Matthew 5:22

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

But I say to you that if you are angry with a brother or sister, you will be liable to judgment, and if you insult a brother or sister, you will be liable to the council, and if you say, ‘You fool,’ you will be liable to the hell of fire.

Cross References

Genesis 37:4

But 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

His brothers said to him, “Are you indeed to reign over us? Are you indeed to have dominion over us?” So they hated him even more because of his dreams and his words.

2 Samuel 16:7

Shimei shouted while he cursed, “Out! Out! Murderer! Scoundrel!

2 Samuel 6:20

David returned to bless his household. But Michal the daughter of Saul came out to meet David and said, “How the king of Israel honored himself today, uncovering himself today before the eyes of his servants’ maids, as any vulgar fellow might shamelessly uncover himself!”

1 Kings 21:4

Ahab went home resentful and sullen because of what Naboth the Jezreelite had said to him, for he had said, “I will not give you my ancestral inheritance.” He lay down on his bed, turned away his face, and would not eat.

2 Chronicles 16:10

Then Asa was angry with the seer and put him in the stocks, in prison, for he was in a rage with him because of this. And Asa inflicted cruelties on some of the people at the same time.

2 Chronicles 19:5

He appointed judges in the land in all the fortified cities of Judah, city by city,

Nehemiah 5:8

and said to them, “As far as we were able, we have bought back our Jewish kindred who had been sold to other nations, but now you are selling your own kin, who must then be bought back by us!” They were silent and could not find a word to say.

Psalm 109:3

They surround me with words of hate and attack me without cause.

Psalm 14:1

Fools say in their hearts, “There is no God.” They are corrupt; they do abominable deeds; there is no one who does good.

Psalm 25:3

Do not let those who wait for you be put to shame; let them be ashamed who are wantonly treacherous.

Psalm 35:19

Do not let my treacherous enemies rejoice over me or those who hate me without cause wink the eye.

Psalm 37:8

Refrain from anger and forsake wrath. Do not fret—it leads only to evil.

Psalm 49:10

When we look at the wise, they die; fool and dolt perish together and leave their wealth to others.

Psalm 69:4

More in number than the hairs of my head are those who hate me without cause; many are those who would destroy me, my enemies who accuse me falsely. What I did not steal, must I now restore?

Psalm 7:4

if I have repaid my ally with harm or plundered my foe without cause,

Psalm 92:6

The dullard cannot know; the stupid cannot understand this:

Proverbs 14:16

The wise are cautious and turn away from evil, but the fool throws off restraint and is careless.

Proverbs 18:6

A fool’s lips bring strife, and a fool’s mouth invites a flogging.

Jeremiah 17:11

Like the partridge hatching what it did not lay, so are all who amass wealth unjustly; in midlife it will leave them, and at their end they will prove to be fools.

Lamentations 3:52

Those who were my enemies without cause have hunted me like a bird;

Daniel 3:13

Then Nebuchadnezzar in furious rage commanded that Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego be brought in, so they brought those men before the king.

Daniel 3:19

Then Nebuchadnezzar was so filled with rage against Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego that his face was distorted. He ordered the furnace heated up seven times more than was customary

Obadiah 1:10

For the slaughter and violence done to your brother Jacob, shame shall cover you, and you shall be cut off forever.

Obadiah 1:12

But you should not have gloated over your brother on the day of his misfortune; you should not have rejoiced over the people of Judah on the day of their ruin; you should not have boasted on the day of distress.

Matthew 10:17

Beware of them, for they will hand you over to councils and flog you in their synagogues,

Matthew 10:28

Do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul; rather, fear the one who can destroy both soul and body in hell.

Matthew 12:24

But when the Pharisees heard it, they said, “It is only by Beelzebul, the ruler of the demons, that this man casts out the demons.”

Matthew 17:5

While he was still speaking, suddenly a bright cloud overshadowed them, and a voice from the cloud said, “This is my Son, the Beloved; with him I am well pleased; listen to him!”

Matthew 18:21

Then Peter came and said to him, “Lord, if my brother or sister sins against me, how often should I forgive? As many as seven times?”

Matthew 18:35

So my heavenly Father will also do to every one of you, if you do not forgive your brother or sister from your heart.”

Matthew 23:15

Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you cross sea and land to make a single convert, and you make the new convert twice as much a child of hell as yourselves.

Matthew 23:33

You snakes, you brood of vipers! How can you escape the judgment of hell?

Matthew 25:41

Then he will say to those at his left hand, ‘You who are accursed, depart from me into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels,

Matthew 26:59

Now the chief priests and the whole council were looking for false testimony against Jesus so that they might put him to death,

Matthew 3:17

And a voice from the heavens said, “This is my Son, the Beloved, with whom I am well pleased.”

Matthew 5:34

But I say to you: Do not swear at all, either by heaven, for it is the throne of God,

Matthew 5:44

But I say to you: Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you,

Mark 14:55

Now the chief priests and the whole council were looking for testimony against Jesus to put him to death, but they found none.

Mark 15:1

As soon as it was morning, the chief priests held a consultation with the elders and scribes and the whole council. They bound Jesus, led him away, and handed him over to Pilate.

Luke 12:5

But I will show you whom to fear: fear the one who, after killing, has authority to cast into hell. Yes, I tell you, fear that one!

Luke 22:66

When day came, the assembly of the elders of the people, both chief priests and scribes, gathered together, and they brought him to their council.

John 11:47

So the chief priests and the Pharisees called a meeting of the council and said, “What are we to do? This man is performing many signs.

John 15:25

It was to fulfill the word that is written in their law, ‘They hated me without a cause.’

John 7:20

The crowd answered, “You have a demon! Who is trying to kill you?”

John 8:48

The Jews answered him, “Are we not right in saying that you are a Samaritan and have a demon?”

Acts 17:18

Also some Epicurean and Stoic philosophers debated with him. Some said, “What does this pretentious babbler want to say?” Others said, “He seems to be a proclaimer of foreign divinities.” (This was because he was telling the good news about Jesus and the resurrection.)

Acts 22:30

Since he wanted to find out what Paul was being accused of by the Jews, the next day he released him and ordered the chief priests and the entire council to meet. He brought Paul down and had him stand before them.

Acts 23:1

While Paul was looking intently at the council he said, “Brothers, up to this day I have lived my life with a clear conscience before God.”

Acts 24:20

Or let these men here tell what crime they had found when I stood before the council,

Acts 4:15

So they ordered them to leave the council while they discussed the matter with one another.

Acts 5:21

When they heard this, they entered the temple at daybreak and went on with their teaching. When the high priest and those with him arrived, they called together the council and the whole body of the elders of Israel and sent to the prison to have them brought.

Acts 5:27

When they had brought them, they had them stand before the council. The high priest questioned them,

Acts 6:12

They stirred up the people as well as the elders and the scribes; then they suddenly confronted him, seized him, and brought him before the council.

Acts 6:15

And all who sat in the council looked intently at him, and they saw that his face was like the face of an angel.

Acts 7:37

This is the Moses who said to the Israelites, ‘God will raise up a prophet for you from your own people as he raised me up.’

Romans 12:10

love one another with mutual affection; outdo one another in showing honor.

1 Corinthians 6:10

thieves, the greedy, drunkards, revilers, swindlers—none of these will inherit the kingdom of God.

1 Corinthians 6:6

Instead, brothers and sisters go to court against one another, and this before the unbelievers.

Deuteronomy 15:11

Since there will never cease to be some in need on the earth, I therefore command you, ‘Open your hand to the poor and needy neighbor in your land.’

Deuteronomy 16:18

“You shall appoint judges and officials throughout your tribes, in all your towns that the Lord your God is giving you, and they shall render just decisions for the people.

1 Thessalonians 4:6

that no one wrong or exploit a brother or sister in this matter, because the Lord is an avenger in all these things, just as we have already told you beforehand and solemnly warned you.

Titus 3:2

to speak evil of no one, to avoid quarreling, to be gentle, and to show every courtesy to everyone.

Hebrews 12:25

See that you do not refuse the one who is speaking, for if they did not escape when they refused the one who warned them on earth, how much less will we escape if we reject the one who warns from heaven!

Hebrews 5:9

and having been made perfect, he became the source of eternal salvation for all who obey him,

James 2:20

Do you want to be shown, you senseless person, that faith apart from works is worthless?

James 3:6

And the tongue is a fire. The tongue is placed among our members as a world of iniquity; it stains the whole body, sets on fire the cycle of life, and is itself set on fire by hell.

1 Peter 2:23

When he was abused, he did not return abuse; when he suffered, he did not threaten, but he entrusted himself to the one who judges justly.

1 Peter 3:9

Do not repay evil for evil or abuse for abuse, but, on the contrary, repay with a blessing. It is for this that you were called—that you might inherit a blessing.

1 John 2:9

Whoever says, “I am in the light,” while hating a brother or sister, is still in the darkness.

1 John 3:10

The children of God and the children of the devil are revealed in this way: all who do not do what is right are not from God, nor are those who do not love a brother or sister.

1 John 5:16

If you see your brother or sister committing what is not a deadly sin, you will ask, and God will give life to such a one—to those whose sin is not deadly. There is sin that is deadly; I do not say that you should pray about that.

Jude 1:9

But when the archangel Michael disputed with the devil and argued about the body of Moses, he did not dare to bring a condemnation of slander against him but said, “The Lord rebuke you!”

Revelation 20:14

Then Death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death, the lake of fire,