Ephesians 4:31
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Get rid of all bitterness, rage and anger, outcry and slander, along with every form of malice.”
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“Get rid of all bitterness, rage and anger, outcry and slander, along with every form of malice.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice:”
King James Version · Public Domain“Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamor, and railing, be put away from you, with all malice:”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil-speaking, be put away from you, with all malice,”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Ephesians 4:31 — 24 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 4:8Then Cain said to his brother Abel, “Let us go out to the field.” And while they were in the field, Cain rose up against his brother Abel and killed him.
- Genesis 27:41Esau held a grudge against Jacob because of the blessing his father had given him. And Esau said in his heart, “The days of mourning for my father are at hand; then I will kill my brother Jacob.”
- Genesis 37:4When Joseph’s brothers saw that their father loved him more than any of them, they hated him and could not speak a kind word to him.
- Genesis 37:21When Reuben heard this, he tried to rescue Joseph from their hands. “Let us not take his life,” he said.
- Leviticus 19:16You must not go about spreading slander among your people. You must not endanger the life of your neighbor. I am the LORD.
- 2 Samuel 13:22And Absalom never said a word to Amnon, either good or bad, because he hated Amnon for disgracing his sister Tamar.
- 2 Samuel 19:27and he has slandered your servant to my lord the king. Yet my lord the king is like the angel of God, so do what is good in your eyes.
- 2 Samuel 19:43“We have ten shares in the king,” answered the men of Israel, “so we have more claim to David than you. Why then do you despise us? Were we not the first to speak of restoring our king?” But the men of Judah pressed even harder than the men of Israel.
- Psalms 15:3who has no slander on his tongue, who does no harm to his neighbor, who casts no scorn on his friend,
- Psalms 50:20You sit and malign your brother; you slander your own mother’s son.
- Psalms 64:3who sharpen their tongues like swords and aim their bitter words like arrows,
- Psalms 101:5Whoever slanders his neighbor in secret, I will put to silence; the one with haughty eyes and a proud heart, I will not endure.
- Psalms 140:11May no slanderer be established in the land; may calamity hunt down the man of violence.
- Proverbs 6:19a false witness who gives false testimony, and one who stirs up discord among brothers.
- Proverbs 10:12Hatred stirs up dissension, but love covers all transgressions.
- Proverbs 10:18The one who conceals hatred has lying lips, and whoever spreads slander is a fool.
- Proverbs 14:17A quick-tempered man acts foolishly, and a devious man is hated.
- Proverbs 18:8The words of a gossip are like choice morsels that go down into the inmost being.
- Proverbs 19:12A king’s rage is like the roar of a lion, but his favor is like dew on the grass.
- Proverbs 25:23As the north wind brings forth rain, so a backbiting tongue brings angry looks.
- Proverbs 26:20Without wood, a fire goes out; without gossip, a conflict ceases.
- Proverbs 26:24A hateful man disguises himself with his speech, but he lays up deceit in his heart.
- Proverbs 29:9If a wise man goes to court with a fool, there will be raving and laughing with no resolution.
- Proverbs 29:22An angry man stirs up dissension, and a hot-tempered man abounds in transgression.
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