They are bronze and iron; all of them act corruptly.
  • Jer 9:4 : 4 Each one deceives his neighbor, and they do not speak the truth. They have trained their tongues to speak lies and exhaust themselves with wrongdoing.
  • Acts 19:28-29 : 28 When they heard this, they were filled with rage and began shouting, "Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!" 29 The whole city was filled with confusion, and they rushed together to the theater, dragging with them Gaius and Aristarchus, Macedonians who were Paul's traveling companions.
  • Acts 21:30 : 30 The whole city was stirred up, and there was a commotion. They seized Paul, dragged him out of the temple, and immediately the gates were shut.
  • Acts 22:22-23 : 22 They listened to him until this statement. Then they raised their voices, shouting, 'Rid the earth of this man! He should not be allowed to live!' 23 As they were shouting, throwing off their cloaks, and flinging dust into the air,
  • Rom 1:29-30 : 29 They have become filled with every kind of unrighteousness, wickedness, greed, and malice. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, and malice. They are gossips, 30 slanderers, God-haters, insolent, arrogant, and boastful; they invent ways of doing evil; they disobey their parents;
  • Rom 3:14 : 14 Their mouths are full of curses and bitterness.
  • 1 Cor 5:8 : 8 Therefore, let us celebrate the feast, not with the old yeast, the yeast of malice and wickedness, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.
  • Gen 4:8 : 8 Cain said to his brother Abel, 'Let’s go out to the field.' While they were in the field, Cain attacked his brother Abel and killed him.
  • 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.'
  • Gen 37:4 : 4 But when his brothers saw that their father loved him more than all of them, they hated him and could not speak peaceably to him.
  • Gen 37:21 : 21 But Reuben heard this and tried to rescue him from their hands. He said, "Let us not take his life."
  • 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 : 22 Absalom never said a word to Amnon, either good or bad; he hated Amnon because he had disgraced his sister Tamar.
  • 2 Sam 19:27 : 27 He said, 'My lord the king, my servant deceived me. I said, ‘I will saddle a donkey for myself and ride on it, so I may go with the king,’ because your servant is lame.
  • 2 Sam 19:43-20:2 : 43 The men of Judah responded to the men of Israel, "The king is closely related to us. Why are you angry about this matter? Have we eaten any of the king’s provisions, or have we taken anything for ourselves?" 44 Then the men of Israel answered the men of Judah, "We have ten shares in the king, and in David too we have more claim than you. So why did you treat us with contempt? Were we not the first to speak of bringing the king back?" But the words of the men of Judah were harsher than those of the men of Israel. 1 Now a troublemaker named Sheba, son of Bichri, a Benjamite, happened to be there. He blew the trumpet and declared, "We have no share in David, no inheritance in Jesse's son. Every man to his tent, Israel!" 2 So all the men of Israel deserted David to follow Sheba, son of Bichri. But the men of Judah stayed loyal to their king, from the Jordan all the way to Jerusalem.
  • Ps 15:3 : 3 Who does not slander with his tongue, does no harm to his neighbor, and does not bring disgrace upon a relative.
  • Ps 50:20 : 20 You sit and speak against your brother; you slander your own mother's son.
  • Ps 64:3 : 3 Hide me from the secret counsel of evildoers, from the tumult of those who practice wickedness.
  • Ps 101:5 : 5 Whoever secretly slanders their neighbor, I will silence. Whoever has proud eyes and an arrogant heart, I cannot endure.
  • Ps 140:11 : 11 May burning coals fall upon them; may they be thrown into the fire, into deep pits, never to rise again.
  • Prov 6:19 : 19 a false witness who pours out lies, and one who stirs up conflict among brothers.
  • Prov 10:12 : 12 Hatred stirs up conflict, but love covers all offenses.
  • Prov 10:18 : 18 The one who conceals hatred has lying lips, and whoever spreads slander is a fool.
  • Prov 14:17 : 17 A quick-tempered person does foolish things, and one who devises evil is hated.
  • Prov 18:8 : 8 The words of a slanderer are like tasty morsels; they go down into the innermost parts of the body.
  • Prov 19:12 : 12 A king’s rage is like the roar of a lion, but his favor is like dew on the grass.
  • Prov 25:23 : 23 As the north wind brings rain, so a sly tongue brings angry looks.
  • 1 Tim 5:13 : 13 At the same time, they also learn to be idle, going around from house to house. Not only idle, but also gossips and busybodies, saying things they should not.
  • 2 Tim 2:23 : 23 But avoid foolish and ignorant controversies, because you know they breed quarrels.
  • 2 Tim 3:3 : 3 They will be unloving, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, and hostile to what is good.
  • Titus 1:7 : 7 For an overseer, as God’s steward, must be blameless—not arrogant, not hot-tempered, not given to drunkenness, not violent, and not greedy for dishonest gain.
  • Titus 2:3 : 3 Likewise, older women are to be reverent in behavior, not slanderers, not enslaved to much wine, teachers of good things.
  • 2 Pet 2:10-11 : 10 especially those who follow the corrupt desires of the flesh and despise authority. They are bold and arrogant, and they are unafraid to slander celestial beings. 11 Yet even angels, who are greater in strength and power, do not bring a slanderous judgment against such beings before the Lord.
  • 1 John 3:12 : 12 Not like Cain, who was from the evil one and killed his brother. And why did he kill him? Because his deeds were evil and his brother’s were righteous.
  • 1 John 3:15 : 15 Everyone who hates their brother or sister is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life abiding in them.
  • Jude 1:8-9 : 8 In the same way, these people also, relying on their dreams, defile their flesh, reject authority, and blaspheme glorious beings. 9 But Michael the archangel, when he disputed with the devil and argued about the body of Moses, did not dare to pronounce a blasphemous judgment, but said, 'The Lord rebuke you!' 10 These people speak abusively about what they do not understand, and what they do understand by instinct—like unreasoning animals—these are the very things that destroy them.
  • Rev 12:10 : 10 Then I heard a loud voice in heaven say: 'Now have come the salvation and the power and the kingdom of our God, and the authority of His Messiah. For the accuser of our siblings, who accuses them before our God day and night, has been hurled down.'

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    6Because of these things, the wrath of God is coming upon the sons of disobedience.

    7You also once walked in these ways, when you were living in them.

    8But now you must put away all these: anger, wrath, malice, slander, and filthy language from your mouth.

    9Do not lie to one another, since you have put off the old self with its practices,

  • Eph 4:32
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    32Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving one another, just as God also forgave you in Christ.

  • Eph 4:22-27
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    22You were taught to put off your former way of life, the old self, which is corrupted by deceitful desires,

    23to be renewed in the spirit of your minds,

    24and to put on the new self, which is created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness.

    25Therefore, putting away falsehood, speak the truth, each one to his neighbor, because we are members of one another.

    26Be angry and do not sin; do not let the sun go down on your anger,

    27and do not give the devil an opportunity.

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    1Therefore, rid yourselves of all malice, all deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and every kind of slander.

  • Eph 4:29-30
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    29No foul language should come from your mouth, but only what is good for building up someone in need, so that it gives grace to those who hear.

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    12Therefore, as God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience.

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    2Speak evil of no one, avoid quarrels, be gentle, and show perfect courtesy to everyone.

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    2with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love,

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    8Finally, all of you be like-minded and sympathetic, love one another as brothers and sisters, be tenderhearted and humble.

    9Do not repay evil for evil or insult for insult, but on the contrary, give a blessing, because to this you were called, so that you may inherit a blessing.

    10For the one who wants to love life and to see good days must keep his tongue from evil and his lips from speaking deceit.

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    29They have become filled with every kind of unrighteousness, wickedness, greed, and malice. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, and malice. They are gossips,

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    8Cease from anger and abandon wrath; do not fret—it only leads to evil.

  • Eph 5:6-7
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    6Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of these things the wrath of God is coming upon the sons of disobedience.

    7Therefore, do not be partners with them.

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    4They are surprised that you do not join them in their reckless, wild living, and they heap abuse on you.

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    14Pursue peace with everyone, and holiness, without which no one will see the Lord.

    15See to it that no one falls short of the grace of God and that no root of bitterness springs up to cause trouble and defile many.

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    8Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins.

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    6Let your speech always be gracious, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how you ought to answer each person.

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    19My beloved brothers and sisters, let every person be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to anger.

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    24Put away from you a deceitful mouth, and keep corrupt speech far from you.

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    14Their mouths are full of curses and bitterness.

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    3But sexual immorality, all impurity, or greed must not even be mentioned among you, as is proper for saints.

    4Nor should there be filthiness, foolish talk, or crude joking, which are not fitting, but rather thanksgiving.

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    16Therefore, do not let what you know is good be spoken of as evil.

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    15See that no one repays evil for evil to anyone, but always pursue what is good, both for one another and for everyone.

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    14Do everything without grumbling or arguing,

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    23For I see that you are full of bitterness and captive to sin.

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    8Let your speech be sound and beyond reproach, so that any opponent may be ashamed, having nothing bad to say about us.

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    19Husbands, love your wives and do not be harsh with them.

  • Col 1:21
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    21And you, who were once alienated and hostile in your minds because of your evil deeds,

  • Rom 12:18
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    18If it is possible, as far as it depends on you, live at peace with everyone.

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