Colossians 3:8
But now you must get rid of all these things—wrath, anger, evil intentions, insults, and obscene speech from your mouth.
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7It is in these things that you also once walked when you lived in them.
9Do not lie to one another, since you have taken off the old man with its practices,
Cross References
Psalms 37:8Do not be angry and frustrated. 1 Do not worry. This only makes trouble. 1
Proverbs 19:19A hot-tempered person must pay the penalty; 1 if you rescue him, you will have to do it a second time. 1
Matthew 5:22But I say to you that everyone who is angry with his brother will be in danger of the judgment; and whoever says to his brother, 'You worthless person!' will be in danger of the council; and whoever says, 'You fool!' will be in danger of the fire of hell.
Romans 13:13Let us walk appropriately, as in the day, not in drunken celebrations or drunkenness; and let us not walk in sexual immorality or in uncontrolled lust, and not in strife or jealousy.
2 Corinthians 12:20For I fear that when I come I may not find you as I wish. I fear that you might not find me as you wish. I fear that there may be quarreling, jealousy, outbursts of anger, rivalries, slander, gossip, arrogance, and disorder.
Galatians 5:20idolatry, sorcery, hostilities, strife, jealousy, outbursts of anger, rivalry, dissension, divisions,
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 →