Matthew 5:22

A Conservative Version

But I say to you, that every man who is angry at his brother without cause will be liable to the judgment, and whoever speaks an insult to his brother will be liable to the council, and whoever says, Foolish man, will be liable to

Cross References

1 John 2:9

He who claims to be in the light, and hates his brother, is in the darkness until now.

James 3:6

And the tongue is a fire, the world of unrighteousness. Thus, the tongue is made to lead among our body-parts, defiling the whole body, and setting the cycle of nature on fire, and being set on fire by hell.

Titus 3:2

to slander no man, to be noncontentious, meek, showing all mildness to all men.

Matthew 10:28

And be not afraid of those who kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul. But rather fear him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.

Matthew 18:35

So also my heavenly Father will do to you, if ye do not forgive each man his brother, from your hearts, their trespasses.

1 Peter 3:9

not rendering evil for evil, or reviling for reviling, but instead giving praise, knowing that ye were called for this, so that ye might inherit a blessing.

Romans 12:10

with brotherly love toward each other, affectionate, leading each other in recognition,

1 Peter 2:23

Who, being reviled, did not revile in return. Suffering, he did not threaten, but yielded to him who judges righteously.

Matthew 18:21

Then Peter having come to him, he said, Lord, how often will my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? Until seven times?

Psalm 109:3

They have also encompassed me about with words of hatred, and fought against me without a cause.

Psalm 37:8

Cease from anger, and forsake wrath. Fret not thyself, [it tends] only to evil-doing.

Jude 1:9

But Michael the arch-agent, when he disputed with the devil, contending about the body of Moses, dared not bring a railing judgment, but said, May Lord rebuke thee.

1 John 3:10

By this the children of God are visible, and the children of the devil. Every man not doing righteousness is not of God, and he who is not loving his brother.

Acts 17:18

And also some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers encountered him. And some said, Whatever does this babbler want to say? But others, He seems to be a proclaimer of strange deities, because he brought the good-news--Jesus and t

1 Thessalonians 4:6

not to transgress and to cheat his brother in the affair, because the Lord is vengeful about all these things, as also we forewarned you and solemnly testified.

Mark 14:55

Now the chief priests and the whole council sought testimony against Jesus in order to put him to death, and did not find it.

Matthew 26:59

Now the chief priests and the elders and the whole council sought FALSE testimony against Jesus, so that they might put him to death,

Deuteronomy 15:11

For the poor will never cease out of the land. Therefore I command thee, saying, Thou shall surely open thy hand to thy brother, to thy needy, and to thy poor, in thy land.

John 11:47

Therefore the chief priests and the Pharisees gathered a council, and said, What are we doing? Because this man does many signs.

Revelation 20:14

And death and Hades were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death, the lake of fire.

Acts 7:37

This is the Moses who said to the sons of Israel, Lord our God will raise up a prophet for you, from your brothers, like me.

Luke 12:5

But I will show you whom ye should fear. Fear him, who, after killing, has power to cast into hell. Yes, I say to you, fear ye him.

Matthew 5:44

But I say to you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who mistreat you and persecute you,

Matthew 5:34

But I say to you, not to swear at all, neither by heaven, because it is the throne of God,

Matthew 3:17

And lo, a voice out of the heavens, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.

Obadiah 1:10

Shame shall cover thee for the violence done to thy brother Jacob, and thou shall be cut off forever.

Proverbs 14:16

A wise man fears, and departs from evil, but the fool bears himself insolently, and is confident.

Psalm 7:4

if I have rewarded evil to him who was at peace with me, (yea, I have delivered him without cause who was my adversary),

Genesis 37:4

And his brothers saw that their father loved him more than all his brothers. And they hated him, and could not speak peaceably to him.

1 John 5:16

If any man may see his brother sinning a sin not toward death, he will ask, and he will give life to him, to those not sinning toward death. There is sin toward death. I do not say that he should make request about that.

James 2:20

But do thou want to know, O vain man, that faith apart from works is dead?

Hebrews 12:25

Watch, that ye not refuse him who speaks. For if those men did not escape, having refused him who spoke a divine message on earth, much more we, those who turn away from him from the heavens,

Hebrews 5:9

And having been fully perfected, he became the source of eternal salvation to all those who obey him,

1 Corinthians 6:10

nor greedy men, nor thieves, nor drunkards, nor the slanderous, nor the predatory will inherit the kingdom of God.

1 Corinthians 6:6

But brother goes to law against brother, and this before unbelievers?

Acts 5:27

And having brought them, they placed them in the council. And the high priest demanded them,

John 15:25

But, that the word that is written in their law may be fulfilled, They hated me without cause.

John 8:48

Therefore the Jews answered and said to him, Do we not say well that thou are a Samaritan, and have a demon?

John 7:20

The multitude answered and said, Thou have a demon. Who seeks to kill thee?

Mark 15:1

And straightaway in the morning the chief priests with the elders and scholars and the whole council, having made a plan, after binding Jesus, they took him away, and delivered him up to Pilate.

Matthew 25:41

Then he will also say to those at the left hand, Depart from me, ye accursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his agents.

Matthew 23:33

Ye serpents, ye offspring of vipers, how will ye escape from the damnation of hell?

Matthew 23:15

Woe to you, scholars and Pharisees, hypocrites! Because ye encompass the sea and the land to make one proselyte, and when it happens, ye make him twice more a son of hell than yourselves.

Matthew 17:5

While he was still speaking, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them. And lo, a voice out of the cloud, saying, This is my beloved Son in whom I am well pleased. Hear ye him.

Matthew 12:24

But when the Pharisees heard it, they said, This man does not cast out demons, except by Beelzebub the ruler of the demons.

Matthew 10:17

But beware of men, for they will deliver you up to councils, and they will scourge you in their synagogues,

Obadiah 1:12

But look not thou on the day of thy brother in the day of his disaster, and rejoice not over the sons of Judah in the day of their destruction, nor speak proudly in the day of distress.

Daniel 3:19

Then Nebuchadnezzar was full of fury, and the form of his visage was changed against Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. [Therefore] he spoke, and commanded that they should heat the furnace seven times more than it was accustomed to

Daniel 3:13

Then Nebuchadnezzar in [his] rage and fury commanded to bring Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. Then they brought these men before the king.

Lamentations 3:52

They have chased me grievously like a bird, those who are my enemies without cause.

Jeremiah 17:11

As the partridge that sits on [eggs] which she has not laid, so is he who gets riches, and not by right. In the midst of his days they shall leave him, and at his end he shall be a fool.

Proverbs 18:6

A fool's lips enter into contention, and his mouth calls for stripes.

Psalm 92:6

A brutish man knows not, nor does a fool understand this.

Psalm 69:4

Those who hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of my head. Those who would cut me off, being my enemies wrongfully, are mighty. That which I took not away I have to restore.

Psalm 49:10

For he shall see it. Wise men die. The fool and the brutish alike perish, and leave their wealth to others.

Psalm 35:19

Let not those who are my enemies wrongfully rejoice over me. Neither let them wink with the eye who hate me without a cause.

Psalm 25:3

Yea, none who wait for thee shall be put to shame. They shall be put to shame who deal treacherously without cause.

Psalm 14:1

The fool has said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt. They have done abominable works. There is none that does good.

Nehemiah 5:8

And I said to them, According to our ability we have redeemed our brothers the Jews, who were sold to the nations, and would ye even sell your brothers, and should they be sold to us? Then they were silent, and found not a word.

2 Chronicles 16:10

Then Asa was angry with the seer, and put him in the prison-house. For he was in a rage with him because of this thing. And Asa oppressed some of the people at the same time.

1 Kings 21:4

And Ahab came into his house heavy and displeased because of the word which Naboth the Jezreelite had spoken to him, for he had said, I will not give thee the inheritance of my fathers. And he laid himself down upon his bed, and tu

2 Samuel 16:7

And thus said Shimei when he cursed, Begone, begone, thou man of blood, and base fellow.

2 Samuel 6:20

Then David returned to bless his household. And Michal the daughter of Saul came out to meet David, and said, How glorious was the king of Israel today, who uncovered himself today in the eyes of the handmaids of his servants as on

Genesis 37:8

And his brothers said to him, Shall thou indeed reign over us? Or shall thou indeed have dominion over us? And they hated him yet the more for his dreams, and for his words.

Deuteronomy 16:18

Thou shall make judges and officers for thee in all thy gates, which LORD thy God gives thee, according to thy tribes, and they shall judge the people with righteous judgment.

2 Chronicles 19:5

And he set judges in the land throughout all the fortified cities of Judah, city by city,

Luke 22:66

And when it became day, the eldership of the people, the chief priests, and the scholars, came together, and led him into their council, saying,

Acts 4:15

But after commanding them to go outside of the council, they conferred among each other,

Acts 5:21

And having heard, they entered into the temple at early morning, and taught. But the high priest having arrived, and those with him, they called the council together, and all the senate of the sons of Israel. And they sent to the p

Acts 6:12

And they incited the people, and the elders, and the scholars. And after approaching, they seized him, and brought him to the council.

Acts 6:15

And all who sat in the council, having gazed upon him, saw his face like a face of a heavenly agent.

Acts 22:30

But on the morrow, wanting to know the certainty of why he was accused by the Jews, he loosed him from the bonds, and commanded the chief priests and all their council to come. And having brought Paul down, he set him before them.

Acts 23:1

And Paul, after looking intently at the council, said, Men, brothers, I have been a citizen in all good conscience to God until this day.

Acts 24:20

Or let these men themselves say what wrongdoing they found in me, having stood before the council,