Ephesians 4:31

WEB

³¹Let all bitterness, wrath, anger, outcry, and slander be put away from you, with all malice.

KJV

³¹Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice:

BSB

³¹Get rid of all bitterness, rage and anger, outcry and slander, along with every form of malice.

FBV

³¹Get rid of every kind of bitterness, rage, anger, verbal abuse, and insults, along with all forms of evil.

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Extra References

Colossians 3:8

⁸but now you must put them all away: anger, wrath, malice, slander, and shameful speaking out of your mouth.

Ecclesiastes 7:9

⁹Don’t be hasty in your spirit to be angry, for anger rests in the bosom of fools.

²to speak evil of no one, not to be contentious, to be gentle, showing all humility toward all men. ³For we were also once foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving various lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another.

1 Peter 2:1

¹Putting away therefore all wickedness, all deceit, hypocrisies, envies, and all evil speaking,

James 1:19

¹⁹So, then, my beloved brothers, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, and slow to anger;

James 3:14-2

Colossians 3:19

¹⁹Husbands, love your wives, and don’t be bitter against them.

Ephesians 4:26

²⁶“Be angry, and don’t sin.”t let the sun go down on your wrath,

1 John 3:12

¹²unlike Cain, who was of the evil one and killed his brother. Why did he kill him? Because his deeds were evil, and his brother’s righteous.

Leviticus 19:16-18

¹⁶“‘You shall not go around as a slanderer among your people. “‘You shall not endanger the life^[+] of your neighbor. I am the LORD.

¹⁷“‘You shall not hate your brother in your heart. You shall surely rebuke your neighbor, and not bear sin because of him.

¹⁸“‘You shall not take vengeance, nor bear any grudge against the children of your people; but you shall love your neighbor as yourself. I am the LORD.