Ephesians 4:31
Let all bitter, sharp and angry feeling, and noise, and evil words, be put away from you, with all unkind acts;
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30And do not give grief to the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were marked for the day of salvation.
Cross References
Genesis 27:41So Esau was full of hate for Jacob because of his father's blessing; and he said in his heart, The days of weeping for my father are near; then I will put my brother Jacob to death.
Genesis 37:21But Reuben, hearing these words, got him out of their hands, saying, Let us not take his life.
2 Samuel 13:22But Absalom said nothing to his brother Amnon, good or bad: for he was full of hate for him, because he had taken his sister Tamar by force.
2 Samuel 19:43And in answer to the men of Judah, the men of Israel said, We have ten parts in the king, and we are the first in order of birth: why did you make nothing of us? and were we not the first to make suggestions for getting the king back? And the words of the men of Judah were more violent than the words of the men of Israel.
Psalms 50:20You say evil of your brother; you make false statements against your mother's son.
Psalms 101:5I will put to death anyone who says evil of his neighbour secretly; the man with a high look and a heart of pride is disgusting to me.
Matthew Henry on Ephesians 4:18-32
Exhortation to Purity and Holiness; Cautions against Sin; Against Grieving the Spirit. ( a. d. 61.) 17 This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that ye henceforth walk not as other Gentiles walk, in the vanity of their mind, 18 Having the understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God through the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of their heart: 19 Who being past feeling have given themselves over unto lasciviousness, to work all uncleanness with greediness. 20 But ye have not… Read the whole commentary →