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Ephesians 4:31

In 9 translations

BSB
Get rid of all bitterness, rage and anger, outcry and slander, along with every form of malice.
KJV
Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice:
WEB
Let all bitterness, wrath, anger, outcry, and slander be put away from you, with all malice.
ASV
Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamor, and railing, be put away from you, with all malice:
LSV
Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamor, and slander, be put away from you, with all malice,
YLT
Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil-speaking, be put away from you, with all malice,
DBY
Let all bitterness, and heat of passion, and wrath, and clamour, and injurious language, be removed from you, with all malice;
DRC
Let all bitterness, and anger, and indignation, and clamour, and blasphemy, be put away from you, with all malice.
GNV
Let all bitternesse, and anger, and wrath, crying, and euill speaking be put away from you, with all maliciousnesse.

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT
πᾶσα πικρία καὶ θυμὸς καὶ ὀργὴ καὶ κραυγὴ καὶ βλασφημία ἀρθήτω ἀφʼ ὑμῶν σὺν πάσῃ κακίᾳ.
RP2018
Πᾶσα πικρία καὶ θυμὸς καὶ ὀργὴ καὶ κραυγὴ καὶ βλασφημία ἀρθήτω ἀφ’ ὑμῶν, σὺν πάσῃ κακίᾳ·
TR-Boyd
Πᾶσα πικρία καὶ θυμὸς καὶ ὀργὴ καὶ κραυγὴ καὶ βλασφημία ἀρθήτω ἀφ᾿ ὑμῶν, σὺν πάσῃ κακίᾳ·
SCR1894
πασα πικρια και θυμος και οργη και κραυγη και βλασφημια αρθητω αφ υμων συν παση κακια

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Cross-references most cited first

  • Colossians 3:8But now you must put aside all such things as these: anger, rage, malice, slander, and filthy language from your lips.
  • Ecclesiastes 7:9Do not be quickly provoked in your spirit, for anger settles in the lap of a fool.
  • Titus 3:2–3to malign no one, and to be peaceable and gentle, showing full consideration to everyone. For at one time we too were foolish, disobedient, misled, and enslaved to all sorts of desires and pleasures—living in malice…
  • 1 Peter 2:1Rid yourselves, therefore, of all malice, deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and slander.
  • James 1:19My beloved brothers, understand this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to anger,
  • Colossians 3:19Husbands, love your wives and do not be harsh with them.
  • James 3:14–4:2But if you harbor bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast in it or deny the truth. Such wisdom does not come from above, but is earthly, unspiritual, demonic. For where jealousy and selfish…
  • Ephesians 4:26“Be angry, yet do not sin.” Do not let the sun set upon your anger,
  • 1 John 3:12Do not be like Cain, who belonged to the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did Cain slay him? Because his own deeds were evil, while those of his brother were righteous.
  • Leviticus 19:16–18You must not go about spreading slander among your people. You must not endanger the life of your neighbor. I am the LORD. You must not harbor hatred against your brother in your heart. Directly rebuke your neighbor,…
  • Proverbs 29:22An angry man stirs up dissension, and a hot-tempered man abounds in transgression.
  • 1 Corinthians 14:20Brothers, stop thinking like children. In regard to evil be infants, but in your thinking be mature.
  • Psalms 101:5Whoever slanders his neighbor in secret, I will put to silence; the one with haughty eyes and a proud heart, I will not endure.
  • Proverbs 26:20Without wood, a fire goes out; without gossip, a conflict ceases.
  • Titus 1:7As God’s steward, an overseer must be above reproach—not self-absorbed, not quick-tempered, not given to drunkenness, not violent, not greedy for money.
  • Proverbs 14:17A quick-tempered man acts foolishly, and a devious man is hated.

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