Getting Upset

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

Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry, For anger in the bosom of fools resteth.

with all lowliness and meekness, with long-suffering, forbearing one another in love,

for God is not <FI>a God<Fi> of tumult, but of peace, as in all the assemblies of the saints.

and the Lord God sanctify in your hearts. And <FI>be<Fi> ready always for defence to every one who is asking of you an account concerning the hope that <FI>is<Fi> in you, with meekness and fear;

not avenging yourselves, beloved, but give place to the wrath, for it hath been written, `Vengeance <FI>is<Fi> Mine,

And Jesus said to him, `Why me dost thou call good? no one <FI>is<Fi> good except One--God;

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

What <FI>is<Fi> the profit, my brethren, if faith, any one may speak of having, and works he may not have? is that faith able to save him?

be angry and do not sin; let not the sun go down upon your wrath, — read the full passage →

reform ye, therefore, and turn back, for your sins being blotted out, that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord,

and Peter said unto them, `Reform, and be baptized each of you on the name of Jesus Christ, to remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit,

`And be not afraid of those killing the body, and are not able to kill the soul, but fear rather Him who is able both soul and body to destroy in gehenna.

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.

(not by works that <FI>are<Fi> in righteousness that we did but according to His kindness,) He did save us, through a bathing of regeneration, and a renewing of the Holy Spirit,

for one <FI>is<Fi> God, one also <FI>is<Fi> mediator of God and of men, the man Christ Jesus,

be angry and do not sin; let not the sun go down upon your wrath,

Let every soul to the higher authorities be subject, for there is no authority except from God, and the authorities existing are appointed by God, — read the full passage →

who may not fear Thee, O Lord, and glorify Thy name? because Thou alone <FI>art<Fi> kind, because all the nations shall come and bow before Thee, because Thy righteous acts were manifested.'

and make not sorrowful the Holy Spirit of God, in which ye were sealed to a day of redemption.

And we are as unclean--all of us, And as a garment passing away, all our righteous acts; And we fade as a leaf--all of us. And our iniquities as wind do take us away.

And after these things I saw another messenger coming down out of the heaven, having great authority, and the earth was lightened from his glory, — read the full passage →

And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and I saw out of the sea a beast coming up, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon its horns ten diadems, and upon its heads a name of evil speaking, — read the full passage →

because I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their lawlessnesses I will remember no more;' --

Put on, therefore, as choice ones of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humble-mindedness, meekness, long-suffering, — read the full passage →

As to the rest, brethren, as many things as are true, as many as <FI>are<Fi> grave, as many as <FI>are<Fi> righteous, as many as <FI>are<Fi> pure, as many as <FI>are<Fi> lovely, as many as <FI>are<Fi> of good report, if any worthiness, and if any praise, these things think upon;

nothing in rivalry or vain-glory, but in humility of mind one another counting more excellent than yourselves--

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;

Call upon you, then, do I--the prisoner of the Lord--to walk worthily of the calling with which ye were called, — read the full passage →

for by grace ye are having been saved, through faith, and this not of you--of God the gift,

Whether, then, ye eat, or drink, or do anything, do all to the glory of God;

for of God it is a ministrant to thee for good; and if that which is evil thou mayest do, be fearing, for not in vain doth it bear the sword; for of God it is a ministrant, an avenger for wrath to him who is doing that which is evil.

for I am not ashamed of the good news of the Christ, for it is the power of God to salvation to every one who is believing, both to Jew first, and to Greek.

And there was a certain man in Caesarea, by name Cornelius, a centurion from a band called Italian, — read the full passage →

Jesus saith to him, `I am the way, and the truth, and the life, no one doth come unto the Father, if not through me;

`Let not your heart be troubled, believe in God, also in me believe; — read the full passage →

for God did so love the world, that His Son--the only begotten--He gave, that every one who is believing in him may not perish, but may have life age-during.

`And if thy brother may sin against thee, go and show him his fault between thee and him alone, if he may hear thee, thou didst gain thy brother;

And the disciples having heard, did fall upon their face, and were exceedingly afraid,

`Not every one who is saying to me Lord, lord, shall come into the reign of the heavens; but he who is doing the will of my Father who is in the heavens. — read the full passage →

but I--I say to you, Love your enemies, bless those cursing you, do good to those hating you, and pray for those accusing you falsely, and persecuting you,

`Happy the peacemakers--because they shall be called Sons of God.

Chastise thy son, and he giveth thee comfort, Yea, he giveth delights to thy soul.

Better to dwell in a wilderness land, Than <FI>with<Fi> a woman of contentions and anger.

Deceit <FI>is<Fi> in the heart of those devising evil, And to those counselling peace <FI>is<Fi> joy.

Whoso is loving instruction, is loving knowledge, And whoso is hating reproof <FI>is<Fi> brutish. — read the full passage →

The fear of Jehovah <FI>is<Fi> to hate evil; Pride, and arrogance, and an evil way, And a froward mouth, I have hated.

For--a moment <FI>is<Fi> in His anger, Life <FI>is<Fi> in His good-will, At even remaineth weeping, and at morn singing.

and all the men of his city have stoned him with stones, and he hath died, and thou hast put away the evil out of thy midst, and all Israel do hear and fear.

A revelation of Jesus Christ, that God gave to him, to shew to his servants what things it behoveth to come to pass quickly; and he did signify <FI>it<Fi> , having sent through his messenger to his servant John,

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

`Let not your heart be troubled, believe in God, also in me believe;

and he did cry in might--a great voice, saying, `Fall, fall did Babylon the great, and she became a habitation of demons, and a hold of every unclean spirit, and a hold of every unclean and hateful bird,

and they sing the song of Moses, servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, `Great and wonderful <FI>are<Fi> Thy works, O Lord God, the Almighty, righteous and true <FI>are<Fi> Thy ways, O King of saints,

and the beast that I saw was like to a leopard, and its feet as of a bear, and its mouth as the mouth of a lion, and the dragon did give to it his power, and his throne, and great authority.

The husbands, in like manner, dwelling with <FI>them<Fi> , according to knowledge, as to a weaker vessel--to the wife--imparting honour, as also being heirs together of the grace of life, that your prayers be not hindered.

ye did not judge fully in yourselves, and did become ill-reasoning judges.

and when the kindness and the love to men of God our Saviour did appear

who doth will all men to be saved, and to come to the full knowledge of the truth;

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

in which once ye did walk according to the age of this world, according to the ruler of the authority of the air, of the spirit that is now working in the sons of disobedience,

for if also an uncertain sound a trumpet may give, who shall prepare himself for battle?

and all to Moses were baptized in the cloud, and in the sea;

which He announced before through His prophets in holy writings--

pious, and fearing God with all his house, doing also many kind acts to the people, and beseeching God always,

And Peter, having looked stedfastly toward him with John, said, `Look toward us;'

and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and began to speak with other tongues, according as the Spirit was giving them to declare.

for God did so love the world, that His Son--the only begotten--He gave, that every one who is believing in him may not perish, but may have life age-during. — read the full passage →

this one came unto him by night, and said to him, `Rabbi, we have known that from God thou hast come--a teacher, for no one these signs is able to do that thou dost, if God may not be with him.'

and they said, `Moses suffered to write a bill of divorce, and to put away.'

and he was transfigured before them, and his face shone as the sun, and his garments did become white as the light,

Simon the Cananite, and Judas Iscariot, who did also deliver him up.

for in what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged, and in what measure ye measure, it shall be measured to you.

and having opened his mouth, he was teaching them, saying:

In Thy doing fearful things--we expect not, Thou didst come down, From Thy presence did mountains flow.

A man of fury stirreth up contention, And the slow to anger appeaseth strife.

At the head of high places by the way, Between the paths she hath stood,

Desist from anger, and forsake fury, Fret not thyself only to do evil.

God <FI>is<Fi> a righteous judge, And He is not angry at all times.

then have thine elders and thy judges gone out and measured unto the cities which <FI>are<Fi> round about the slain one,

and above all these things, <FI>have<Fi> love, which is a bond of the perfection,

forbearing one another, and forgiving each other, if any one with any one may have a quarrel, as also the Christ did forgive you--so also ye;

So that, my beloved, as ye always obey, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, with fear and trembling your own salvation work out,

So that, my beloved, as ye always obey, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, with fear and trembling your own salvation work out, — read the full passage →

and become one to another kind, tender-hearted, forgiving one another, according as also God in Christ did forgive you.

ye are to put off concerning the former behaviour the old man, that is corrupt according to the desires of the deceit,

and, being true in love, we may increase to Him <FI>in<Fi> all things, who is the head--the Christ;

being diligent to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of the peace;

A prudent man is concealing knowledge, And the heart of fools proclaimeth folly.

The fool--in a day is his anger known, And the prudent is covering shame.