Titus 3:2

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

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

Cross References

2 Samuel 22:36

You have given me the shield of your salvation, and your help has made me great.

Psalm 140:11

Do not let the slanderer be established in the land; let evil speedily hunt down the violent!

Proverbs 19:19

A violent-tempered person will pay the penalty; if you effect a rescue, you will only have to do it again.

Proverbs 25:24

It is better to live in a corner of the housetop than in a house shared with a contentious wife.

Proverbs 6:19

a lying witness who testifies falsely, and one who sows discord in a family.

Isaiah 40:11

He will feed his flock like a shepherd; he will gather the lambs in his arms and carry them in his bosom and gently lead the mother sheep.

Matthew 11:29

Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.

Acts 23:5

And Paul said, “I did not realize, brothers, that he was high priest, for it is written, ‘You shall not speak evil of a leader of your people.’ ”

1 Corinthians 6:10

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

1 Corinthians 9:19

For though I am free with respect to all, I have made myself a slave to all, so that I might gain all the more.

2 Corinthians 10:1

I myself, Paul, appeal to you by the meekness and gentleness of Christ—I who am humble when face to face with you but bold toward you when I am away!—

2 Corinthians 12:20

For I fear that when I come I may find you not as I wish and that you may find me not as you wish; I fear that there may perhaps be quarreling, jealousy, anger, selfishness, slander, gossip, conceit, and disorder.

Galatians 5:22

By contrast, the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, generosity, faithfulness,

Galatians 6:1

My brothers and sisters, if anyone is detected in a transgression, you who have received the Spirit should restore such a one in a spirit of gentleness. Take care that you yourselves are not tempted.

Galatians 6:10

So then, whenever we have an opportunity, let us work for the good of all and especially for those of the family of faith.

Ephesians 4:2

with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love,

Ephesians 4:31

Put away from you all bitterness and wrath and anger and wrangling and slander, together with all malice.

Philippians 4:5

Let your gentleness be known to everyone. The Lord is near.

1 Thessalonians 2:7

though we might have made demands as apostles of Christ. But we were gentle among you, like a nurse tenderly caring for her own children.

1 Timothy 3:11

Women likewise must be serious, not slanderers, but temperate, faithful in all things.

1 Timothy 3:3

not a drunkard, not violent but gentle, not quarrelsome, and not a lover of money.

James 3:17

But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, willing to yield, full of mercy and good fruits, without a trace of partiality or hypocrisy.

James 4:11

Do not speak evil against one another, brothers and sisters. Whoever speaks evil against another or judges another speaks evil against the law and judges the law, but if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law but a judge.

1 Peter 2:1

Rid yourselves, therefore, of all malice and all guile, insincerity, envy, and all slander.

1 Peter 3:10

For “Those who desire to love life and to see good days, let them keep their tongues from evil and their lips from speaking deceit;

1 Peter 3:8

Finally, all of you, have unity of spirit, sympathy, love for one another, a tender heart, and a humble mind.

1 Peter 4:4

They are surprised that you no longer join them in the same excesses of dissipation, and so they blaspheme.

2 Peter 2:10

—especially those who indulge their flesh in depraved lust and who despise authority. Bold and willful, they are not afraid to slander the glorious ones,

Jude 1:10

But these people slander whatever they do not understand, and they are destroyed by those things that, like irrational animals, they know by instinct.

Jude 1:8

Yet in the same way these dreamers also defile the flesh, reject authority, and slander the glorious ones.