Colossians 3:8
but now you should get rid of such things as anger, rage, wickedness, abuse, and using obscenities.
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7At one time you lived like that when you behaved in such a way,
9Don't lie to each other, since you've discarded your old self and what you used to do,
Cross References
Psalms 37:8Give up your anger! Let go of your rage! Don't get mad—it only results in evil!
Proverbs 19:19People who often get angry have to pay the penalty; if you help them, you'll have to do it again.
Matthew 5:22But I tell you, anyone who is angry with his brother will be condemned as guilty. Whoever calls his brother an idiot has to answer to the council, but whoever verbally abuses others is liable to the fire of Gehenna.
Romans 13:13Let's behave properly, showing that we're people who are living in the light. We shouldn't spend our time going to wild parties and getting drunk, or having affairs and acting immorally, or getting into fights and being jealous.
2 Corinthians 12:20I do worry when I visit that somehow I won't find you as I would want to, and that you won't find me as you would want to! I'm afraid that there will be arguments, jealousy, anger, rivalry, slander, gossip, arrogance, and disorder.
Galatians 5:20idolatry, sorcery, hatred, rivalry, jealousy, anger, selfish ambition, dissension, heresy,
Matthew Henry on Colossians 3:6-8
Necessity of Mortifying Sin. ( a. d. 62.) 5 Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry: 6 For which things' sake the wrath of God cometh on the children of disobedience: 7 In the which ye also walked some time, when ye lived in them. The apostle exhorts the Colossians to the mortification of sin, the great hindrance to seeking the things which are above. Since it is our duty to set our affections… Read the whole commentary →