Colossians 3:8
but now you also put them all away: anger, wrath, malice, slander, and shameful speaking out of your mouth.
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In Context
7You also once walked in those, when you lived in them;
9Do not lie to one another, seeing that you have put off the old man with his doings,
Cross References
Psalms 37:8Cease from anger, and forsake wrath.Do not fret, it leads only to evildoing.
Proverbs 19:19A hot-tempered man must pay the penalty,for if you rescue him, you must do it again.
Matthew 5:22But I tell you, that everyone who is angry with his brother shall be in danger of the judgment; and whoever shall say to his brother, 'You good-for-nothing!' shall be in danger of the council; and whoever shall say, 'You fool!' shall be in danger of the fire of hell.
Romans 13:13Let us walk properly, as in the day; not in reveling and drunkenness, not in sexual promiscuity and lustful acts, and not in strife and jealousy.
2 Corinthians 12:20For I am afraid that by any means, when I come, I might find you not the way I want to, and that I might be found by you as you do not desire; that by any means there would be strife, jealousy, outbursts of anger, factions, slander, whisperings, proud thoughts, riots;
Galatians 5:20idolatry, sorcery, hatred, strife, jealousies, outbursts of anger, rivalries, divisions, heresies,
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 →