Ephesians 4:31

Get rid of all bitterness, rage and anger, outcry and slander, along with every form of malice.

Cross References (50)

  • Colossians 3:8 (49)

    But now you must put aside all such things as these: anger, rage, malice, slander, and filthy language from your lips.

  • Ecclesiastes 7:9 (28)

    Do not be quickly provoked in your spirit, for anger settles in the lap of a fool.

  • Titus 3:2–3 (25)

    to malign no one, and to be peaceable and gentle, showing full consideration to everyone.

  • 1 Peter 2:1 (21)

    Rid yourselves, therefore, of all malice, deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and slander.

  • James 1:19 (17)

    My beloved brothers, understand this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to anger,

  • Colossians 3:19 (10)

    Husbands, love your wives and do not be harsh with them.

  • James 3:14 (10)

    But if you harbor bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast in it or deny the truth.

  • Ephesians 4:26 (9)

    “Be angry, yet do not sin.” Do not let the sun set upon your anger,

  • 1 John 3:12 (8)

    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

  • Leviticus 19:16–18 (7)

    You must not go about spreading slander among your people. You must not endanger the life of your neighbor. I am the LOR

  • Psalms 101:5 (6)

    Whoever slanders his neighbor in secret, I will put to silence; the one with haughty eyes and a proud heart, I will not

  • Proverbs 26:20 (6)

    Without wood, a fire goes out; without gossip, a conflict ceases.

  • Proverbs 29:22 (6)

    An angry man stirs up dissension, and a hot-tempered man abounds in transgression.

  • 1 Corinthians 14:20 (6)

    Brothers, stop thinking like children. In regard to evil be infants, but in your thinking be mature.

  • Proverbs 14:17 (5)

    A quick-tempered man acts foolishly, and a devious man is hated.

  • Proverbs 10:18 (5)

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

  • Romans 1:29–30 (5)

    They have become filled with every kind of wickedness, evil, greed, and depravity. They are full of envy, murder, strife

  • James 4:11 (5)

    Brothers, do not slander one another. Anyone who speaks against his brother or judges him speaks against the law and jud

  • Titus 1:7 (5)

    As God’s steward, an overseer must be above reproach—not self-willed, not quick-tempered, not given to drunkenness, not

  • Proverbs 10:12 (5)

    Hatred stirs up dissension, but love covers all transgressions.

  • Proverbs 25:23 (4)

    As the north wind brings forth rain, so a backbiting tongue brings angry looks.

  • 2 Corinthians 12:20 (4)

    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

  • Proverbs 26:24–25 (4)

    A hateful man disguises himself with his speech, but he lays up deceit in his heart.

  • Genesis 37:4 (3)

    When Joseph’s brothers saw that their father loved him more than any of them, they hated him and could not speak a kind

  • 1 Timothy 3:11 (3)

    In the same way, the women must be dignified, not slanderers, but temperate and faithful in all things.

  • Genesis 27:41 (3)

    Esau held a grudge against Jacob because of the blessing his father had given him. And Esau said in his heart, “The days

  • 1 Timothy 6:4–5 (3)

    he is conceited and understands nothing. Instead, he has an unhealthy interest in controversies and disputes about words

  • Psalms 50:20 (3)

    You sit and malign your brother; you slander your own mother’s son.

  • Psalms 15:3 (3)

    who has no slander on his tongue, who does no harm to his neighbor, who casts no scorn on his friend,

  • Genesis 4:8 (3)

    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

  • Galatians 5:20 (3)

    idolatry and sorcery; hatred, discord, jealousy, and rage; rivalries, divisions, factions,

  • Psalms 64:3 (3)

    who sharpen their tongues like swords and aim their bitter words like arrows,

  • Proverbs 6:19 (3)

    a false witness who gives false testimony, and one who stirs up discord among brothers.

  • Psalms 140:11 (3)

    May no slanderer be established in the land; may calamity hunt down the man of violence.

  • 1 Corinthians 5:8 (3)

    Therefore let us keep the feast, not with the old bread, leavened with malice and wickedness, but with the unleavened br

  • 1 Timothy 5:13 (3)

    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

  • Romans 3:14 (3)

    “Their mouths are full of cursing and bitterness.”

  • Proverbs 18:8 (3)

    The words of a gossip are like choice morsels that go down into the inmost being.

  • 2 Samuel 19:27 (3)

    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

  • 2 Samuel 13:22 (2)

    And Absalom never said a word to Amnon, either good or bad, because he hated Amnon for violating his sister Tamar.

  • 1 John 3:15 (2)

    Everyone who hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that eternal life does not reside in a murderer.

  • 1 Timothy 3:3 (2)

    not dependent on wine, not violent but gentle, peaceable, and free of the love of money.

  • 2 Timothy 2:23 (2)

    But reject foolish and ignorant speculation, for you know that it breeds quarreling.

  • Acts 19:28–29 (2)

    When the men heard this, they were enraged and began shouting, “Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!”

  • Jude 1:8–10 (2)

    Yet in the same way these dreamers defile their bodies, reject authority, and slander glorious beings.

  • 2 Peter 2:10–11 (2)

    Such punishment is specially reserved for those who indulge the corrupt desires of the flesh and despise authority. Bold

  • Acts 22:22–23 (2)

    The crowd listened to Paul until he made this statement. Then they lifted up their voices and shouted, “Rid the earth of

  • Revelation 12:10 (2)

    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

  • Jeremiah 6:28 (2)

    All are hardened rebels, walking around as slanderers. They are bronze and iron; all of them are corrupt.

  • Proverbs 19:12 (2)

    A king’s rage is like the roar of a lion, but his favor is like dew on the grass.