Matthew 5:22

Jesus teaches that unjustified anger and contemptuous words make one liable to judgment, even to hell. It traces murder back to the sinful anger of the heart.

Cross-references · 40

• 1 Jn 3:14–15We know that we have passed from death to life, because we love our brothers. The one who does not love remains in death.
• 1 Jn 4:20–21If 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 Jn 2:9If anyone claims to be in the light but hates his brother, he is still in the darkness.
• Eph 4:26–27“Be angry, yet do not sin.” Do not let the sun set upon your anger,
• Eph 4:31–32Get rid of all bitterness, rage and anger, outcry and slander, along with every form of malice.
• Jas 3:6The 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.
• Titus 3:2to malign no one, and to be peaceable and gentle, showing full consideration to everyone.
• Matt 10:28Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Instead, fear the One who can destroy both soul and body in hell.
• Matt 18:35That is how My heavenly Father will treat each of you unless you forgive your brother from your heart.”
• Rom 12:10Be devoted to one another in brotherly love. Outdo yourselves in honoring one another.
• 1 Pet 3:9Do not repay evil with evil or insult with insult, but with blessing, because to this you were called so that you may inherit a blessing.
• Ps 109:3They surround me with hateful words and attack me without cause.
• Matt 18:21Then Peter came to Jesus and asked, “Lord, how many times shall I forgive my brother who sins against me? Up to seven times?”
• 1 Pet 2:23When they heaped abuse on Him, He did not retaliate; when He suffered, He made no threats, but entrusted Himself to Him who judges justly.
• Matt 5:23–24So if you are offering your gift at the altar and there remember that your brother has something against you,
• Ps 37:8Refrain from anger and abandon wrath; do not fret—it can only bring harm.
• Jude 1:9But even the archangel Michael, when he disputed with the devil over the body of Moses, did not presume to bring a slanderous charge against him, but said, “The Lord rebuke you!”
• 1 Jn 3:10By this the children of God are distinguished from the children of the devil: Anyone who does not practice righteousness is not of God, nor is anyone who does not love his brother.
• 1 Th 4:6and no one should ever violate or exploit his brother in this regard, because the Lord will avenge all such acts, as we have already told you and solemnly warned you.
• Mark 14:55Now the chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin were seeking testimony against Jesus to put Him to death, but they did not find any.
• Matt 26:59Now the chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin were seeking false testimony against Jesus in order to put Him to death.
• Acts 17:18Some Epicurean and Stoic philosophers also began to debate with him. Some of them asked, “What is this babbler trying to say?” Others said, “He seems to be advocating foreign gods.” They said this because Paul was proclaiming the good news of Jesus and the resurrection.
• Luke 16:23–24In Hades, where he was in torment, he looked up and saw Abraham from afar, with Lazarus by his side.
• John 11:47Then the chief priests and Pharisees convened the Sanhedrin and said, “What are we to do? This man is performing many signs.
• Deut 15:11For there will never cease to be poor in the land; that is why I am commanding you to open wide your hand to your brother and to the poor and needy in your land.
• Matt 5:34But I tell you not to swear at all: either by heaven, for it is God’s throne;
• Gen 37:4When Joseph’s brothers saw that their father loved him more than any of them, they hated him and could not speak a kind word to him.
• Prov 14:16A wise man fears and turns from evil, but a fool is careless and reckless.
• Matt 18:8–9If 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.
• Rev 20:14Then Death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death—the lake of fire.
• Luke 12:5But I will show you whom you should fear: Fear the One who, after you have been killed, has authority to throw you into hell. Yes, I tell you, fear Him!
• Matt 5:28–30But I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman to lust after her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.
• Obad 1:10Because of the violence against your brother Jacob, you will be covered with shame and cut off forever.
• Ps 7:4if I have rewarded my ally with evil, if I have plundered my foe without cause,
• Jas 2:20O foolish man, do you want evidence that faith without deeds is worthless?
• Matt 25:41Then He will say to those on His left, ‘Depart from Me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels.
• Ps 14:1For the choirmaster. Of David. The fool says in his heart, “There is no God.” They are corrupt; their acts are vile. There is no one who does good.
• John 8:48The Jews answered Him, “Are we not right to say that You are a Samaritan and You have a demon?”
• Matt 12:24But when the Pharisees heard this, they said, “Only by Beelzebul, the prince of demons, does this man drive out demons.”
• Prov 18:6A fool’s lips bring him strife, and his mouth invites a beating.

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