Ephesians 4:31

Bishops' Bible (1568)

Let all bytternesse, and fiercenesse, & wrath, and crying, and euyll speakyng, be put away from you, with all maliciousnesse.

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  • Col 3:8 : 8 But nowe put ye of also all, wrath, fiercenesse, maliciousnesse, blasphemie, filthie comunication out of your mouth.
  • Eccl 7:9 : 9 Be not hastyly angrie in thy minde: for wrath resteth in the bosome of fooles.
  • 1 Pet 2:1 : 1 Wherefore lay asyde all maliciousnesse, and all guile, and faynednesse, and enuie, and all backbityng,
  • Eph 4:26 : 26 Be ye angry, and sinne not, let not the sunne go downe vpon your wrath,
  • Titus 3:2-3 : 2 To blaspheme no man, to be no fyghters, but gentle, shewyng all mekenesse vnto all men. 3 For we our selues also were some tyme foolyshe, disobedient, deceaued, seruyng diuers lustes & voluptuousnes, lyuyng in maliciousnesse and enuie, full of hate, hatyng one another.
  • Jas 1:19 : 19 Wherfore my deare brethre, let euery man be swyft to heare, slowe to speake, slowe to wrath.
  • Col 3:19 : 19 Husbandes, loue your wyues, and be not bitter agaynst them:
  • Prov 26:20 : 20 Where no wood is, there the fire goeth out: euen so where the talebearer is taken away, there the strife ceasseth.
  • Jas 3:14-4:2 : 14 But yf ye haue bitter enuiyng & strife in your hearte, glorie not, neither be lyers agaynst the trueth. 15 For such wisdome descendeth not fro aboue: but is earthlie, sensuall, and deuelishe. 16 For where enuiyng and strife is, there is sedition & all maner of euyll workes. 17 But the wisdome that is from aboue, is first pure, then peaseable, gentle, and easie to be entreated, full of mercie and good fruites, without iudgyng, without simulation: 18 Yea, and the fruite of ryghteousnes is sowen in peace, of the that make peace. 1 From whence cometh warre and fightyng among you? come they not here hence, euen of your lustes that fight in your members? 2 Ye lust, and haue not: Ye enuie, and haue indignation, and can not obtayne: Ye fyght and warre, ye haue not, because ye aske not.
  • Jas 4:11 : 11 Backbite not one another brethren. He that backbiteth his brother, and he that iudgeth his brother, backbiteth ye lawe, and iudgeth the lawe: But and yf thou iudge the lawe, thou art not an obseruer of the lawe, but a iudge.
  • 1 Cor 14:20 : 20 Brethren, be not chyldren in wytte: Howbeit, as concerning maliciousnesse, be chyldren: but in wytte, be perfect.
  • 2 Cor 12:20 : 20 For I feare lest when I come, I shall not fynde you such as I woulde: and that I shalbe founde vnto you, such as ye woulde not: lest there be debates, enuyinges, wrathes, strifes, backbitinges, whisperinges, swellinges, & seditions:
  • Gal 5:20 : 20 Worshippyng of images, witchcrafte, hatred, variaunce, zeale, wrath, strife, seditions, sectes,
  • 1 Tim 6:4-5 : 4 He is puft vp, knowyng nothing, but dotyng about questions and strifes of wordes, wherof commeth enuie, stryfe, raylynges, euyll surmysynges, 5 Uayne disputations of men of corrupte myndes, destitute of the trueth, thynkyng lucre to be godlynesse. From suche be thou separate.
  • Prov 26:24-25 : 24 An enemie wyll dissemble with his lippes, and layeth vp deceipt in his heart. 25 But when he speaketh fayre, beleue hym not: for there are seuen abhominations in his heart.
  • Prov 29:9 : 9 If a wise man contendeth with a foole: whether he be angry or laugh, there is no rest.
  • Prov 29:22 : 22 An angry man stirreth vp strife, and he that beareth euyll will in his mynde doth much euyll.
  • 1 Tim 3:3 : 3 Not geuen to ouermuch wine, no striker, not greedy of fylthy lucre: but gentle, abhorryng fyghtyng, abhorryng couetousnesse:
  • 1 Tim 3:11 : 11 Euen so must their wyues be graue, not euyll speakers, sober, faythfull in all thynges.
  • Jer 6:28 : 28 For they are all stubborne apostates and fallen away, walking deceiptfully, they are cleane brasse and iron, for they hurt and destroy euery man.
  • Jer 9:4 : 4 Yea, one must kepe hym selfe from another, no man may safely trust his owne brother: for one brother vndermindeth another, one neighbour beguileth another.
  • Acts 19:28-29 : 28 And when they hearde these sayinges, they were full of wrath, and cryed out, saying: great is Diana of ye Ephesians. 29 And all the citie was on a rore, & they russhed into the common hall with one assent, and caught Gaius & Aristarcus, men of Macedonia, Paules companions.
  • Acts 21:30 : 30 And all the citie was moued, and the people swarmed together: And they toke Paul & drewe hym out of the temple, & foorthwith the doores were shut.
  • Acts 22:22-23 : 22 And they gaue him audience vnto this worde, and then lift vp their voyces and sayde: away with suche a felowe from the earth, for it is no reason yt he shoulde lyue. 23 And as they cryed, and caste of their clothes, and threwe dust into the ayre,
  • Rom 1:29-30 : 29 Beyng full of all vnrighteousnes, fornication, craftynesse, couetousnes, maliciousnes, full of enuie, murther, debate, deceite, euyll conditioned, whysperers, 30 Backbyters, haters of God, dispiteful, proude, boasters, bryngers vp of euyll thinges, disobedient to father & mother:
  • Rom 3:14 : 14 Whose mouth is full of cursyng and bytternesse.
  • 1 Cor 5:8 : 8 Therefore let vs kepe holy day, not with old leauen, neither with the leauen of maliciousnes and wickednesse, but with the vnleauened bread of purenesse and trueth.
  • Gen 4:8 : 8 And Cain talked with Habel his brother: and it came to passe when they were in the fielde, Cain rose vp agaynst Habel his brother, & slewe him.
  • Gen 27:41 : 41 And Esau hated Iacob, because of the blessyng that his father blessed hym withall. And Esau sayde in his heart: The dayes of sorowyng for my father are at hande, then wyll I slaye my brother Iacob.
  • Gen 37:4 : 4 And when his brethren saw that their father loued hym more then all his brethren, they hated hym, and coulde not speake peaceably vnto hym.
  • Gen 37:21 : 21 When Ruben hearde that, he ryd hym out of their handes, and sayde: let vs not kyll hym.
  • Lev 19:16-18 : 16 Thou shalt not go vp and downe with tales among thy people, neither shalt thou stande agaynst the blood of thy neighbour: I am the Lorde. 17 Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thyne heart, but shalt in any wyse rebuke thy neighbour, & suffer not sinne vpon hym. 18 Thou shalt not auenge nor wayte to do displeasure agaynst the chyldren of thy people, but shalt loue thy neighbour euen as thy selfe: I am the Lorde.
  • 2 Sam 13:22 : 22 And Absalom sayde vnto his brother Amnon neither good nor bad: Howbeit, Absalom hated Amnon, because he had forced his sister Thamar.
  • 2 Sam 19:27 : 27 And he hath accused thy seruaunt vnto my lorde the king, and my lorde the king is as an angell of God: do therfore what seemeth good in thine eyes.
  • 2 Sam 19:43-20:2 : 43 And the men of Israel aunswered the men of Iuda, and saide: We haue ten partes in the king, and haue thereto more ryght to Dauid then ye: Why then did ye despise vs, that our aduise should not be first had, in restoring our king? And the wordes of the men of Iuda were fiercer the the wordes of the men of Israel. 1 When there came thither a certaine man of Belial, named Seba, the sonne of Bichri, a man of Iemini, he blew a trumpet, and said: we haue no part in Dauid, neither haue we inheritaunce in the sonne of Isai: euery man to his tentes, O Israel. 2 And so euery man of Israel went fro Dauid, and folowed Seba the sonne of Bichri: But the men of Iuda claue fast vnto their king from Iordane to Hierusalem.
  • Ps 15:3 : 3 He that backbyteth not with his tongue: nor doth any euil to his felowe, nor rayseth a slaunder vpon his neyghbour.
  • Ps 50:20 : 20 Thou sattest and spakedst agaynst thy brother: yea and hast slaundered thine owne mothers sonne.
  • Ps 64:3 : 3 Who haue whet their tongue lyke a sword: who haue drawne their arrow, euen a bitter worde.
  • Ps 101:5 : 5 I will destroy him who priuily slaundereth his neighbour: I wyll not suffer hym who hath a proude loke and a great stomacke.
  • Ps 140:11 : 11 A man full of tongue can not prosper vpon the earth: euyll shall hunt the outragious person to ouerthrowe him.
  • Prov 6:19 : 19 A false witnesse that bringeth vp lyes, and hym that soweth discorde among brethren.
  • Prov 10:12 : 12 Hatred stirreth vp strifes: but loue couereth the multitude of sinnes.
  • Prov 10:18 : 18 He that hydeth hatred with lying lippes, and he that speaketh slaunder, is a foole.
  • Prov 14:17 : 17 An vnpatient man dealeth foolishly: but he that is well aduised, is hated of the foole.
  • Prov 18:8 : 8 The wordes of a slaunderer are very woundes, and go through vnto the innermost partes of the body.
  • Prov 19:12 : 12 The kynges displeasure is lyke the roaryng of a Lion: but his fauour is lyke the deawe vpon the grasse.
  • Prov 25:23 : 23 The northwinde dryueth away the rayne: euen so doth an angry countenaunce a backbiters tongue.
  • 1 Tim 5:13 : 13 They learne to wander about from house to house idle: yea not idle only, but also tatlers and busybodies, speakyng thynges which are not comely.
  • 2 Tim 2:23 : 23 But foolishe & vnlearned questions put from thee, knowyng that they do but gender strife.
  • 2 Tim 3:3 : 3 Without naturall affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, riotous, fierce, despisers of them which are good,
  • Titus 1:7 : 7 For a bishop must be blamelesse, as the stewarde of God: not stubborne, not angry, not geuen to wyne, no striker, not geuen to filthie lucre:
  • Titus 2:3 : 3 The elder women lykewyse, that they be in such behauiour as becometh holynesse, not false accusers, not geuen to much wine, teachers of good thinges,
  • 2 Pet 2:10-11 : 10 But chiefely them that walke after the fleshe in the lust of vncleanenesse, and despise auctoritie. Presumptious are they, and stande in their owne conceyte, whiche feare not to speake euyl of them that excell in worship. 11 When the Angels whiche are greater both in power and might, geue not raylyng iudgement against them before the Lorde.
  • 1 John 3:12 : 12 Not as Cain, which was of that wicked, and slewe his brother: And wherfore slewe he hym? Because his owne workes were euyll, and his brothers good.
  • 1 John 3:15 : 15 Whosoeuer hateth his brother, is a manslear: And ye knowe that no manslear, hath eternall life abidyng in hym.
  • Jude 1:8-9 : 8 Lykewyse, these beyng deceaued by dreames, defyle the flesh, despise rulers, and speake euyll of them that are in aucthoritie. 9 Yet Michael the Archangel, when he stroue agaynst the deuyll, and disputed about the body of Moyses, durst not geue raylyng sentence, but sayde, the Lorde rebuke thee. 10 But these speake euyl of those thinges which they knowe not: & what thinges they know naturally, as beastes which are without reason, in those thynges they corrupt them selues.
  • Rev 12:10 : 10 And I hearde a loude voyce saying in heauen: Nowe is made saluation, & strength, & the kingdome of our God, & the power of his Christ: For the accuser of our brethren is cast downe, which accused them before our God day & nyght,

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