Titus 3:2

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They must not slander anyone, but be peaceable, gentle, showing complete courtesy to all people.

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  • 2 Tim 2:24-25 : 24 And the Lord’s slave must not engage in heated disputes but be kind toward all, an apt teacher, patient, 25 correcting opponents with gentleness. Perhaps God will grant them repentance and then knowledge of the truth
  • 1 Tim 3:3 : 3 not a drunkard, not violent, but gentle, not contentious, free from the love of money.
  • Eph 4:31 : 31 You must put away all bitterness, anger, wrath, quarreling, and slanderous talk– indeed all malice.
  • Eph 4:2 : 2 with all humility and gentleness, with patience, putting up with one another in love,
  • Gal 6:1 : 1 Support One Another Brothers and sisters, if a person is discovered in some sin, you who are spiritual restore such a person in a spirit of gentleness. Pay close attention to yourselves, so that you are not tempted too.
  • Matt 11:29 : 29 Take my yoke on you and learn from me, because I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.
  • Col 3:12-13 : 12 Exhortation to Unity and Love Therefore, as the elect of God, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with a heart of mercy, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience, 13 bearing with one another and forgiving one another, if someone happens to have a complaint against anyone else. Just as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also forgive others.
  • Jas 1:19-20 : 19 Living Out the Message Understand this, my dear brothers and sisters! Let every person be quick to listen, slow to speak, slow to anger. 20 For human anger does not accomplish God’s righteousness.
  • Jas 3:17 : 17 But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, accommodating, full of mercy and good fruit, impartial, and not hypocritical.
  • Jas 4:11 : 11 Do not speak against one another, brothers and sisters. He who speaks against a fellow believer or judges a fellow believer speaks against the law and judges the law. But if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law but its judge.
  • 1 Pet 2:1 : 1 So get rid of all evil and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander.
  • 1 Pet 2:17-18 : 17 Honor all people, love the family of believers, fear God, honor the king. 18 Slaves, be subject to your masters with all reverence, not only to those who are good and gentle, but also to those who are perverse.
  • 1 Pet 3:8 : 8 Suffering for Doing Good Finally, all of you be harmonious, sympathetic, affectionate, compassionate, and humble.
  • 1 Pet 3:10 : 10 For the one who wants to love life and see good days must keep his tongue from evil and his lips from uttering deceit.
  • 1 Tim 3:11 : 11 Likewise also their wives must be dignified, not slanderous, temperate, faithful in every respect.
  • 1 Thess 5:14-15 : 14 And we urge you, brothers and sisters, admonish the undisciplined, comfort the discouraged, help the weak, be patient toward all. 15 See that no one pays back evil for evil to anyone, but always pursue what is good for one another and for all.
  • Gal 6:10 : 10 So then, whenever we have an opportunity, let us do good to all people, and especially to those who belong to the family of faith.
  • Prov 25:24 : 24 It is better to live on a corner of the housetop than in a house in company with a quarrelsome wife.
  • Gal 5:22 : 22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
  • Phil 4:5 : 5 Let everyone see your gentleness. The Lord is near!
  • Isa 40:11 : 11 Like a shepherd he tends his flock; he gathers up the lambs with his arm; he carries them close to his heart; he leads the ewes along.
  • Acts 23:5 : 5 Paul replied,“I did not realize, brothers, that he was the high priest, for it is written,‘You must not speak evil about a ruler of your people.’”
  • 1 Cor 6:10 : 10 thieves, the greedy, drunkards, the verbally abusive, and swindlers will not inherit the kingdom of God.
  • 1 Cor 9:19 : 19 For since I am free from all I can make myself a slave to all, in order to gain even more people.
  • 2 Cor 10:1 : 1 Paul’s Authority from the Lord Now I, Paul, appeal to you personally by the meekness and gentleness of Christ(I who am meek when present among you, but am full of courage toward you when away!)–
  • 2 Cor 12:20 : 20 For I am afraid that somehow when I come I will not find you what I wish, and you will find me not what you wish. I am afraid that somehow there may be quarreling, jealousy, intense anger, selfish ambition, slander, gossip, arrogance, and disorder.
  • 2 Sam 22:36 : 36 You give me your protective shield; your willingness to help enables me to prevail.
  • Ps 140:11 : 11 A slanderer will not endure on the earth; calamity will hunt down a violent man and strike him down.
  • Prov 6:19 : 19 a false witness who pours out lies, and a person who spreads discord among family members.
  • 1 Thess 2:7 : 7 although we could have imposed our weight as apostles of Christ; instead we became little children among you. Like a nursing mother caring for her own children,
  • 1 Pet 4:4 : 4 So they are astonished when you do not rush with them into the same flood of wickedness, and they vilify you.
  • 2 Pet 2:10 : 10 especially those who indulge their fleshly desires and who despise authority. Brazen and insolent, they are not afraid to insult the glorious ones,
  • Jude 1:8 : 8 Yet these men, as a result of their dreams, defile the flesh, reject authority, and insult the glorious ones.
  • Jude 1:10 : 10 But these men do not understand the things they slander, and they are being destroyed by the very things that, like irrational animals, they instinctively comprehend.
  • Prov 19:19 : 19 A person with great anger bears the penalty, but if you deliver him from it once, you will have to do it again.

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