Speaking Ill Of Others

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

If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man’s religion is vain.

Put them in mind to be subject to principalities and powers, to obey magistrates, to be ready to every good work, — read the full passage →

Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers.

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

But now ye also put off all these; anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy communication out of your mouth.

Judge not, and ye shall not be judged: condemn not, and ye shall not be condemned: forgive, and ye shall be forgiven:

Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord.

Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.

He that is void of wisdom despiseth his neighbour: but a man of understanding holdeth his peace.

He that covereth a transgression seeketh love; but he that repeateth a matter separateth very friends.

Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings, — read the full passage →

Also take no heed unto all words that are spoken; lest thou hear thy servant curse thee: — read the full passage →

Who is a wise man and endued with knowledge among you? let him shew out of a good conversation his works with meekness of wisdom.

To speak evil of no man, to be no brawlers, but gentle, shewing all meekness unto all men.

But I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment: and whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council: but whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell fire.

My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous: — read the full passage →

Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.

Now the God of patience and consolation grant you to be likeminded one toward another according to Christ Jesus:

An hypocrite with his mouth destroyeth his neighbour: but through knowledge shall the just be delivered.

Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings,

For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:

Having a good conscience; that, whereas they speak evil of you, as of evildoers, they may be ashamed that falsely accuse your good conversation in Christ.

And of some have compassion, making a difference:

A froward man soweth strife: and a whisperer separateth chief friends.

Thou givest thy mouth to evil, and thy tongue frameth deceit. — read the full passage →

These six things doth the Lord hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him: — read the full passage →

But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.

And others save with fear, pulling them out of the fire; hating even the garment spotted by the flesh.

Speak not evil one of another, brethren. He that speaketh evil of his brother, and judgeth his brother, speaketh evil of the law, and judgeth the law: but if thou judge the law, thou art not a doer of the law, but a judge.

And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ’s sake hath forgiven you.

Having your conversation honest among the Gentiles: that, whereas they speak against you as evildoers, they may by your good works, which they shall behold, glorify God in the day of visitation.

He that keepeth his mouth keepeth his life: but he that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction.

I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men; — read the full passage →

Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:

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

Bear ye one another’s burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ.

Moreover if thy brother shall trespass against thee, go and tell him his fault between thee and him alone: if he shall hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother.

Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.

Grudge not one against another, brethren, lest ye be condemned: behold, the judge standeth before the door.

Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.

A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger.

Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.

Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye.

For in many things we offend all. If any man offend not in word, the same is a perfect man, and able also to bridle the whole body.

He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the Lord; and that which he hath given will he pay him again.

Not rendering evil for evil, or railing for railing: but contrariwise blessing; knowing that ye are thereunto called, that ye should inherit a blessing.

For with God nothing shall be impossible.

Heal me, O Lord, and I shall be healed; save me, and I shall be saved: for thou art my praise.

Neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not convenient: but rather giving of thanks.

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. — read the full passage →

Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets.

But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking.

Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed.

Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.

Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.

And ye shall serve the Lord your God, and he shall bless thy bread, and thy water; and I will take sickness away from the midst of thee.

Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual, restore such an one in the spirit of meekness; considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted.

He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds.

Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth.

Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered.

Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for by the law is the knowledge of sin.

Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good,

And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.

A wholesome tongue is a tree of life: but perverseness therein is a breach in the spirit.

Even so must their wives be grave, not slanderers, sober, faithful in all things.

For I will restore health unto thee, and I will heal thee of thy wounds, saith the Lord; because they called thee an Outcast, saying, This is Zion, whom no man seeketh after.

Wherein they think it strange that ye run not with them to the same excess of riot, speaking evil of you:

Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others.

Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord;

Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbour: for we are members one of another.

For I fear, lest, when I come, I shall not find you such as I would, and that I shall be found unto you such as ye would not: lest there be debates, envyings, wraths, strifes, backbitings, whisperings, swellings, tumults:

And said, If thou wilt diligently hearken to the voice of the Lord thy God, and wilt do that which is right in his sight, and wilt give ear to his commandments, and keep all his statutes, I will put none of these diseases upon thee, which I have brought upon the Egyptians: for I am the Lord that healeth thee.

Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves. — read the full passage →

And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption.

Backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents,

He that giveth unto the poor shall not lack: but he that hideth his eyes shall have many a curse.

A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.

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

And the Lord will take away from thee all sickness, and will put none of the evil diseases of Egypt, which thou knowest, upon thee; but will lay them upon all them that hate thee.

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

And it came to pass, that the father of Publius lay sick of a fever and of a bloody flux: to whom Paul entered in, and prayed, and laid his hands on him, and healed him.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

But to do good and to communicate forget not: for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.

Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted. — read the full passage →

O Lord my God, I cried unto thee, and thou hast healed me.

Is any sick among you? let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord:

According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love:

Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, who both will bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and will make manifest the counsels of the hearts: and then shall every man have praise of God.

We then that are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves.

And not only so, but we also joy in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom we have now received the atonement.

And Jesus went about all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every sickness and every disease among the people.

Behold, I will bring it health and cure, and I will cure them, and will reveal unto them the abundance of peace and truth.

The Lord will strengthen him upon the bed of languishing: thou wilt make all his bed in his sickness.

The Lord judge between me and thee, and the Lord avenge me of thee: but mine hand shall not be upon thee.

But whoso hath this world’s good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him?

Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.

Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus:

Open thy mouth for the dumb in the cause of all such as are appointed to destruction. — read the full passage →

I have shewed you all things, how that so labouring ye ought to support the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.