Criticism

Let no corrupt speech proceed out of your mouth, but such as is good for edifying as the need may be, that it may give grace to them that hear.

Ye knowthis, my beloved brethren. But let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath: — read the full passage →

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

Speak not one against another, brethren. He that speaketh against a brother, or judgeth his brother, speaketh against the law, and judgeth the law: but if thou judgest the law, thou art not a doer of the law, but a judge. — read the full passage →

Brethren, even if a man be overtaken in any trespass, ye who are spiritual, restore such a one in a spirit of gentleness; looking to thyself, lest thou also be tempted.

Every scripture inspired of God is also profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for instruction which is in righteousness:

A soft answer turneth away wrath; But a grievous word stirreth up anger.

Who art thou that judgest the servant of another? to his own lord he standeth or falleth. Yea, he shall be made to stand; for the Lord hath power to make him stand.

Better is open rebuke Than love that is hidden. — read the full passage →

Faithful are the wounds of a friend; But the kisses of an enemy are profuse.

The ear that hearkeneth to the reproof of life Shall abide among the wise.

But if ye bite and devour one another, take heed that ye be not consumed one of another.

Iron sharpeneth iron; So a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.

Put on therefore, as God’s elect, holy and beloved, a heart of compassion, kindness, lowliness, meekness, longsuffering; — read the full passage →

The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show unto his servants, even the things which must shortly come to pass: and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John;

and let us consider one another to provoke unto love and good works;

For no word from God shall be void of power.

A fool uttereth all his anger; But a wise man keepeth it back and stilleth it.

Reprove not a scoffer, lest he hate thee: Reprove a wise man, and he will love thee.

Wherefore thou art without excuse, O man, whosoever thou art that judgest: for wherein thou judgest another, thou condemnest thyself; for thou that judgest dost practise the same things. — read the full passage →

And the Lord’s servant must not strive, but be gentle towards all, apt to teach, forbearing, — read the full passage →

Poverty and shameshall be tohim that refuseth correction; But he that regardeth reproof shall be honored.

He that refuseth correction despiseth his own soul; But he that hearkeneth to reproof getteth understanding.

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, — read the full passage →

The fear of Jehovah is to hate evil: Pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, And the perverse mouth, do I hate.

For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured unto you.

Avenge not yourselves, beloved, but give place unto the wrath of God: for it is written, Vengeance belongeth unto me; I will recompense, saith the Lord.

Wherefore exhort one another, and build each other up, even as also ye do.

Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thy heart be hasty to utter anything before God; for God is in heaven, and thou upon earth: therefore let thy words be few.

All things therefore whatsoever ye would that men should do unto you, even so do ye also unto them: for this is the law and the prophets.

who, when he was reviled, reviled not again; when he suffered, threatened not; but committed himself to him that judgeth righteously:

Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamor, and railing, be put away from you, with all malice: — read the full passage →

For no prophecy ever came by the will of man: but men spake from God, being moved by the Holy Spirit.

Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Spirit: as your fathers did, so do ye.

Now the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him; and he cannot know them, because they are spiritually judged.

But thou, why dost thou judge thy brother? or thou again, why dost thou set at nought thy brother? for we shall all stand before the judgment-seat of God.

Wherefore if any man is in Christ, he is a new creature: the old things are passed away; behold, they are become new.

For judgment is without mercy to him that hath showed no mercy: mercy glorieth against judgment.

Confess therefore your sins one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The supplication of a righteous man availeth much in its working.

And judge not, and ye shall not be judged: and condemn not, and ye shall not be condemned: release, and ye shall be released: — read the full passage →

Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thy heart be hasty to utter anything before God; for God is in heaven, and thou upon earth: therefore let thy words be few. — read the full passage →

above all things being fervent in your love among yourselves; for love covereth a multitude of sins:

Who is this that darkeneth counsel By words without knowledge? — read the full passage →

But when they continued asking him, he lifted up himself, and said unto them, He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her.

Reprove not a scoffer, lest he hate thee: Reprove a wise man, and he will love thee. — read the full passage →

I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot. — read the full passage →

Wherefore thou art without excuse, O man, whosoever thou art that judgest: for wherein thou judgest another, thou condemnest thyself; for thou that judgest dost practise the same things.

And the brethren immediately sent away Paul and Silas by night unto Beroea: who when they were come thither went into the synagogue of the Jews. — read the full passage →

A soft answer turneth away wrath; But a grievous word stirreth up anger. — read the full passage →

and be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving each other, even as God also in Christ forgave you.

Enter ye in by the narrow gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many are they that enter in thereby. — read the full passage →

And he went up from thence unto Beth-el; and as he was going up by the way, there came forth young lads out of the city, and mocked him, and said unto him, Go up, thou baldhead; go up, thou baldhead. — read the full passage →

And when the sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James, and Salome, bought spices, that they might come and anoint him. — read the full passage →

Shall two walk together, except they have agreed?

but speaking truth in love, may grow up in all things into him, who is the head, even Christ;

For, His letters, they say, are weighty and strong; but his bodily presence is weak, and his speech of no account.

Let us not therefore judge one another any more: but judge ye this rather, that no man put a stumblingblock in his brother’s way, or an occasion of falling.

Walk with wise men, and thou shalt be wise; But the companion of fools shall smart for it.

And if thy brother sin against thee, go, show him his fault between thee and him alone: if he hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother.

Jehovah is my shepherd; I shall not want. — read the full passage →

There is that speaketh rashly like the piercings of a sword; But the tongue of the wise is health.

If I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am become sounding brass, or a clanging cymbal. — read the full passage →

Let all that ye do be done in love.

Make no friendship with a man that is given to anger; And with a wrathful man thou shalt not go: — read the full passage →

Oil and perfume rejoice the heart; So doth the sweetness of a man’s friend that cometh of hearty counsel.

There is therefore now no condemnation to them that are in Christ Jesus.

When pride cometh, then cometh shame; But with the lowly is wisdom.

I wrote somewhat unto the church: but Diotrephes, who loveth to have the preeminence among them, receiveth us not. — read the full passage →

A perverse man scattereth abroad strife; And a whisperer separateth chief friends.

The way of a fool is right in his own eyes; But he that is wise hearkeneth unto counsel.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on him should not perish, but have eternal life. — read the full passage →

Judge not according to appearance, but judge righteous judgment.

Ye blind guides, that strain out the gnat, and swallow the camel!

Murmur not, brethren, one against another, that ye be not judged: behold, the judge standeth before the doors.

Cast out the scoffer, and contention will go out; Yea, strife and ignominy will cease.

The ear that hearkeneth to the reproof of life Shall abide among the wise. — read the full passage →

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on him should not perish, but have eternal life.

But Jehovah said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have rejected him: for Jehovah seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but Jehovah looketh on the heart.

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

What then shall we say to these things? If Godisfor us, whoisagainst us?

Love suffereth long, and is kind; love envieth not; love vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, — read the full passage →

Every wise woman buildeth her house; But the foolish plucketh it down with her own hands. — read the full passage →

He that being often reproved hardeneth his neck Shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

For I say, through the grace that was given me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but so to think as to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to each man a measure of faith.

Behold, I Paul say unto you, that, if ye receive circumcision, Christ will profit you nothing.

Or how wilt thou say to thy brother, Let me cast out the mote out of thine eye; and lo, the beam is in thine own eye?

Take heed to yourselves: if thy brother sin, rebuke him; and if he repent, forgive him.

The ear that hearkeneth to the reproof of life Shall abide among the wise. — read the full passage →

with all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love;

And early in the morning he came again into the temple, and all the people came unto him; and he sat down, and taught them.

The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show unto his servants, even the things which must shortly come to pass: and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John; — read the full passage →

forbearing one another, and forgiving each other, if any man have a complaint against any; even as the Lord forgave you, so also do ye:

And be not fashioned according to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is the good and acceptable and perfect will of God.

For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus made me free from the law of sin and of death.

If there is therefore any exhortation in Christ, if any consolation of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any tender mercies and compassions, — read the full passage →

For the wages of sin is death; but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

And if a man lie with mankind, as with womankind, both of them have committed abomination: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them.

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

Whoso loveth correction loveth knowledge; But he that hateth reproof is brutish.