Verbal Abuse

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.

And I say unto you, that every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment. — read the full passage →

A factious man after a first and second admonition refuse;

Jehovah is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart, And saveth such as are of a contrite spirit.

Husbands, love your wives, and be not bitter against them.

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

Make no friendship with a man that is given to anger; And with a wrathful man thou shalt not go:

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

There is that speaketh rashly like the piercings of a sword; But the tongue of the wise is health.

out of the same mouth cometh forth blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not so to be.

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

A soft answer turneth away wrath; But a grievous word stirreth up anger.

If I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am become sounding brass, or a clanging cymbal. — read the full passage →

Be not deceived: Evil companionships corrupt good morals.

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

An angry man stirreth up strife, And a wrathful man aboundeth in transgression.

And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but nurture them in the chastening and admonition of the Lord.

Yet if the unbelieving departeth, let him depart: the brother or the sister is not under bondage in such cases: but God hath called us in peace.

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

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.

Be sober, be watchful: your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:

With his mouth the godless man destroyeth his neighbor; But through knowledge shall the righteous be delivered.

Whoso keepeth his mouth and his tongue Keepeth his soul from troubles.

Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself up for it;

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

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

But the things which proceed out of the mouth come forth out of the heart; and they defile the man.

A gentle tongue is a tree of life; But perverseness therein is a breaking of the spirit.

And it came to pass at noon, that Elijah mocked them, and said, Cry aloud; for he is a god: either he is musing, or he is gone aside, or he is on a journey, or peradventure he sleepeth and must be awaked.

My little children, let us not love in word, neither with the tongue; but in deed and truth.

Not that which entereth into the mouth defileth the man; but that which proceedeth out of the mouth, this defileth the man.

The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity; But a broken spirit who can bear?

The mouth of the righteous is a fountain of life; But violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.

So the tongue also is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how much wood is kindled by how small a fire! — read the full passage →

Keep thy tongue from evil, And thy lips from speaking guile.

Jehovah trieth the righteous; But the wicked and him that loveth violence his soul hateth.

Let marriage be had in honor among all, and let the bed be undefiled: for fornicators and adulterers God will judge.

Now the Lord is the Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.

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. — read the full passage →

In like manner, ye wives, bein subjection to your own husbands; that, even if any obey not the word, they may without the word be gained by the behavior of their wives;

A cheerful heart is a good medicine; But a broken spirit drieth up the bones.

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.

subjecting yourselves one to another in the fear of Christ.

Blessings are upon the head of the righteous; But violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.

I will give thanks unto thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: Wonderful are thy works; And that my soul knoweth right well.

For every one that curseth his father or his mother shall surely be put to death: he hath cursed his father or his mother; his blood shall be upon him.

Ye husbands, in like manner, dwell withyour wivesaccording to knowledge, giving honor unto the woman, as unto the weaker vessel, as being also joint-heirs of the grace of life; to the end that your prayers be not hindered.

And the tongue is a fire: the world of iniquity among our members is the tongue, which defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the wheel of nature, and is set on fire by hell.

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.

but whoso shall cause one of these little ones that believe on me to stumble, it is profitable for him that a great millstone should be hanged about his neck, and that he should be sunk in the depth of the sea.

but as it is, I wrote unto you not to keep company, if any man that is named a brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or a reviler, or a drunkard, or an extortioner; with such a one no, not to eat.

And bring us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.

Remember them that are in bonds, as bound with them; them that are ill-treated, as being yourselves also in the body.

But shun profane babblings: for they will proceed further in ungodliness,

The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some count slackness; but is longsuffering to you-ward, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.

Ye knowthis, my beloved brethren. But let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath: — read the full passage →

Wives, be in subjection unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord.

But unto the married I give charge, yea not I, but the Lord, That the wife depart not from her husband — read the full passage →

Wherefore exhort one another, and build each other up, even as also ye do.

Train up a child in the way he should go, And even when he is old he will not depart from it.

Owe no man anything, save to love one another: for he that loveth his neighbor hath fulfilled the law. — read the full passage →

If it be possible, as much as in you lieth, be at peace with all men.

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. — read the full passage →

Jehovah also will be a high tower for the oppressed, A high tower in times of trouble;

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 →

Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts; And in the hidden part thou wilt make me to know wisdom.

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

Them that sin reprove in the sight of all, that the rest also may be in fear.

Finally, be ye all likeminded, compassionate, loving as brethren, tenderhearted, humbleminded:

I wrote unto you in my epistle to have no company with fornicators; — read the full passage →

For as he thinketh within himself, so is he: Eat and drink, saith he to thee; But his heart is not with thee.

Jehovah executeth righteous acts, And judgments for all that are oppressed.

but I say unto you, that every one that putteth away his wife, saving for the cause of fornication, maketh her an adulteress: and whosoever shall marry her when she is put away committeth adultery.

A fool’s mouth is his destruction, And his lips are the snare of his soul.

Thy tongue deviseth very wickedness, Like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.

For I hate putting away, saith Jehovah, the God of Israel, and him that covereth his garment with violence, saith Jehovah of hosts: therefore take heed to your spirit, that ye deal not treacherously.

Now we command you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye withdraw yourselves from every brother that walketh disorderly, and not after the tradition which they received of us.

James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are of the Dispersion, greeting. — read the full passage →

And we exhort you, brethren, admonish the disorderly, encourage the fainthearted, support the weak, be longsuffering toward all.

Fathers, provoke not your children, that they be not discouraged.

Now faith is assurance ofthingshoped for, a conviction of things not seen. — 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. — read the full passage →

Wherefore lift up the hands that hang down, and the palsied knees;

that they may train the young women to love their husbands, to love their children,

Ye have heard that it was said to them of old time, Thou shalt not kill; and whosoever shall kill shall be in danger of the judgment: — read the full passage →

He will redeem their soul from oppression and violence; And precious will their blood be in his sight:

and in your godliness brotherly kindness; and in your brotherly kindness love.

My brethren, if any among you err from the truth, and one convert him; — read the full passage →

Make no friendship with a man that is given to anger; And with a wrathful man thou shalt not go: — read the full passage →

And the afflicted people thou wilt save; But thine eyes are upon the haughty, that thou mayest bring them down.

But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, easy to be entreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without variance, without hypocrisy.

And in that day I will punish all those that leap over the threshold, that fill their master’s house with violence and deceit.

Put away from thee a wayward mouth, And perverse lips put far from thee.

Who executeth justice for the oppressed; Who giveth food to the hungry. Jehovah looseth the prisoners;

But know this, that in the last days grievous times shall come. — read the full passage →

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.

I know that Jehovah will maintain the cause of the afflicted, And justice for the needy.

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

Walk with wise men, and thou shalt be wise; But the companion of fools shall smart for it.

It were well for him if a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he were thrown into the sea, rather than that he should cause one of these little ones to stumble.