What Does The Bible Say About?

Hateful Words

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Ephesians 4:29

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Let no unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building up the one in need and bringing grace to those who listen.

Ephesians 4:31-32

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Get rid of all bitterness, rage and anger, outcry and slander, along with every form of malice. Be kind and tenderhearted to one another, forgiving each other just as in Christ God forgave you.

Proverbs 12:18

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Speaking rashly is like a piercing sword, but the tongue of the wise brings healing.

Colossians 4:6

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Let your speech always be gracious, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how to answer everyone.

Psalm 109:1-31

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For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. O God of my praise, be not silent. For wicked and deceitful mouths open against me; they speak against me with lying tongues. They surround me with hateful words and attack me without cause. In return for my love they accuse me, but I am a man of prayer. They repay me evil for good, and hatred for my love. . . .

Matthew 18:9

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And if your eye causes you to sin, gouge it out and throw it away. It is better for you to enter life with one eye than to have two eyes and be thrown into the fire of hell.

Ephesians 2:3

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All of us also lived among them at one time, fulfilling the cravings of our flesh and indulging its desires and thoughts. Like the rest, we were by nature children of wrath.

1 John 4:20

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If anyone says, “I love God,” but hates his brother, he is a liar. For anyone who does not love his brother, whom he has seen, cannot love God, whom he has not seen.

Colossians 1:13

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He has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of His beloved Son,

Matthew 18:8

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If your hand or your foot causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away. It is better for you to enter life crippled or lame than to have two hands and two feet and be thrown into the eternal fire.

Proverbs 10:12

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Hatred stirs up dissension, but love covers all transgressions.

Proverbs 15:1

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A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.

Proverbs 22:6

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Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it.

Psalm 91:1-16

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He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will abide in the shadow of the Almighty. I will say to the LORD, “You are my refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust.” Surely He will deliver you from the snare of the fowler, and from the deadly plague. He will cover you with His feathers; under His wings you will find refuge; His faithfulness is a shield and rampart. You will not fear the terror of the night, nor the arrow that flies by day, . . .

Matthew 18:5

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And whoever welcomes a little child like this in My name welcomes Me.

Psalm 119:74

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May those who fear You see me and rejoice, for I have hoped in Your word.

Psalm 109:6

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Set over him a wicked man; let an accuser stand at his right hand.

Colossians 4:1-18

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Masters, supply your slaves with what is right and fair, since you know that you also have a Master in heaven. Devote yourselves to prayer, being watchful and thankful, as you pray also for us, that God may open to us a door for the word, so that we may proclaim the mystery of Christ, for which I am in chains. Pray that I may declare it clearly, as I should. Act wisely toward outsiders, redeeming the time. . . .

Philippians 1:21

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For to me, to live is Christ, and to die is gain.

Romans 12:9

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Love must be sincere. Detest what is evil; cling to what is good.

2 Timothy 1:7

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For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power, love, and self-control.

Colossians 1:1-29

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Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother, To the saints and faithful brothers in Christ at Colossae: Grace and peace to you from God our Father. We always thank God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, when we pray for you, because we have heard about your faith in Christ Jesus and your love for all the saints— the faith and love proceeding from the hope stored up for you in heaven, of which you have already heard in the word of truth, the gospel . . .

Colossians 3:23

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Whatever you do, work at it with your whole being, for the Lord and not for men,

Matthew 18:7

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Woe to the world for the causes of sin. These stumbling blocks must come, but woe to the man through whom they come!

Psalm 97:10

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Hate evil, O you who love the LORD! He preserves the souls of His saints; He delivers them from the hand of the wicked.

Titus 3:3

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For at one time we too were foolish, disobedient, misled, and enslaved to all sorts of desires and pleasures—living in malice and envy, being hated and hating one another.

Now may our Lord Jesus Christ Himself and God our Father, who by grace has loved us and given us eternal comfort and good hope, encourage your hearts and strengthen you in every good word and deed.

Colossians 2:1-23

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For I want you to know how much I am struggling for you and for those at Laodicea, and for all who have not met me face to face, that they may be encouraged in heart, knit together in love, and filled with the full riches of complete understanding, so that they may know the mystery of God, namely Christ, in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge. I say this so that no one will deceive you by smooth rhetoric. For although I am absent from you in body, I am present with you in spirit, and I delight to see your orderly condition and firm faith in Christ. . . .

Ephesians 4:31

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Get rid of all bitterness, rage and anger, outcry and slander, along with every form of malice.

Exodus 20:5

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You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on their children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate Me,

John 14:6

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Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.

1 John 1:9

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If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

1 John 3:15

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Everyone who hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that eternal life does not reside in a murderer.

1 Peter 4:8

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Above all, love one another deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins.

Deuteronomy 32:41

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when I sharpen My flashing sword, and My hand grasps it in judgment, I will take vengeance on My adversaries and repay those who hate Me.

Deuteronomy 7:10

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But those who hate Him He repays to their faces with destruction; He will not hesitate to repay to his face the one who hates Him.

John 15:13

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Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends.

John 15:18

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If the world hates you, understand that it hated Me first.

John 3:16

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For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that everyone who believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life.

John 7:7

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The world cannot hate you, but it hates Me, because I testify that its works are evil.

Luke 6:27

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But to those of you who will listen, I say: Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you,

Philippians 4:13

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I can do all things through Christ who gives me strength.

Proverbs 10:18

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The one who conceals hatred has lying lips, and whoever spreads slander is a fool.

Proverbs 11:9

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With his mouth the ungodly man destroys his neighbor, but through knowledge the righteous are rescued.

Proverbs 15:4

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A soothing tongue is a tree of life, but a perverse tongue crushes the spirit.

Proverbs 3:5

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Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding;

Proverbs 8:13

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To fear the LORD is to hate evil; I hate arrogant pride, evil conduct, and perverse speech.

Psalm 109:3

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They surround me with hateful words and attack me without cause.

Psalm 5:5

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The boastful cannot stand in Your presence; You hate all workers of iniquity.

Psalm 81:15

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Those who hate the LORD would feign obedience, and their doom would last forever.

1 John 2:11

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But whoever hates his brother is in the darkness and walks in the darkness. He does not know where he is going, because the darkness has blinded his eyes.

1 John 3:18

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Little children, let us love not in word and speech, but in action and truth.

Leviticus 19:17-18

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You must not harbor hatred against your brother in your heart. Directly rebuke your neighbor, so that you will not incur guilt on account of him. Do not seek revenge or bear a grudge against any of your people, but love your neighbor as yourself. I am the LORD.

Leviticus 20:13

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If a man lies with a man as with a woman, they have both committed an abomination. They must surely be put to death; their blood is upon them.

Luke 1:37

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For no word from God will ever fail.”

Matthew 18:6

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But if anyone causes one of these little ones who believe in Me to stumble, it would be better for him to have a large millstone hung around his neck and to be drowned in the depths of the sea.

Psalm 3:1-8

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A Psalm of David, when he fled from his son Absalom. O LORD, how my foes have increased! How many rise up against me! Many say of me, “God will not deliver him.” Selah But You, O LORD, are a shield around me, my glory, and the One who lifts my head. To the LORD I cry aloud, and He answers me from His holy mountain. Selah I lie down and sleep; I wake again, for the LORD sustains me. . . .

1 Corinthians 13:1-13

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If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am only a ringing gong or a clanging cymbal. If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have absolute faith so as to move mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. If I give all I possess to the poor and exult in the surrender of my body, but have not love, I gain nothing. Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no account of wrongs. . . .

1 Corinthians 13:13

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And now these three remain: faith, hope, and love; but the greatest of these is love.

1 Corinthians 13:4-8

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Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no account of wrongs. Love takes no pleasure in evil, but rejoices in the truth. It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be restrained; where there is knowledge, it will be dismissed.

1 Corinthians 6:19-20

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Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; you were bought at a price. Therefore glorify God with your body.

1 John 1:6

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If we say we have fellowship with Him yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth.

1 John 2:9

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If anyone claims to be in the light but hates his brother, he is still in the darkness.

1 John 3:1

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Behold what manner of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God. And that is what we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know Him.

1 John 3:14-15

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We know that we have passed from death to life, because we love our brothers. The one who does not love remains in death. Everyone who hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that eternal life does not reside in a murderer.

1 John 4:19-20

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We love because He first loved us. If anyone says, “I love God,” but hates his brother, he is a liar. For anyone who does not love his brother, whom he has seen, cannot love God, whom he has not seen.

1 John 4:7

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Beloved, let us love one another, because love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God.

2 Corinthians 13:14

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The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with all of you.

2 Peter 1:21

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For no such prophecy was ever brought forth by the will of man, but men spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit.

2 Timothy 3:16

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All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for instruction, for conviction, for correction, and for training in righteousness,

Colossians 3:1-25

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Therefore, since you have been raised with Christ, strive for the things above, where Christ is seated at the right hand of God. Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things. For you died, and your life is now hidden with Christ in God. When Christ, who is your life, appears, then you also will appear with Him in glory. Put to death, therefore, the components of your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires, and greed, which is idolatry. . . .

Colossians 3:14

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And over all these virtues put on love, which is the bond of perfect unity.

Ephesians 4:1-3

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As a prisoner in the Lord, then, I urge you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling you have received: with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love, and with diligence to preserve the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace.

Ephesians 4:15-16

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Instead, speaking the truth in love, we will in all things grow up into Christ Himself, who is the head. From Him the whole body, fitted and held together by every supporting ligament, grows and builds itself up in love through the work of each individual part.

Ephesians 4:2

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with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love,

Ephesians 4:32

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Be kind and tenderhearted to one another, forgiving each other just as in Christ God forgave you.

Galatians 2:20

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I have been crucified with Christ, and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself up for me.

Hebrews 12:15

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See to it that no one falls short of the grace of God, and that no root of bitterness springs up to cause trouble and defile many.

James 3:6-12

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The tongue also is a fire, a world of wickedness among the parts of the body. It pollutes the whole person, sets the course of his life on fire, and is itself set on fire by hell. All kinds of animals, birds, reptiles, and creatures of the sea are being tamed and have been tamed by man, but no man can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison. With the tongue we bless our Lord and Father, and with it we curse men, who have been made in God’s likeness. Out of the same mouth come blessing and cursing. My brothers, this should not be! . . .

John 1:1

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In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

John 15:12

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This is My commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you.

John 15:23-25

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Whoever hates Me hates My Father as well. If I had not done among them the works that no one else did, they would not be guilty of sin; but now they have seen and hated both Me and My Father. But this is to fulfill what is written in their Law: ‘They hated Me without reason.’

John 3:20

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Everyone who does evil hates the Light, and does not come into the Light for fear that his deeds will be exposed.

Matthew 10:22

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You will be hated by everyone because of My name, but the one who perseveres to the end will be saved.

Matthew 18:1-35

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At that time the disciples came to Jesus and asked, “Who then is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?” Jesus invited a little child to stand among them. “Truly I tell you,” He said, “unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven. Therefore, whoever humbles himself like this little child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven. And whoever welcomes a little child like this in My name welcomes Me. . . .

Matthew 22:37-39

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Jesus declared, “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’ This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’

Matthew 22:39

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And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’

Matthew 24:9

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Then they will deliver you over to be persecuted and killed, and you will be hated by all nations because of My name.

Matthew 5:23-24

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So if you are offering your gift at the altar and there remember that your brother has something against you, leave your gift there before the altar. First go and be reconciled to your brother; then come and offer your gift.

Matthew 5:43-44

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You have heard that it was said, ‘Love your neighbor’ and ‘Hate your enemy.’ But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you,

Proverbs 6:16-19

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There are six things that the LORD hates, seven that are detestable to Him: haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood, a heart that devises wicked schemes, feet that run swiftly to evil, a false witness who gives false testimony, and one who stirs up discord among brothers.

Revelation 1:1-20

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This is the revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave Him to show His servants what must soon come to pass. He made it known by sending His angel to His servant John, who testifies to everything he saw. This is the word of God and the testimony of Jesus Christ. Blessed is the one who reads aloud the words of this prophecy, and blessed are those who hear and obey what is written in it, because the time is near. John, To the seven churches in the province of Asia: Grace and peace to you from Him who is and was and is to come, and from the seven Spirits before His throne, and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn from the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To Him who loves us and has released us from our sins by His blood, . . .

Romans 1:30

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slanderers, God-haters, insolent, arrogant, and boastful. They invent new forms of evil; they disobey their parents.

Romans 13:8

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Be indebted to no one, except to one another in love. For he who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law.

Romans 5:8

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But God proves His love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

Romans 8:28

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And we know that God works all things together for the good of those who love Him, who are called according to His purpose.

1 John 4:8

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Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love.

1 Peter 3:15-17

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But in your hearts sanctify Christ as Lord. Always be prepared to give a defense to everyone who asks you the reason for the hope that is in you. But respond with gentleness and respect, keeping a clear conscience, so that those who slander you may be put to shame by your good behavior in Christ. For it is better, if it is God’s will, to suffer for doing good than for doing evil.

1 Peter 5:7

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Cast all your anxiety on Him, because He cares for you.

James 5:19-20

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My brothers, if one of you should wander from the truth and someone should bring him back, consider this: Whoever turns a sinner from the error of his way will save his soul from death and cover over a multitude of sins.

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