Verbal Abuse

Let no corrupt word out of your mouth go forth, but what is good unto the needful building up, that it may give grace to the hearers;

`And I say to you, that every idle word that men may speak, they shall give for it a reckoning in a day of judgment; — read the full passage →

A sectarian man, after a first and second admonition be rejecting,

Near <FI>is<Fi> Jehovah to the broken of heart, And the bruised of spirit He saveth.

the husbands! love your wives, and be not bitter with them;

Death and life <FI>are<Fi> in the power of the tongue, And those loving it eat its fruit.

Shew not thyself friendly with an angry man, And with a man of fury go not in,

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

A rash speaker is like piercings of a sword, And the tongue of the wise is healing.

out of the same mouth doth come forth blessing and cursing; it doth not need, my brethren, these things so to happen;

If any one doth think to be religious among you, not bridling his tongue, but deceiving his heart, of this one vain <FI>is<Fi> the religion;

A soft answer turneth back fury, And a grievous word raiseth up anger.

If with the tongues of men and of messengers I speak, and have not love, I have become brass sounding, or a cymbal tinkling; — read the full passage →

Be not led astray; evil communications corrupt good manners;

So then, my brethren beloved, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger,

An angry man stirreth up contention, And a furious man is multiplying transgression.

And the fathers! provoke not your children, but nourish them in the instruction and admonition of the Lord.

And, if the unbelieving doth separate himself--let him separate himself: the brother or the sister is not under servitude in such <FI>cases<Fi> , and in peace hath God called us;

but now put off, even ye, the whole--anger, wrath, malice, evil-speaking, filthy talking--out of your mouth.

Brethren, if a man also may be overtaken in any trespass, ye who <FI>are<Fi> spiritual restore such a one in a spirit of meekness, considering thyself--lest thou also may be tempted;

Be sober, vigilant, because your opponent the devil, as a roaring lion, doth walk about, seeking whom he may swallow up,

With the mouth a hypocrite corrupteth his friend, And by knowledge the righteous are drawn out.

Whoso is keeping his mouth and his tongue, Is keeping from adversities his soul.

The husbands! love your own wives, as also the Christ did love the assembly, and did give himself for it,

and become one to another kind, tender-hearted, forgiving one another, according as also God in Christ did forgive you.

who being reviled--was not reviling again, suffering--was not threatening, and was committing himself to Him who is judging righteously,

but the things coming forth from the mouth from the heart do come forth, and these defile the man;

A healed tongue <FI>is<Fi> a tree of life, And perverseness in it--a breach in the spirit.

And it cometh to pass, at noon, that Elijah playeth on them, and saith, `Call with a loud voice, for he <FI>is<Fi> a god, for he is meditating, or pursuing, or on a journey; it may be he is asleep, an doth awake.'

My little children, may we not love in word nor in tongue, but in word and in truth!

not that which is coming into the mouth doth defile the man, but that which is coming forth from the mouth, this defileth the man.'

The spirit of a man sustaineth his sickness, And a smitten spirit who doth bear?

A fountain of life <FI>is<Fi> the mouth of the righteous, And the mouth of the wicked cover doth violence.

so also the tongue is a little member, and doth boast greatly; lo, a little fire how much wood it doth kindle! — read the full passage →

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

Jehovah the righteous doth try. And the wicked and the lover of violence, Hath His soul hated,

honourable <FI>is<Fi> the marriage in all, and the bed undefiled, and whoremongers and adulterers God shall judge.

And the Lord is the Spirit; and where the Spirit of the Lord <FI>is<Fi> , there <FI>is<Fi> liberty;

`And if thy brother may sin against thee, go and show him his fault between thee and him alone, if he may hear thee, thou didst gain thy brother; — read the full passage →

In like manner, the wives, be ye subject to your own husbands, that even if certain are disobedient to the word, through the conversation of the wives, without the word, they may be won,

A rejoicing heart doth good to the body, And a smitten spirit drieth the bone.

and be not conformed to this age, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, for your proving what <FI>is<Fi> the will of God--the good, and acceptable, and perfect.

subjecting yourselves to one another in the fear of God.

Blessings <FI>are<Fi> for the head of the righteous, And the mouth of the wicked cover doth violence.

I confess Thee, because that <FI>with<Fi> wonders I have been distinguished. Wonderful <FI>are<Fi> Thy works, And my soul is knowing <FI>it<Fi> well.

`For any man who revileth his father and his mother is certainly put to death; his father and his mother he hath reviled: his blood <FI>is<Fi> on him.

The husbands, in like manner, dwelling with <FI>them<Fi> , according to knowledge, as to a weaker vessel--to the wife--imparting honour, as also being heirs together of the grace of life, that your prayers be not hindered.

and the tongue <FI>is<Fi> a fire, the world of the unrighteousness, so the tongue is set in our members, which is spotting our whole body, and is setting on fire the course of nature, and is set on fire by the gehenna.

but I--I say to you, that every one who is angry at his brother without cause, shall be in danger of the judgment, and whoever may say to his brother, Empty fellow! shall be in danger of the sanhedrim, and whoever may say, Rebel! shall be in danger of the gehenna of the fire.

and whoever may cause to stumble one of those little ones who are believing in me, it is better for him that a weighty millstone may be hanged upon his neck, and he may be sunk in the depth of the sea.

and now, I did write to you not to keep company with <FI>him<Fi> , if any one, being named a brother, may be a whoremonger, or covetous, or an idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner--with such a one not even to eat together;

`And mayest Thou not lead us to temptation, but deliver us from the evil, because Thine is the reign, and the power, and the glory--to the ages. Amen.

be mindful of those in bonds, as having been bound with them, of those maltreated, as also yourselves being in the body;

and the profane vain talkings stand aloof from, for to more impiety they will advance,

the Lord is not slow in regard to the promise, as certain count slowness, but is long-suffering to us, not counselling any to be lost but all to pass on to reformation,

So then, my brethren beloved, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger, — read the full passage →

The wives! to your own husbands subject yourselves, as to the Lord,

and to the married I announce--not I, but the Lord--let not a wife separate from a husband: — read the full passage →

wherefore, comfort ye one another, and build ye up, one the one, as also ye do.

Give instruction to a youth about his way, Even when he is old he turneth not from it.

To no one owe anything, except to love one another; for he who is loving the other--law he hath fulfilled, — read the full passage →

If possible--so far as in you--with all men being in peace;

`And if thy brother may sin against thee, go and show him his fault between thee and him alone, if he may hear thee, thou didst gain thy brother; — read the full passage →

And Jehovah is a tower for the bruised, A tower for times of adversity.

My little children, these things I write to you, that ye may not sin: and if any one may sin, an advocate we have with the Father, Jesus Christ, a righteous one, — read the full passage →

Lo, truth Thou hast desired in the inward parts, And in the hidden part Wisdom Thou causest me to know.

if we may confess our sins, stedfast He is and righteous that He may forgive us the sins, and may cleanse us from every unrighteousness;

Those sinning, reprove before all, that the others also may have fear;

And finally, being all of one mind, having fellow-feeling, loving as brethren, compassionate, courteous,

I did write to you in the epistle, not to keep company with whoremongers-- — read the full passage →

For as he hath thought in his soul, so <FI>is<Fi> he, `Eat and drink,' saith he to thee, And his heart <FI>is<Fi> not with thee.

Jehovah is doing righteousness and judgments For all the oppressed.

but I--I say to you, that whoever may put away his wife, save for the matter of whoredom, doth make her to commit adultery; and whoever may marry her who hath been put away doth commit adultery.

The mouth of a fool <FI>is<Fi> ruin to him, And his lips <FI>are<Fi> the snare of his soul.

Mischiefs doth thy tongue devise, Like a sharp razor, working deceit.

For <FI>I<Fi> hate sending away, said Jehovah, God of Israel, And He <FI>who<Fi> hath covered violence with his clothing, said Jehovah of Hosts, And ye have been watchful over your spirit, And ye do not deal treacherously.

And we command you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to withdraw yourselves from every brother disorderly walking, and not after the deliverance that ye received from us,

James, of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ a servant, to the Twelve Tribes who are in the dispersion: Hail! — read the full passage →

and we exhort you, brethren, admonish the disorderly, comfort the feeble-minded, support the infirm, be patient unto all;

the fathers! vex not your children, lest they be discouraged.

And faith is of things hoped for a confidence, of matters not seen a conviction, — read the full passage →

Let no corrupt word out of your mouth go forth, but what is good unto the needful building up, that it may give grace to the hearers; — read the full passage →

Wherefore, the hanging-down hands and the loosened knees set ye up;

that they may make the young women sober-minded, to be lovers of <FI>their<Fi> husbands, lovers of <FI>their<Fi> children,

`Ye heard that it was said to the ancients: Thou shalt not kill, and whoever may kill shall be in danger of the judgment; — read the full passage →

From fraud and from violence he redeemeth their soul, And precious is their blood in his eyes.

and in the piety the brotherly kindness, and in the brotherly kindness the love;

Brethren, if any among you may go astray from the truth, and any one may turn him back, — read the full passage →

Shew not thyself friendly with an angry man, And with a man of fury go not in, — read the full passage →

And the poor people Thou dost save, And Thine eyes on the high causest to fall.

and the wisdom from above, first, indeed, is pure, then peaceable, gentle, easily entreated, full of kindness and good fruits, uncontentious, and unhypocritical: --

And I have laid a charge on every one Who is leaping over the threshold in that day, Who are filling the house of their masters <FI>With<Fi> violence and deceit.

Turn aside from thee a froward mouth, And perverse lips put far from thee,

Doing judgment for the oppressed, Giving bread to the hungry.

And this know thou, that in the last days there shall come perilous times, — read the full passage →

As to the rest, brethren, as many things as are true, as many as <FI>are<Fi> grave, as many as <FI>are<Fi> righteous, as many as <FI>are<Fi> pure, as many as <FI>are<Fi> lovely, as many as <FI>are<Fi> of good report, if any worthiness, and if any praise, these things think upon;

I have known that Jehovah doth execute The judgment of the afflicted, The judgment of the needy.

of no one to speak evil, not to be quarrelsome--gentle, showing all meekness to all men,

Whoso is walking with wise men is wise, And a companion of fools suffereth evil.

it is more profitable to him if a weighty millstone is put round about his neck, and he hath been cast into the sea, than that he may cause one of these little ones to stumble.