Speaking Ill Of Others

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 →

If any man thinketh himself to be religious, while he bridleth not his tongue but deceiveth his heart, this man’s religion is vain.

Put them in mind to be in subjection to rulers, to authorities, to be obedient, to be ready unto every good work, — read the full passage →

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.

Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamor, and railing, be put away from you, with all malice:

but now do ye also put them all away: anger, wrath, malice, railing, shameful speaking out of your mouth:

And judge not, and ye shall not be judged: and condemn not, and ye shall not be condemned: release, and ye shall be released:

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.

Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honorable, 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.

Putting away therefore all wickedness, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings, — read the full passage →

Who is wise and understanding among you? let him show by his good life his works in meekness of wisdom.

to speak evil of no man, not to be contentious, to be gentle, showing all meekness toward all men.

but I say unto you, that every one who is angry with his brother shall be in danger of the judgment; and whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council; and whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of the hell of fire.

My little children, these things write I unto you that ye may not sin. 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 of comfort grant you to be of the same mind one with another according to Christ Jesus:

Putting away therefore all wickedness, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings,

for by grace have ye been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God;

having a good conscience; that, wherein ye are spoken against, they may be put to shame who revile your good manner of life in Christ.

And on some have mercy, who are in doubt;

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

and some save, snatching them out of the fire; and on some have mercy with fear; hating even the garment spotted by the flesh.

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.

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

having your behavior seemly among the Gentiles; that, wherein they speak against you as evil-doers, they may by your good works, which they behold, glorify God in the day of visitation.

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

Ye knowthis, my beloved brethren. But let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:

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

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

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.

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

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.

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:

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.

not rendering evil for evil, or reviling for reviling; but contrariwise blessing; for hereunto were ye called, that ye should inherit a blessing.

For no word from God shall be void of power.

nor filthiness, nor foolish talking, or jesting, which are not befitting: 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 →

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.

And in praying use not vain repetitions, as the Gentiles do: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking.

who his own self bare our sins in his body upon the tree, that we, having died unto sins, might live unto righteousness; by whose stripes ye were healed.

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

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.

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

And in like manner the Spirit also helpeth our infirmity: for we know not how to pray as we ought; but the Spirit himself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered;

because by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified in his sight; for through the law cometh the knowledge of sin.

without natural affection, implacable, slanderers, without self-control, fierce, no lovers of good,

And a second like unto it is this, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.

Women in like manner must be grave, not slanderers, temperate, faithful in all things.

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

not looking each of you to his own things, but each of you also to the things of others.

speaking one to another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody with your heart to the Lord;

Wherefore, putting away falsehood, speak ye truth each one with his neighbor: for we are members one of another.

For I fear, lest by any means, when I come, I should find you not such as I would, and should myself be found of you such as ye would not; lest by any means there should be strife, jealousy, wraths, factions, backbitings, whisperings, swellings, tumults;

doing nothing through faction or through vainglory, but in lowliness of mind each counting other better than himself; — read the full passage →

And grieve not the Holy Spirit of God, in whom ye were sealed unto the day of redemption.

backbiters, hateful to God, insolent, haughty, boastful, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents,

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 it was so, that the father of Publius lay sick of fever and dysentery: unto whom Paul entered in, and prayed, and laying his hands on him 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.

Is any among you sick? 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:

even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blemish before him in love:

Wherefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, who will both bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and make manifest the counsels of the hearts; and then shall each man have his praise from God.

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

and not only so, but we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received the reconciliation.

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

But whoso hath the world’s goods, and beholdeth his brother in need, and shutteth up his compassion from him, how doth the love of God abide 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:

In all things I gave you an example, that so laboring ye ought to help the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, that he himself said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.