They sharpen their tongues like swords and aim cruel words like arrows.

their speech is filled with bitter curses.

But now you must get rid of all these things: anger, passion, and hateful feelings. No insults or obscene talk must ever come from your lips.

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

But if in your heart you are jealous, bitter, and selfish, don't sin against the truth by boasting of your wisdom.

Such wisdom does not come down from heaven; it belongs to the world, it is unspiritual and demonic.

If you become angry, do not let your anger lead you into sin, and do not stay angry all day.

People with a hot temper do foolish things; wiser people remain calm.

The king's anger is like the roar of a lion, but his favor is like welcome rain.

Keep your temper under control; it is foolish to harbor a grudge.

I am afraid that when I get there I will find you different from what I would like you to be and you will find me different from what you would like me to be. I am afraid that I will find quarreling and jealousy, hot tempers and selfishness, insults and gossip, pride and disorder.

in worship of idols and witchcraft. People become enemies and they fight; they become jealous, angry, and ambitious. They separate into parties and groups;

But now you must get rid of all these things: anger, passion, and hateful feelings. No insults or obscene talk must ever come from your lips.

But keep away from foolish and ignorant arguments; you know that they end up in quarrels.

For since a church leader is in charge of God's work, he should be without fault. He must not be arrogant or quick-tempered, or a drunkard or violent or greedy for money.

Remember this, my dear friends! Everyone must be quick to listen, but slow to speak and slow to become angry.

But if in your heart you are jealous, bitter, and selfish, don't sin against the truth by boasting of your wisdom.

Where there is jealousy and selfishness, there is also disorder and every kind of evil.

And goodness is the harvest that is produced from the seeds the peacemakers plant in peace.

Where do all the fights and quarrels among you come from? They come from your desires for pleasure, which are constantly fighting within you.

You want things, but you cannot have them, so you are ready to kill; you strongly desire things, but you cannot get them, so you quarrel and fight. You do not have what you want because you do not ask God for it.

The Israelites replied, "We have ten times as many claims on King David as you have, even if he is one of you. Why do you look down on us? Don't forget that we were the first to talk about bringing the king back!" But the men of Judah were more violent in making their claims than the men of Israel.

There happened to be in Gilgal a worthless character named Sheba son of Bikri, of the tribe of Benjamin. He blew the trumpet and called out, "Down with David! We won't follow him! Men of Israel, let's go home!"

So the Israelites deserted David and went with Sheba, but the men of Judah remained loyal and followed David from the Jordan to Jerusalem.

When an intelligent person brings a lawsuit against a fool, the fool only laughs and becomes loud and abusive.

People with quick tempers cause a lot of quarreling and trouble.

As the crowd heard these words, they became furious and started shouting, "Great is Artemis of Ephesus!"

The uproar spread throughout the whole city. The mob grabbed Gaius and Aristarchus, two Macedonians who were traveling with Paul, and rushed with them to the theater.

Confusion spread through the whole city, and the people all ran together, grabbed Paul, and dragged him out of the Temple. At once the Temple doors were closed.

The people listened to Paul until he said this; but then they started shouting at the top of their voices, "Away with him! Kill him! He's not fit to live!"

They were screaming, waving their clothes, and throwing dust up in the air.

he must not be a drunkard or a violent man, but gentle and peaceful; he must not love money;

is swollen with pride and knows nothing. He has an unhealthy desire to argue and quarrel about words, and this brings on jealousy, disputes, insults, evil suspicions,

and constant arguments from people whose minds do not function and who no longer have the truth. They think that religion is a way to become rich.

Do not spread lies about anyone, and when someone is on trial for his life, speak out if your testimony can help him. I am the LORD.

He lied about me to Your Majesty, but you are like God's angel, so do what seems right to you.

and who do not slander others. They do no wrong to their friends nor spread rumors about their neighbors.

You are ready to accuse your own relatives and to find fault with them.

I will get rid of anyone who whispers evil things about someone else; I will not tolerate anyone who is proud and arrogant.

May those who accuse others falsely not succeed; may evil overtake violent people and destroy them.

(SEE 6:16)

Anyone who hides hatred is a liar. Anyone who spreads gossip is a fool.

Gossip is so tasty---how we love to swallow it!

Gossip brings anger just as surely as the north wind brings rain.

Without wood, a fire goes out; without gossip, quarreling stops.

They are all stubborn rebels, hard as bronze and iron. They are all corrupt, going around and spreading gossip.

Everyone must be on guard against their friends, and no one can trust their relatives; for all relatives are as deceitful as Jacob, and everyone slanders their friends.

They are filled with all kinds of wickedness, evil, greed, and vice; they are full of jealousy, murder, fighting, deceit, and malice. They gossip

and speak evil of one another; they are hateful to God, insolent, proud, and boastful; they think of more ways to do evil; they disobey their parents;

Their wives also must be of good character and must not gossip; they must be sober and honest in everything.

They also learn to waste their time in going around from house to house; but even worse, they learn to be gossips and busybodies, talking of things they should not.

they will be unkind, merciless, slanderers, violent, and fierce; they will hate the good;

In the same way instruct the older women to behave as women should who live a holy life. They must not be slanderers or slaves to wine. They must teach what is good,

Tell them not to speak evil of anyone, but to be peaceful and friendly, and always to show a gentle attitude toward everyone.

Do not criticize one another, my friends. If you criticize or judge another Christian, you criticize and judge the Law. If you judge the Law, then you are no longer one who obeys the Law, but one who judges it.

Rid yourselves, then, of all evil; no more lying or hypocrisy or jealousy or insulting language.

especially those who follow their filthy bodily lusts and despise God's authority. These false teachers are bold and arrogant, and show no respect for the glorious beings above; instead, they insult them.

Even the angels, who are so much stronger and mightier than these false teachers, do not accuse them with insults in the presence of the Lord.

In the same way also, these people have visions which make them sin against their own bodies; they despise God's authority and insult the glorious beings above.

But these people attack with insults anything they do not understand; and those things that they know by instinct, like wild animals, are the very things that destroy them.

Then I heard a loud voice in heaven saying, "Now God's salvation has come! Now God has shown his power as King! Now his Messiah has shown his authority! For the one who stood before our God and accused believers day and night has been thrown out of heaven.

Then Cain said to his brother Abel, "Let's go out in the fields." When they were out in the fields, Cain turned on his brother and killed him.

Esau hated Jacob, because his father had given Jacob the blessing. He thought, "The time to mourn my father's death is near; then I will kill Jacob."

When his brothers saw that their father loved Joseph more than he loved them, they hated their brother so much that they would not speak to him in a friendly manner.

Reuben heard them and tried to save Joseph. "Let's not kill him," he said.

"Do not bear a grudge against others, but settle your differences with them, so that you will not commit a sin because of them.

Do not take revenge on others or continue to hate them, but love your neighbors as you love yourself. I am the LORD.

And Absalom hated Amnon so much for having raped his sister Tamar that he would no longer even speak to him.

Hate stirs up trouble, but love forgives all offenses.

A hypocrite hides hate behind flattering words.

They may sound fine, but don't believe him, because his heart is filled to the brim with hate.

Keep your temper under control; it is foolish to harbor a grudge.

They are filled with all kinds of wickedness, evil, greed, and vice; they are full of jealousy, murder, fighting, deceit, and malice. They gossip

Let us celebrate our Passover, then, not with bread having the old yeast of sin and wickedness, but with the bread that has no yeast, the bread of purity and truth.

Do not be like children in your thinking, my friends; be children so far as evil is concerned, but be grown up in your thinking.

But now you must get rid of all these things: anger, passion, and hateful feelings. No insults or obscene talk must ever come from your lips.

For we ourselves were once foolish, disobedient, and wrong. We were slaves to passions and pleasures of all kinds. We spent our lives in malice and envy; others hated us and we hated them.

We must not be like Cain; he belonged to the Evil One and murdered his own brother Abel. Why did Cain murder him? Because the things he himself did were wrong, and the things his brother did were right.

Those who hate others are murderers, and you know that murderers do not have eternal life in them.