Calling Names

Let no corrupt word out of your mouth go forth, but what is good unto the needful building up, that it may give grace to the hearers;

but I--I say to you, that every one who is angry at his brother without cause, shall be in danger of the judgment, and whoever may say to his brother, Empty fellow! shall be in danger of the sanhedrim, and whoever may say, Rebel! shall be in danger of the gehenna of the fire.

with it we do bless the God and Father, and with it we do curse the men made according to the similitude of God; — read the full passage →

Having put aside, then, all evil, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envyings, and all evil speakings,

but now put off, even ye, the whole--anger, wrath, malice, evil-speaking, filthy talking--out of your mouth.

of no one to speak evil, not to be quarrelsome--gentle, showing all meekness to all men,

and the profane vain talkings stand aloof from, for to more impiety they will advance,

Death and life <FI>are<Fi> in the power of the tongue, And those loving it eat its fruit.

Whoso is despising his neighbour lacketh heart, And a man of understanding keepeth silence.

A soft answer turneth back fury, And a grievous word raiseth up anger.

If any one doth think to be religious among you, not bridling his tongue, but deceiving his heart, of this one vain <FI>is<Fi> the religion;

Speak not one against another, brethren; he who is speaking against a brother, and is judging his brother, doth speak against law, and doth judge law, and if law thou dost judge, thou art not a doer of law but a judge;

An honour to a man is cessation from strife, And every fool intermeddleth.

but the things coming forth from the mouth from the heart do come forth, and these defile the man;

A rash speaker is like piercings of a sword, And the tongue of the wise is healing.

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

With the mouth a hypocrite corrupteth his friend, And by knowledge the righteous are drawn out.

Whoso is covering hatred with lying lips, And whoso is bringing out an evil report is a fool.

and now, I did write to you not to keep company with <FI>him<Fi> , if any one, being named a brother, may be a whoremonger, or covetous, or an idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner--with such a one not even to eat together;

also filthiness, and foolish talking, or jesting, --the things not fit--but rather thanksgiving;

A healed tongue <FI>is<Fi> a tree of life, And perverseness in it--a breach in the spirit.

not that which is coming into the mouth doth defile the man, but that which is coming forth from the mouth, this defileth the man.'

Speak not one against another, brethren; he who is speaking against a brother, and is judging his brother, doth speak against law, and doth judge law, and if law thou dost judge, thou art not a doer of law but a judge; — read the full passage →

Without wood is fire going out, And without a tale-bearer, contention ceaseth,

A revealer of secret counsels is the busybody, And for a deceiver <FI>with<Fi> his lips make not thyself surety.

Mischiefs doth thy tongue devise, Like a sharp razor, working deceit.

every one who is transgressing, and is not remaining in the teaching of the Christ, hath not God; he who is remaining in the teaching of the Christ, this one hath both the Father and the Son; — read the full passage →

`The good man out of the good treasure of his heart doth bring forth that which <FI>is<Fi> good; and the evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart doth bring forth that which <FI>is<Fi> evil; for out of the abounding of the heart doth his mouth speak.

`And I say to you, that every idle word that men may speak, they shall give for it a reckoning in a day of judgment; — read the full passage →

`Ye heard that it was said to the ancients: Thou shalt not kill, and whoever may kill shall be in danger of the judgment; — read the full passage →

An angry man stirreth up contention, And a furious man is multiplying transgression.

Cast out a scorner--and contention goeth out, And strife and shame cease.

so also the tongue is a little member, and doth boast greatly; lo, a little fire how much wood it doth kindle! — read the full passage →

not giving back evil for evil, or railing for railing, and on the contrary, blessing, having known that to this ye were called, that a blessing ye may inherit;

`Ye are of a father--the devil, and the desires of your father ye will to do; he was a man-slayer from the beginning, and in the truth he hath not stood, because there is no truth in him; when one may speak the falsehood, of his own he speaketh, because he is a liar--also his father.

but the things coming forth from the mouth from the heart do come forth, and these defile the man; — read the full passage →

`Ye may not give that which is <FI>holy<Fi> to the dogs, nor cast your pearls before the swine, that they may not trample them among their feet, and having turned--may rend you.

`Judge not, that ye may not be judged, — read the full passage →

Whoso is keeping his mouth and his tongue, Is keeping from adversities his soul.

Sayings of pleasantness <FI>are<Fi> a honeycomb, Sweet to the soul, and healing to the bone.

Set, O Jehovah, a watch for my mouth, Watch Thou over the door of my lips.

A talkative man is not established in the earth, One of violence--evil hunteth to overflowing.

`Thou dost not take up the name of Jehovah thy God for a vain thing, for Jehovah acquitteth not him who taketh up His name for a vain thing.

And Jesus answering said, `O generation, unstedfast and perverse, till when shall I be with you? till when shall I bear you? bring him to me hither;'

if we may confess our sins, stedfast He is and righteous that He may forgive us the sins, and may cleanse us from every unrighteousness;

And having seen many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming about his baptism, he said to them, `Brood of vipers! who did shew you to flee from the coming wrath?

because if our heart may condemn--because greater is God than our heart, and He doth know all things.

Every one who is hating his brother--a man-killer he is, and ye have known that no man-killer hath life age-during in him remaining,

he who is saying, in the light he is, and his brother is hating, in the darkness he is till now;

who being reviled--was not reviling again, suffering--was not threatening, and was committing himself to Him who is judging righteously,

murmur not against one another, brethren, that ye may not be condemned; lo, the Judge before the door hath stood.

do they not themselves speak evil of the good name that was called upon you?

and a servant of the Lord it behoveth not to strive, but to be gentle unto all, apt to teach, patient under evil,

and the foolish and uninstructed questions be avoiding, having known that they beget strife,

Become, then, followers of God, as children beloved, — read the full passage →

having been filled with all unrighteousness, whoredom, wickedness, covetousness, malice; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, evil dispositions; whisperers,

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God;

but the things coming forth from the mouth from the heart do come forth, and these defile the man; — read the full passage →

And having called near the multitude, he said to them, `Hear and understand: — read the full passage →

`And--praying--ye may not use vain repetitions like the nations, for they think that in their much speaking they shall be heard,

A fool bringeth out all his mind, And the wise till afterwards restraineth it.

The words of a tale-bearer <FI>are<Fi> as self-inflicted wounds, And they have gone down <FI>to<Fi> the inner parts of the heart.

Whoso is despising his neighbour lacketh heart, And a man of understanding keepeth silence. — read the full passage →

A false witness <FI>who<Fi> doth breathe out lies--And one sending forth contentions between brethren.

These six hath Jehovah hated, Yea, seven <FI>are<Fi> abominations to His soul. — read the full passage →

Hast been snared with sayings of thy mouth, Hast been captured with sayings of thy mouth,

`Let not, I pray thee, my lord set his heart to this man of worthlessness, on Nabal, for as his name <FI>is<Fi> so <FI>is<Fi> he; Nabal <FI>is<Fi> his name, and folly <FI>is<Fi> with him; and I, thine handmaid, did not see the young men of my lord whom thou didst send;

And there did come also false prophets among the people, as also among you there shall be false teachers, who shall bring in besides destructive sects, and the Master who bought them denying, bringing to themselves quick destruction, — read the full passage →

of whom are Hymenaeus and Alexander, whom I did deliver to the Adversary, that they might be instructed not to speak evil.

And I call upon you, brethren, to mark those who the divisions and the stumbling-blocks, contrary to the teaching that ye did learn, are causing, and turn ye away from them;