Ephesians 4:31

Tree of Life Version

Get rid of all bitterness and rage and anger and quarreling and slander, along with all malice.

Cross References

Genesis 27:41

So Esau bore a grudge against Jacob because of the blessing with which his father had blessed him, and Esau said in his heart, “Let the time for mourning my father draw near, so that I can kill my brother Jacob!”

Genesis 37:21

But Reuben heard and rescued him out of their hands, saying, “We must not beat him to death.”

Genesis 37:4

When his brothers saw that their father loved him more than all his brothers, they hated him and could not speak to him in shalom.

Genesis 4:8

Cain spoke to Abel his brother. While they were in the field, Cain rose up against Abel his brother and killed him.

2 Samuel 13:22

Absalom did not say a word to Amnon, either good or bad, for Absalom hated Amnon because he had raped his sister Tamar.

2 Samuel 19:27

“My lord the king, my own servant deceived me,” he answered. “For your servant had said, ‘I will saddle a donkey for myself, ride on it and go with the king,’ because your servant is lame.

2 Samuel 19:43

Then all the men of Judah answered the men of Israel, “Because the king is our close relative. So why are you angry over this matter? Have we eaten at all at the king’s cost? Or has he given us any gifts?”

Psalm 101:5

Whoever slanders his neighbor in secret —him I will silence. Who has haughty eyes and a proud heart —him I will not tolerate.

Psalm 140:11

Let burning coals fall upon them. May they be cast into the fire, into deep pits, never to rise again.

Psalm 15:3

who does not slander with his tongue, does not wrong his neighbor, and does not disgrace his friend,

Psalm 37:8

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

Psalm 50:20

You sit, speaking against your brother, slandering your own mother’s son.

Psalm 64:3

Hide me from the conspiracy of evildoers, from the tumult of workers of iniquity,

Proverbs 10:12

Hatred stirs up strife but love covers up all transgressions.

Proverbs 10:18

One who conceals hatred has lying lips, and whoever spreads slander is a fool.

Proverbs 14:17

One with a short temper acts foolishly, and one with crafty schemes is hated.

Proverbs 18:8

The words of a gossip are tasty morsels, going down into one’s innermost being.

Proverbs 19:12

A king’s wrath is like a roaring lion, but his favor is like dew on the grass.

Proverbs 25:23

A north wind brings rain, and a backbiting tongue angry faces.

Proverbs 26:20

Without wood a fire goes out; without gossip quarrels cease.

Proverbs 29:22

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

Proverbs 29:9

If a wise man argues with a foolish man, he rants or laughs, with no resolution.

Proverbs 6:19

a false witness who spouts lies, and one who stirs up strife among brothers.

Ecclesiastes 7:9

Do not be quickly provoked in your spirit, for anger settles in the bosom of fools.

Jeremiah 6:28

They are all stubborn rebels spreading slander. They are bronze and iron, all of them are corrupt.

Jeremiah 9:4

Everyone deceives his neighbor and does not speak the truth. They taught their tongue to speak lies. They wear themselves out doing wrong.

Acts 21:30

The whole city was stirred up, and the people rushed together. They grabbed Paul and dragged him out of the Temple, and the gates were shut at once.

Romans 3:14

Their mouth is full of cursing and bitterness.

1 Corinthians 14:20

Brothers and sisters, stop being children in your thinking—rather, be infants in evil, but in your thinking be mature.

1 Corinthians 5:8

Therefore let us celebrate the feast not with old hametz, the hametz of malice and wickedness, but with unleavened bread—the matzah of sincerity and truth.

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 5:20

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

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,

Colossians 3:19

Husbands, love your wives and do not become harsh toward them.

Colossians 3:8

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

1 Timothy 3:11

Women likewise must be dignified, not backbiting; clear-minded, trustworthy in every respect.

1 Timothy 3:3

not addicted to wine, not violent but gentle, peaceable, free from the love of money,

1 Timothy 5:13

And at the same time, they also learn to be idle, going around from house to house—and not just idle, but also gossipers and busybodies, saying things they should not.

2 Timothy 2:23

But avoid foolish and ignorant disputes, knowing that they produce quarrels.

2 Timothy 3:3

hardhearted, unforgiving, backbiting, without self-control, brutal, hating what is good,

Titus 1:7

For the overseer must be blameless as God’s administrator—not arrogant, not quick-tempered, not addicted to wine, not violent, not greedy for dishonest gain.

Titus 2:3

Likewise, older women are to be sanctified in demeanor—not backbiting or enslaved to much wine. Let them be teachers of what is good,

James 1:19

Know this, my dear brothers and sisters: let every person be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to anger—

James 3:14

But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your heart, do not boast and lie against the truth.

James 4:11

Do not speak evil against one another, brethren. The one who speaks against a brother or judges his brother, speaks evil against the Torah and judges the Torah. But if you judge the Torah, you are not a doer of the Torah, but a judge.

1 Peter 2:1

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

1 John 3:12

Do not be like Cain, who was from the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? Because his deeds were evil, while his brother’s were righteous.

1 John 3:15

Everyone who hates his brother is a murderer—and you know that no murderer has eternal life abiding in him.

Revelation 12:10

Then I heard a loud voice in heaven saying, “Now have come the salvation and the power and the kingdom of our God and the authority of His Anointed One, for the accuser of our brothers and sisters—the one who accuses them before our God day and night—has been thrown out.