Get rid of all bitterness, rage and anger, outcry and slander, along with every form of malice.
But now you must put aside all such things as these: anger, rage, malice, slander, and filthy language from your lips.
Do not be quickly provoked in your spirit, for anger settles in the lap of a fool.
to malign no one, and to be peaceable and gentle, showing full consideration to everyone.
Rid yourselves, therefore, of all malice, deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and slander.
My beloved brothers, understand this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to anger,
Husbands, love your wives and do not be harsh with them.
But if you harbor bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast in it or deny the truth.
“Be angry, yet do not sin.” Do not let the sun set upon your anger,
Do not be like Cain, who belonged to the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did Cain slay him? Because his own d
You must not go about spreading slander among your people. You must not endanger the life of your neighbor. I am the LOR
Whoever slanders his neighbor in secret, I will put to silence; the one with haughty eyes and a proud heart, I will not
Without wood, a fire goes out; without gossip, a conflict ceases.
An angry man stirs up dissension, and a hot-tempered man abounds in transgression.
Brothers, stop thinking like children. In regard to evil be infants, but in your thinking be mature.
A quick-tempered man acts foolishly, and a devious man is hated.
The one who conceals hatred has lying lips, and whoever spreads slander is a fool.
They have become filled with every kind of wickedness, evil, greed, and depravity. They are full of envy, murder, strife
Brothers, do not slander one another. Anyone who speaks against his brother or judges him speaks against the law and jud
As God’s steward, an overseer must be above reproach—not self-willed, not quick-tempered, not given to drunkenness, not
Hatred stirs up dissension, but love covers all transgressions.
As the north wind brings forth rain, so a backbiting tongue brings angry looks.
For I am afraid that when I come, I may not find you as I wish, and you may not find me as you wish. I fear that there m
A hateful man disguises himself with his speech, but he lays up deceit in his heart.
When Joseph’s brothers saw that their father loved him more than any of them, they hated him and could not speak a kind
In the same way, the women must be dignified, not slanderers, but temperate and faithful in all things.
Esau held a grudge against Jacob because of the blessing his father had given him. And Esau said in his heart, “The days
he is conceited and understands nothing. Instead, he has an unhealthy interest in controversies and disputes about words
You sit and malign your brother; you slander your own mother’s son.
who has no slander on his tongue, who does no harm to his neighbor, who casts no scorn on his friend,
Then Cain said to his brother Abel, “Let us go out to the field.” And while they were in the field, Cain rose up against
idolatry and sorcery; hatred, discord, jealousy, and rage; rivalries, divisions, factions,
who sharpen their tongues like swords and aim their bitter words like arrows,
a false witness who gives false testimony, and one who stirs up discord among brothers.
May no slanderer be established in the land; may calamity hunt down the man of violence.
Therefore let us keep the feast, not with the old bread, leavened with malice and wickedness, but with the unleavened br
At the same time they will also learn to be idle, going from house to house and being not only idle, but also gossips an
“Their mouths are full of cursing and bitterness.”
The words of a gossip are like choice morsels that go down into the inmost being.
and he has slandered your servant to my lord the king. Yet my lord the king is like the angel of God, so do what is good
And Absalom never said a word to Amnon, either good or bad, because he hated Amnon for violating his sister Tamar.
Everyone who hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that eternal life does not reside in a murderer.
not dependent on wine, not violent but gentle, peaceable, and free of the love of money.
But reject foolish and ignorant speculation, for you know that it breeds quarreling.
When the men heard this, they were enraged and began shouting, “Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!”
Yet in the same way these dreamers defile their bodies, reject authority, and slander glorious beings.
Such punishment is specially reserved for those who indulge the corrupt desires of the flesh and despise authority. Bold
The crowd listened to Paul until he made this statement. Then they lifted up their voices and shouted, “Rid the earth of
And I heard a loud voice in heaven saying: “Now have come the salvation and the power and the kingdom of our God, and th
All are hardened rebels, walking around as slanderers. They are bronze and iron; all of them are corrupt.
A king’s rage is like the roar of a lion, but his favor is like dew on the grass.