Colossians 3:8

Tree of Life Version

But now, set them all aside—anger, rage, malice, slander, and foul language out of your mouth.

Cross References

Psalm 37:8

Put away anger and turn from wrath. Do not fret—it only leads to doing evil.

Proverbs 17:14

The beginning of strife is like letting out water— so stop a quarrel before it breaks out.

Proverbs 19:19

One with great rage will pay a penalty. For if you rescue him, you will have to do it again.

Proverbs 29:22

An angry man stirs up dissention, and a hotheaded one commits many transgressions.

Matthew 5:22

But I tell you that everyone who is angry with his brother shall be subject to judgment. And whoever says to his brother, ‘Raca’ shall be subject to the council; and whoever says, ‘You fool!’ shall be subject to fiery Gehenna.

Mark 7:22

adultery, greed, wickedness, deceit, lustfulness, envy, slander, pride, and foolishness.

Romans 13:13

Let us walk properly as in the day—not in carousing and drunkenness, not in sexual promiscuity and sensuality, not in strife and envy.

1 Corinthians 3:3

for you are still worldly. For since there is jealousy and strife among you, aren’t you worldly and walking in a human way?

2 Corinthians 12:20

For I am afraid that perhaps when I come, I may find you not as I wish, or I may be found by you not as you wish—that there may be strife, envy, outbursts of anger, self-seeking disputes, lashon ha-ra , gossip, arrogance, unruly commotions.

Galatians 5:15

But if you bite and devour one another, watch out that you are not destroyed by one another.

Galatians 5:20

idolatry, witchcraft, hostility, strife, jealousy, rage, selfish ambition, dissension, factions,

Galatians 5:26

Let us not become conceited—provoking one another, envying one another.

Ephesians 4:22

With respect to your former lifestyle, you are to lay aside the old self corrupted by its deceitful desires,

Ephesians 4:25

So lay aside lying and “each one of you speak truth with his neighbor,” for we are members of one another.

Ephesians 4:26

“Be angry, yet do not sin.” Do not let the sun go down on your anger,

Ephesians 4:29

Let no harmful word come out of your mouth, but only what is beneficial for building others up according to the need, so that it gives grace to those who hear it.

Ephesians 5:4

Obscene, coarse, and stupid talk are also out of place, but instead let there be thanksgiving.

Colossians 3:5

Therefore, put to death what is earthly in you—sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desire, and greed—for that is idolatry.

Colossians 3:9

Do not lie to one another. After all, you have taken off the old self with its practices

1 Timothy 1:13

even though I was formerly a blasphemer, a persecutor, and a violent man. Yet I was shown mercy because I had acted ignorantly in unbelief,

1 Timothy 1:20

Among these are Hymenaeus and Alexander—whom I have handed over to satan to be disciplined not to blaspheme.

Hebrews 12:1

Therefore, since we have such a great cloud of witnesses surrounding us, let us also get rid of every weight and entangling sin. Let us run with endurance the race set before us,

James 2:7

Don’t they blaspheme the good name by which you were called?

1 Peter 2:1

So get rid of all malice and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all lashon ha-ra .

2 Peter 2:18

For by mouthing grandiosities that amount to nothing, they entice in sensual fleshly passions those who are barely escaping from those who live in error.

2 Peter 2:7

He rescued Lot, a righteous man deeply troubled by the shameless immorality of the wicked.

Jude 1:13

wild waves of the sea, foaming up their own shame; wandering stars, for whom the gloom of utter darkness has been reserved forever.

Jude 1:8

Yet in the same way these people also, by their visionary dreaming, defile the flesh, reject the Lord’s authority, and defame glorious beings.

Revelation 16:9

People were scorched with fierce heat, and they cursed the name of God—the One who has power over these plagues. But they did not repent, to give Him glory.