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Harboring Anger
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“Be angry, and don’t sin.” Don’t let the sun go down on your wrath, — read the full passage →
So, then, my beloved brothers, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, and slow to anger; — read the full passage →
But I tell you, that everyone who is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment; and whoever shall say to his brother, ‘Raca!’ shall be in danger of the council; and whoever shall say, ‘You fool!’ shall be in danger of the fire of Gehenna.
but now you also put them all away: anger, wrath, malice, slander, and shameful speaking out of your mouth.
He who is slow to anger has great understanding, but he who has a quick temper displays folly.
Don’t befriend a hot-tempered man, and don’t associate with one who harbors anger: — read the full passage →
Don’t be hasty in your spirit to be angry, for anger rests in the bosom of fools.
A fool vents all of his anger, but a wise man brings himself under control.
The discretion of a man makes him slow to anger. It is his glory to overlook an offense.
A wrathful man stirs up contention, but one who is slow to anger appeases strife.
A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.
Cease from anger, and forsake wrath. Don’t fret, it leads only to evildoing.
“‘You shall not hate your brother in your heart. You shall surely rebuke your neighbor, and not bear sin because of him. — read the full passage →
Don’t seek revenge yourselves, beloved, but give place to God’s wrath. For it is written, “Vengeance belongs to me; I will repay, says the Lord.”
Let all bitterness, wrath, anger, outcry, and slander, be put away from you, with all malice.
Then Peter came and said to him, “Lord, how often shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? Until seven times?” — read the full passage →
For as the churning of milk produces butter, and the wringing of the nose produces blood; so the forcing of wrath produces strife.”
An angry man stirs up strife, and a wrathful man abounds in sin.
Let all bitterness, wrath, anger, outcry, and slander, be put away from you, with all malice. — read the full passage →
Where do wars and fightings among you come from? Don’t they come from your pleasures that war in your members? — read the full passage →
Whoever hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life remaining in him.
He who covers an offense promotes love; but he who repeats a matter separates best friends.
Now the works of the flesh are obvious, which are: adultery, sexual immorality, uncleanness, lustfulness, — read the full passage →
Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called children of God.
Yahweh said, “Is it right for you to be angry?”
“‘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 Yahweh.
For the whole law is fulfilled in one word, in this: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”
James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are in the Dispersion: Greetings. — read the full passage →
Therefore putting away falsehood, speak truth each one with his neighbor. For we are members of one another. — read the full passage →
One who is slow to anger is better than the mighty; one who rules his spirit, than he who takes a city.
And the tongue is a fire. The world of iniquity among our members is the tongue, which defiles the whole body, and sets on fire the course of nature, and is set on fire by Gehenna.
For the overseer must be blameless, as God’s steward; not self-pleasing, not easily angered, not given to wine, not violent, not greedy for dishonest gain;
But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you won’t fulfill the lust of the flesh.
Don’t befriend a hot-tempered man, and don’t associate with one who harbors anger:
Hatred stirs up strife, but love covers all wrongs.
Cease from anger, and forsake wrath. Don’t fret, it leads only to evildoing. — read the full passage →
My little children, I write these things to you so that you may not sin. If anyone sins, we have a Counselor with the Father, Jesus Christ, the righteous. — read the full passage →
But say the things which fit sound doctrine, — read the full passage →
“Be angry, and don’t sin.” Don’t let the sun go down on your wrath,
I therefore, the prisoner in the Lord, beg you to walk worthily of the calling with which you were called, — read the full passage →
If your hand causes you to stumble, cut it off. It is better for you to enter into life maimed, rather than having your two hands to go into Gehenna, into the unquenchable fire, — read the full passage →
Abimelech the son of Jerubbaal went to Shechem to his mother’s brothers, and spoke with them, and with all the family of the house of his mother’s father, saying, — read the full passage →
Brothers, even if a man is caught in some fault, you who are spiritual must restore such a one in a spirit of gentleness; looking to yourself so that you also aren’t tempted.
Peter said to him, “Lord, why can’t I follow you now? I will lay down my life for you.”
If your hand causes you to stumble, cut it off. It is better for you to enter into life maimed, rather than having your two hands to go into Gehenna, into the unquenchable fire,
But he who hates his brother is in the darkness, and walks in the darkness, and doesn’t know where he is going, because the darkness has blinded his eyes.
Now there was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews. — read the full passage →
His lord was angry, and delivered him to the tormentors, until he should pay all that was due to him. — read the full passage →
When you sit to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is before you; — read the full passage →
Who, when he was cursed, didn’t curse back. When he suffered, didn’t threaten, but committed himself to him who judges righteously;
If anyone among you thinks himself to be religious while he doesn’t bridle his tongue, but deceives his heart, this man’s religion is worthless.
to speak evil of no one, not to be contentious, to be gentle, showing all humility toward all men.
Don’t be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.
“For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. — read the full passage →
Wrath is cruel, and anger is overwhelming; but who is able to stand before jealousy?
Whoever guards his mouth and his tongue keeps his soul from troubles.
A hot-tempered man must pay the penalty, for if you rescue him, you must do it again.
The beginning of strife is like breaching a dam, therefore stop contention before quarreling breaks out.
In the multitude of words there is no lack of disobedience, but he who restrains his lips does wisely.
I exhort the elders among you, as a fellow elder, and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and who will also share in the glory that will be revealed. — read the full passage →
Love doesn’t harm a neighbor. Love therefore is the fulfillment of the law.
The high priest said, “Are these things so?” — read the full passage →
The beggar died, and he was carried away by the angels to Abraham’s bosom. The rich man also died, and was buried.
He said, “I called because of my affliction to Yahweh. He answered me. Out of the belly of Sheol I cried. You heard my voice.
Though they dig into Sheol, there my hand will take them; and though they climb up to heaven, there I will bring them down.
Yes, his soul draws near to the pit, and his life to the destroyers.
Shall it go down with me to the gates of Sheol, or descend together into the dust?”
Now king Solomon loved many foreign women, together with the daughter of Pharaoh, women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Sidonians, and Hittites; — read the full passage →
For if God didn’t spare angels when they sinned, but cast them down to Tartarus, and committed them to pits of darkness, to be reserved for judgment;
But false prophets also arose among the people, as false teachers will also be among you, who will secretly bring in destructive heresies, denying even the Master who bought them, bringing on themselves swift destruction. — read the full passage →
Paul, a servant of God, and an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the faith of God’s chosen ones, and the knowledge of the truth which is according to godliness, — read the full passage →
Stand firm therefore in the liberty by which Christ has made us free, and don’t be entangled again with a yoke of bondage. — read the full passage →
Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, set apart for the Good News of God, — read the full passage →
because you will not leave my soul in Hades, neither will you allow your Holy One to see decay.
because you will not leave my soul in Hades, neither will you allow your Holy One to see decay. — read the full passage →
But I will warn you whom you should fear. Fear him, who after he has killed, has power to cast into Gehenna.Yes, I tell you, fear him.
You, Capernaum, who are exalted to heaven, will be brought down to Hades.
For everyone will be salted with fire, and every sacrifice will be seasoned with salt.
In that hour the disciples came to Jesus, saying, “Who then is greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven?” — read the full passage →
Those who fled stand without strength under the shadow of Heshbon; for a fire is gone out of Heshbon, and a flame from the midst of Sihon, and has devoured the corner of Moab, and the crown of the head of the tumultuous ones.
therefore, behold, the days come, says Yahweh, that this place shall no more be called Topheth, nor The valley of the son of Hinnom, but The valley of Slaughter.
and go out to the valley of the son of Hinnom, which is by the entry of the gate Harsith, and proclaim there the words that I shall tell you;
You went to the king with oil, and increased your perfumes, and sent your ambassadors far off, and debased yourself even to Sheol.
I said, “In the middle of my life I go into the gates of Sheol. I am deprived of the residue of my years.”
Don’t withhold correction from a child. If you punish him with the rod, he will not die. — read the full passage →
Her feet go down to death. Her steps lead straight to Sheol.
What man is he who shall live and not see death, who shall deliver his soul from the power of Sheol? Selah.
Let me not be disappointed, Yahweh, for I have called on you. Let the wicked be disappointed. Let them be silent in Sheol.
For in death there is no memory of you. In Sheol, who shall give you thanks?
His flesh is so consumed away, that it can’t be seen. His bones that were not seen stick out. — read the full passage →
“Why aren’t times laid up by the Almighty? Why don’t those who know him see his days? — read the full passage →
They spend their days in prosperity. In an instant they go down to Sheol.
If I look for Sheol as my house, if I have spread my couch in the darkness, — read the full passage →
“Oh that you would hide me in Sheol, that you would keep me secret, until your wrath is past, that you would appoint me a set time, and remember me!
They are high as heaven. What can you do? They are deeper than Sheol. What can you know?
Why do you not pardon my disobedience, and take away my iniquity? For now shall I lie down in the dust. You will seek me diligently, but I shall not be.”
As the cloud is consumed and vanishes away, so he who goes down to Sheol shall come up no more.
“Isn’t a man forced to labor on earth? Aren’t his days like the days of a hired hand? — read the full passage →
He defiled Topheth, which is in the valley of the children of Hinnom, that no man might make his son or his daughter to pass through the fire to Molech.
and they set them up pillars and Asherah poles on every high hill, and under every green tree;
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