but now do ye also put them all away: anger, wrath, malice, railing, shameful speaking out of your mouth:
And I say unto you, that every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.
nor filthiness, nor foolish talking, or jesting, which are not befitting: but rather giving of thanks. — read the full passage →
out of the same mouth cometh forth blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not so to be.
But shun profane babblings: for they will proceed further in ungodliness,
Not that which entereth into the mouth defileth the man; but that which proceedeth out of the mouth, this defileth the man.
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.
For, He that would love life, And see good days, Let him refrain his tongue from evil, And his lips that they speak no guile:
abstain from every form of evil.
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.
I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service.
Be sober, be watchful: your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:
Ye knowthis, my beloved brethren. But let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:
There hath no temptation taken you but such as man can bear: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation make also the way of escape, that ye may be able to endure it.
By these three plagues was the third part of men killed, by the fire and the smoke and the brimstone, which proceeded out of their mouths.
Be subject therefore unto God; but resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
Whosoever goeth onward and abideth not in the teaching of Christ, hath not God: he that abideth in the teaching, the same hath both the Father and the Son. — read the full passage →
And to the angel of the church in Laodicea write: These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God: — read the full passage →
knowing this first, that in the last days mockers shall come with mockery, walking after their own lusts,
And because iniquity shall be multiplied, the love of the many shall wax cold.
Even as Sodom and Gomorrah, and the cities about them, having in like manner with these given themselves over to fornication and gone after strange flesh, are set forth as an example, suffering the punishment of eternal fire.
For men shall be lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, haughty, railers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,
Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father it is your will to do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and standeth not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father thereof.
but the tongue can no man tame; it is a restless evil, it is full of deadly poison. — read the full passage →
But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deluding your own selves.
Since then the children are sharers in flesh and blood, he also himself in like manner partook of the same; that through death he might bring to nought him that had the power of death, that is, the devil;
But know this, that in the last days grievous times shall come.
Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer each one.
Let no man deceive you with empty words: for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the sons of disobedience.
God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship in spirit and truth.
For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven, with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first;
We were buried therefore with him through baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, so we also might walk in newness of life.
Wherefore God gave them up in the lusts of their hearts unto uncleanness, that their bodies should be dishonored among themselves:
Now these were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, examining the scriptures daily, whether these things were so.
And he called to him the multitude, and said unto them, Hear, and understand: — read the full passage →
For in many things we all stumble. If any stumbleth not in word, the same is a perfect man, able to bridle the whole body also.
And as were the days of Noah, so shall be the coming of the Son of man.
But the Spirit saith expressly, that in later times some shall fall away from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits and doctrines of demons,
I therefore, the prisoner in the Lord, beseech you to walk worthily of the calling wherewith ye were called, — read the full passage →
wherein ye once walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the powers of the air, of the spirit that now worketh in the sons of disobedience;
for the Lord will execute his word upon the earth, finishing it and cutting it short.
For this cause God gave them up unto vile passions: for their women changed the natural use into that which is against nature:
Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except one be born anew, he cannot see the kingdom of God.
And he said unto them, O foolish men, and slow of heart to believe in all that the prophets have spoken!
And the gospel must first be preached unto all the nations.
teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I commanded you: and lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world.
Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into the eternal fire which is prepared for the devil and his angels:
and they knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall be the coming of the Son of man.
and said, Verily I say unto you, Except ye turn, and become as little children, ye shall in no wise enter into the kingdom of heaven.
For what shall a man be profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and forfeit his life? or what shall a man give in exchange for his life?
Topical index adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0). Verse text: ASV.