Ephesians 4:31
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31 Get rid of(A) all bitterness, rage and anger, brawling and slander, along with every form of malice.(B)
Colossians 3:8
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8 But now you must also rid yourselves(A) of all such things as these: anger, rage, malice, slander,(B) and filthy language from your lips.(C)
Ecclesiastes 7:9
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Titus 3:2-3
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2 to slander no one,(A) to be peaceable and considerate, and always to be gentle toward everyone.
3 At one time(B) we too were foolish, disobedient, deceived and enslaved by all kinds of passions and pleasures. We lived in malice and envy, being hated and hating one another.
1 Peter 2:1
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2 Therefore, rid yourselves(A) of all malice and all deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and slander(B) of every kind.
James 1:19
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Listening and Doing
19 My dear brothers and sisters,(A) take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak(B) and slow to become angry,
Ephesians 4:26
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Footnotes
- Ephesians 4:26 Psalm 4:4 (see Septuagint)
James 3:14-4:2
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14 But if you harbor bitter envy and selfish ambition(A) in your hearts, do not boast about it or deny the truth.(B) 15 Such “wisdom” does not come down from heaven(C) but is earthly, unspiritual, demonic.(D) 16 For where you have envy and selfish ambition,(E) there you find disorder and every evil practice.
17 But the wisdom that comes from heaven(F) is first of all pure; then peace-loving,(G) considerate, submissive, full of mercy(H) and good fruit, impartial and sincere.(I) 18 Peacemakers(J) who sow in peace reap a harvest of righteousness.(K)
Submit Yourselves to God
4 What causes fights and quarrels(L) among you? Don’t they come from your desires that battle(M) within you? 2 You desire but do not have, so you kill.(N) You covet but you cannot get what you want, so you quarrel and fight. You do not have because you do not ask God.
Colossians 3:19
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19 Husbands, love your wives and do not be harsh with them.
Leviticus 19:16-18
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16 “‘Do not go about spreading slander(A) among your people.
“‘Do not do anything that endangers your neighbor’s life.(B) I am the Lord.
17 “‘Do not hate a fellow Israelite in your heart.(C) Rebuke your neighbor frankly(D) so you will not share in their guilt.
18 “‘Do not seek revenge(E) or bear a grudge(F) against anyone among your people,(G) but love your neighbor(H) as yourself.(I) I am the Lord.
1 John 3:12
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12 Do not be like Cain, who belonged to the evil one(A) and murdered his brother.(B) And why did he murder him? Because his own actions were evil and his brother’s were righteous.(C)
James 4:11
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11 Brothers and sisters, do not slander one another.(A) Anyone who speaks against a brother or sister[a] or judges them(B) speaks against the law(C) and judges it. When you judge the law, you are not keeping it,(D) but sitting in judgment on it.
Footnotes
- James 4:11 The Greek word for brother or sister (adelphos) refers here to a believer, whether man or woman, as part of God’s family.
Titus 1:7
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7 Since an overseer(A) manages God’s household,(B) he must be blameless—not overbearing, not quick-tempered, not given to drunkenness, not violent, not pursuing dishonest gain.(C)
Proverbs 26:20
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20 Without wood a fire goes out;
without a gossip a quarrel dies down.(A)
1 Timothy 5:13
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13 Besides, they get into the habit of being idle and going about from house to house. And not only do they become idlers, but also busybodies(A) who talk nonsense,(B) saying things they ought not to.
1 Timothy 3:11
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11 In the same way, the women[a] are to be worthy of respect, not malicious talkers(A) but temperate(B) and trustworthy in everything.
Footnotes
- 1 Timothy 3:11 Possibly deacons’ wives or women who are deacons
2 Corinthians 12:20
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1 Corinthians 14:20
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20 Brothers and sisters, stop thinking like children.(A) In regard to evil be infants,(B) but in your thinking be adults.
Romans 1:29-30
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29 They have become filled with every kind of wickedness, evil, greed and depravity. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit and malice. They are gossips,(A) 30 slanderers, God-haters, insolent, arrogant and boastful; they invent ways of doing evil; they disobey their parents;(B)
Proverbs 29:22
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22 An angry person stirs up conflict,
and a hot-tempered person commits many sins.(A)
Proverbs 14:17
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Proverbs 10:18
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18 Whoever conceals hatred with lying lips(A)
and spreads slander is a fool.
Proverbs 10:12
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12 Hatred stirs up conflict,
but love covers over all wrongs.(A)
Psalm 101:5
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1 Timothy 6:4-5
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4 they are conceited(A) and understand nothing. They have an unhealthy interest in controversies and quarrels about words(B) that result in envy, strife, malicious talk, evil suspicions 5 and constant friction between people of corrupt mind, who have been robbed of the truth(C) and who think that godliness is a means to financial gain.
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