Matthew 5:22

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But I tell you, anyone who is angry with his brother will be condemned as guilty. Whoever calls his brother an idiot has to answer to the council, but whoever verbally abuses others is liable to the fire of Gehenna.

Cross References

Genesis 37:4

When his brothers noticed that their father loved him more than any of them, they hated him and had nothing good to say about him.

Genesis 37:8

“Do you really think you're going to be our king?” they asked. “Do you honestly believe you're going to rule over us?” They hated him even more because of his dream and how he described it.

2 Samuel 16:7

“Get out of here, just get out, you murderer, you wicked man!” Shimei said as he cursed.

2 Samuel 6:20

When David got home to bless his family, Michal, Saul's daughter came out to meet him and said, “How distinguished the king of Israel made himself look today, taking off his robes so everyone's servant girls could see, just as somebody crude would expose himself!”

1 Kings 21:4

Ahab went home sulking and infuriated because Naboth from Jezreel had said, “I will not give you my forefathers' inheritance.” He went to bed, wouldn't look at anyone, and refused to eat.

2 Chronicles 16:10

Asa was angry with the seer. He was so angry with him over this that he put him in prison. At this same time Asa started to mistreat some of the people.

2 Chronicles 19:5

He appointed judges throughout the country, in all of the fortified towns of Judah.

Nehemiah 5:8

There I told them, “We have done as much as we can to buy back our Jewish brothers who were sold to foreigners, but now you are selling your own brothers as slaves! Are you expecting to sell them back to us?” They kept quiet because they couldn't think of anything to say.

Psalm 109:3

They surround me with words of hate, fighting against me for no reason.

Psalm 14:1

Only fools tell themselves, “God doesn't exist.” They are completely immoral; they commit terrible sins; not a single one of them does anything good.

Psalm 25:3

No one who trusts in you will be humiliated, but humiliation comes to those who are deliberately dishonest.

Psalm 35:19

Don't let my enemies take pleasure in my troubles, those people who hate me and tell lies about me, gloating over me for no reason.

Psalm 37:8

Give up your anger! Let go of your rage! Don't get mad—it only results in evil!

Psalm 49:10

Everyone knows that the wise die, those who are foolish and stupid too, leaving what they have to the next generation.

Psalm 69:4

Those who hate me for no reason are more than the number of hairs on my head. Many enemies try to destroy me by telling lies. How can I give back what I didn't steal?

Psalm 7:4

If I have paid back a friend with evil, if I have robbed my enemy for no reason,

Psalm 92:6

Only senseless people and fools don't know and understand this:

Proverbs 14:16

Wise people are careful and avoid evil, but stupid people are confidently reckless.

Proverbs 18:6

What stupid people say gets them into fights, as if they're asking for a beating.

Jeremiah 17:11

Like a partridge hatching eggs it didn't lay is someone who makes a fortune by cheating others. Their riches will fly away at midday, and in the end they'll look like a fool.

Lamentations 3:52

For no reason my enemies trapped me like a bird.

Daniel 3:13

This made Nebuchadnezzar absolutely furious. “Bring me Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego!” he demanded. So they were brought before the king.

Daniel 3:19

This made Nebuchadnezzar so angry with Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego that his face twisted in rage. “Make the furnace seven times hotter than normal!” he ordered.

Obadiah 1:10

Because of the violence you committed against your brothers, the descendants of Jacob, you will be totally ashamed of yourselves, and destroyed forever.

Obadiah 1:12

You should not have gloated over your brother's day of disaster. You should not have rejoiced over the day of destruction of the sons of Judah. You should not have boasted over the day of their distress.

Matthew 10:17

Watch out for those who will hand you over to be tried by town councils and will whip you in their synagogues.

Matthew 10:28

Don't be afraid of those who can kill you physically, but can't kill you spiritually. Instead, be afraid of the one who can destroy you physically and spiritually in Gehenna.

Matthew 12:24

But when the Pharisees heard this, they replied, “This man can only throw out demons through the power of Beelzebub, the chief of demons!”

Matthew 17:5

While he was still speaking, a bright cloud covered them. A voice came from the cloud, saying, “This is my son whom I love, who pleases me. Listen to him.”

Matthew 18:21

Peter came to Jesus and asked him, “Lord, how many times should I forgive my brother for sinning against me? Seven times?”

Matthew 18:35

This is what my heavenly Father will do to every one of you unless you sincerely forgive your brothers.”

Matthew 23:15

What a disaster is coming on you, religious teachers and Pharisees, you hypocrites! For you travel over land and sea to make a single convert, and when you do, you make him twice a son of Gehenna as you are yourselves.

Matthew 23:33

You snakes, you brood of vipers, how will you escape the judgment of Gehenna?

Matthew 25:41

He'll also say to those on his left, ‘Go away from me, you who are doomed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels!

Matthew 26:59

The chief priests and the whole council were trying to find some false evidence against Jesus so they could put him to death.

Matthew 3:17

A voice from heaven said, “This is my son whom I love, who pleases me.”

Matthew 5:34

But I tell you, don't swear at all. Don't swear by heaven, because it's the throne of God.

Matthew 5:44

But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you,

Mark 14:55

Inside the chief priests and the whole governing council were trying to find some evidence to have Jesus put to death, but they couldn't find anything.

Mark 15:1

Early the next morning, the chief priest, elders, and religious teachers—the whole governing council—came to a decision. They had Jesus bound and sent him to be handed over to Pilate.

Luke 12:5

Let me make it clear whom you should be afraid of. You should be afraid of the one who after he has killed has the power to dispose of them in Gehenna. That's the one you should be afraid of.

Luke 22:66

Early in the morning the council of elders gathered together with the chief priests and religious teachers. Jesus was led before the council.

John 11:47

Then the chief priests and the Pharisees called a meeting of the ruling council. “What shall we do?” they asked. “This man is doing many miracles.

John 15:25

But this just fulfilled what Scripture says, ‘They hated me for no reason at all.’

John 7:20

“You're demon-possessed!” the crowd replied. “No one's trying to kill you!”

John 8:48

“Aren't we right to call you a Samaritan who is demon-possessed?” said the Jews.

Acts 17:18

Some Epicurean and Stoic philosophers also argued with him. “What is he going on about?” they wondered. Others concluded, “He seems to be teaching about some foreign gods,” because he was speaking about Jesus and the resurrection.

Acts 22:30

The next day, wanting to find out the reason why the Jews were accusing Paul, he had him released and taken before the chief priests and the whole council which he ordered to assemble. He had Paul brought down and placed him before them.

Acts 23:1

Paul, looking sraight at the council, said, “Brothers, right up to now I have always conducted myself before God with a clear conscience.”

Acts 24:20

Otherwise let these men here explain themselves what crime they found me guilty of when I stood before the council,

Acts 4:15

So they instructed them to wait outside the council while they discussed the matter among themselves.

Acts 5:21

They did as they were told and went into the Temple at around dawn and began teaching. Then the high priest and his followers called a council meeting with all the leaders of Israel. He sent for the apostles to be brought from prison.

Acts 5:27

The apostles were brought in and made to stand in front of the council.

Acts 6:12

They stirred up the people, and together with the elders and the teachers of the law, they came and arrested him. They brought him before the council,

Acts 6:15

Everyone sitting on the council looked closely at Stephen, and his face shone like the face of an angel.

Acts 7:37

This is the same Moses who promised the Israelites, ‘God will send you a prophet like me from among your people.’

Romans 12:10

Be completely dedicated to each other in your love as family; value others more than yourselves.

1 Corinthians 6:10

thieves, greedy, drunkards, abusers, or cheats, will not inherit the kingdom of God.

1 Corinthians 6:6

Instead one believer takes another believer to court, and places the issue before unbelievers!

Deuteronomy 15:11

You will always have those who are poor and in need among you, so that's why I'm telling you to give generously to them.

Deuteronomy 16:18

Choose judges and officials for each of your tribes in every town that the Lord your God is giving you. They must judge the people fairly.

1 Thessalonians 4:6

Don't cheat or take advantage of another Christian in these matters, for the Lord is the one who executes justice in all such things, as we've already clearly explained to you, and warned you about.

Titus 3:2

They should not speak badly about anyone, and they should not be argumentative. Tell them to show gentleness and kindness to everyone.

Hebrews 12:25

Make sure you don't reject the one who is speaking! If they didn't escape when they rejected God on earth, it is even more certain that we won't escape if we turn away from God who warns us from heaven!

Hebrews 5:9

When his experience was complete, he became the source of eternal salvation to everyone who does what he says,

James 2:20

You foolish people! Don't you know that trust in God without doing what's right is worthless?

James 3:6

And the tongue is a fire! The tongue is a world of evil among the parts of the body. It disgraces all you are as a person, and can burn down the whole of your life, since it is set on fire by Gehenna.

1 Peter 2:23

and when he was badly treated, he didn't retaliate. When he suffered, he didn't threaten to take revenge. He simply placed himself in the hands of the one who always judges rightly.

1 Peter 3:9

Don't pay back evil for evil, or retaliate when you're abused, instead you should give a blessing—because that's what you were called to do, so you could gain a blessing yourself.

1 John 2:9

Those who say they live in the light but hate a fellow Christian still have the darkness inside them.

1 John 3:10

This is how God's children and the devil's children can be distinguished: all those who don't do what's right don't belong to God, nor do those who don't love their fellow Christians.

1 John 5:16

If you see your Christian brother or sister committing a sin that is not a deadly sin, you ought to pray and God will grant life to the one who's sinned. (But not for a deadly sin. There's a sin that is deadly, and I'm not saying people should pray about that.

Jude 1:9

Even the archangel Michael, when he was arguing with the devil over Moses' body, didn't dare to condemn him with a slanderous insult, but said, “May the Lord rebuke you.”

Revelation 20:14

Then death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. The lake of fire is the second death.