Matthew 5:22

American King James Version (1999)

But I say to you, That whoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment: and whoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council: but whoever shall say, You fool, shall be in danger of hell fire.

Cross References

Genesis 37:4

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

Genesis 37:8

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

2 Samuel 16:7

And thus said Shimei when he cursed, Come out, come out, you bloody man, and you man of Belial:

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 to day, who uncovered himself to day in the eyes of the handmaids of his servants, as one of the vain fellows shamelessly uncovers himself!

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 you the inheritance of my fathers. And he laid him down on his bed, and turned away his face, and would eat no bread.

2 Chronicles 16:10

Then Asa was wroth with the seer, and put him in a prison house; for he was in a rage with him because of this thing. And Asa oppressed some of the people the same time.

2 Chronicles 19:5

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

Nehemiah 5:8

And I said to them, We after our ability have redeemed our brothers the Jews, which were sold to the heathen; and will you even sell your brothers? or shall they be sold to us? Then held they their peace, and found nothing to answer.

Psalm 109:3

They compassed me about also with words of hatred; and fought against me without a 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.

Psalm 25:3

Yes, let none that wait on you be ashamed: let them be ashamed which transgress without cause.

Psalm 35:19

Let not them that are my enemies wrongfully rejoice over me: neither let them wink with the eye that hate me without a cause.

Psalm 37:8

Cease from anger, and forsake wrath: fret not yourself in any wise to do evil.

Psalm 49:10

For he sees that wise men die, likewise the fool and the brutish person perish, and leave their wealth to others.

Psalm 69:4

They that hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of my head: they that would destroy me, being my enemies wrongfully, are mighty: then I restored that which I took not away.

Psalm 7:4

If I have rewarded evil to him that was at peace with me; (yes, I have delivered him that without cause is my enemy:)

Psalm 92:6

A brutish man knows not; neither does a fool understand this.

Proverbs 14:16

A wise man fears, and departs from evil: but the fool rages, and is confident.

Proverbs 18:6

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

Jeremiah 17:11

As the partridge sits on eggs, and hatches them not; so he that gets riches, and not by right, shall leave them in the middle of his days, and at his end shall be a fool.

Lamentations 3:52

My enemies chased me sore, like a bird, without cause.

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.

Daniel 3:19

Then was Nebuchadnezzar 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 one seven times more than it was wont to be heated.

Obadiah 1:10

For your violence against your brother Jacob shame shall cover you, and you shall be cut off for ever.

Obadiah 1:12

But you should not have looked on the day of your brother in the day that he became a stranger; neither should you have rejoiced over the children of Judah in the day of their destruction; neither should you have spoken proudly in the day of distress.

Matthew 10:17

But beware of men: for they will deliver you up to the councils, and they will whip you in their synagogues;

Matthew 10:28

And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.

Matthew 12:24

But when the Pharisees heard it, they said, This fellow does not cast out devils, but by Beelzebub the prince of the devils.

Matthew 17:5

While he yet spoke, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them: and behold a voice out of the cloud, which said, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased; hear you him.

Matthew 18:21

Then came Peter to him, and said, Lord, how oft shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? till seven times?

Matthew 18:35

So likewise shall my heavenly Father do also to you, if you from your hearts forgive not every one his brother their trespasses.

Matthew 23:15

Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for you compass sea and land to make one proselyte, and when he is made, you make him twofold more the child of hell than yourselves.

Matthew 23:33

You serpents, you generation of vipers, how can you escape the damnation of hell?

Matthew 25:41

Then shall he say also to them on the left hand, Depart from me, you cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels:

Matthew 26:59

Now the chief priests, and elders, and all the council, sought false witness against Jesus, to put him to death;

Matthew 3:17

And see a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.

Matthew 5:34

But I say to you, Swear not at all; neither by heaven; for it is God's throne:

Matthew 5:44

But I say to you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which spitefully use you, and persecute you;

Mark 14:55

And the chief priests and all the council sought for witness against Jesus to put him to death; and found none.

Mark 15:1

And straightway in the morning the chief priests held a consultation with the elders and scribes and the whole council, and bound Jesus, and carried him away, and delivered him to Pilate.

Luke 12:5

But I will forewarn you whom you shall fear: Fear him, which after he has killed has power to cast into hell; yes, I say to you, Fear him.

Luke 22:66

And as soon as it was day, the elders of the people and the chief priests and the scribes came together, and led him into their council, saying,

John 11:47

Then gathered the chief priests and the Pharisees a council, and said, What do we? for this man does many miracles.

John 15:25

But this comes to pass, that the word might be fulfilled that is written in their law, They hated me without a cause.

John 7:20

The people answered and said, You have a devil: who goes about to kill you?

John 8:48

Then answered the Jews, and said to him, Say we not well that you are a Samaritan, and have a devil?

Acts 17:18

Then certain philosophers of the Epicureans, and of the Stoicks, encountered him. And some said, What will this babbler say? other some, He seems to be a setter forth of strange gods: because he preached to them Jesus, and the resurrection.

Acts 22:30

On the morrow, because he would have known the certainty why he was accused of the Jews, he loosed him from his bands, and commanded the chief priests and all their council to appear, and brought Paul down, and set him before them.

Acts 23:1

And Paul, earnestly beholding the council, said, Men and brothers, I have lived in all good conscience before God until this day.

Acts 24:20

Or else let these same here say, if they have found any evil doing in me, while I stood before the council,

Acts 4:15

But when they had commanded them to go aside out of the council, they conferred among themselves,

Acts 5:21

And when they heard that, they entered into the temple early in the morning, and taught. But the high priest came, and they that were with him, and called the council together, and all the senate of the children of Israel, and sent to the prison to have them brought.

Acts 5:27

And when they had brought them, they set them before the council: and the high priest asked them,

Acts 6:12

And they stirred up the people, and the elders, and the scribes, and came on him, and caught him, and brought him to the council,

Acts 6:15

And all that sat in the council, looking steadfastly on him, saw his face as it had been the face of an angel.

Acts 7:37

This is that Moses, which said to the children of Israel, A prophet shall the Lord your God raise up to you of your brothers, like to me; him shall you hear.

Romans 12:10

Be kindly affectionate one to another with brotherly love; in honor preferring one another;

1 Corinthians 6:10

Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortionists, shall inherit the kingdom of God.

1 Corinthians 6:6

But brother goes to law with brother, and that before the unbelievers.

Deuteronomy 15:11

For the poor shall never cease out of the land: therefore I command you, saying, You shall open your hand wide to your brother, to your poor, and to your needy, in your land.

Deuteronomy 16:18

Judges and officers shall you make you in all your gates, which the LORD your God gives you, throughout your tribes: and they shall judge the people with just judgment.

1 Thessalonians 4:6

That no man go beyond and defraud his brother in any matter: because that the Lord is the avenger of all such, as we also have forewarned you and testified.

Titus 3:2

To speak evil of no man, to be no brawlers, but gentle, showing all meekness to all men.

Hebrews 12:25

See that you refuse not him that speaks. For if they escaped not who refused him that spoke on earth, much more shall not we escape, if we turn away from him that speaks from heaven:

Hebrews 5:9

And being made perfect, he became the author of eternal salvation to all them that obey him;

James 2:20

But will you know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead?

James 3:6

And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our members, that it defiles the whole body, and sets on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire of hell.

1 Peter 2:23

Who, when he was reviled, reviled not again; when he suffered, he threatened not; but committed himself to him that judges righteously:

1 Peter 3:9

Not rendering evil for evil, or railing for railing: but contrariwise blessing; knowing that you are thereunto called, that you should inherit a blessing.

1 John 2:9

He that said he is in the light, and hates his brother, is in darkness even until now.

1 John 3:10

In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil: whoever does not righteousness is not of God, neither he that loves not his brother.

1 John 5:16

If any man see his brother sin a sin which is not to death, he shall ask, and he shall give him life for them that sin not to death. There is a sin to death: I do not say that he shall pray for it.

Jude 1:9

Yet Michael the archangel, when contending with the devil he disputed about the body of Moses, dared not bring against him a railing accusation, but said, The Lord rebuke you.

Revelation 20:14

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