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 unto life, because we love the brethren. He that loveth not his brother abideth in death.
• 1 Jn 4:20–21If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, how can he love God whom he hath not seen?
• 1 Jn 2:9He that saith he is in the light, and hateth his brother, is in darkness even until now.
• Eph 4:26–27Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath:
• Eph 4:31–32Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice:
• Jas 3:6And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire of hell.
• Titus 3:2To speak evil of no man, to be no brawlers, but gentle, shewing all meekness unto all men.
• Matt 10:28And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.
• Matt 18:35So likewise shall my heavenly Father do also unto you, if ye from your hearts forgive not every one his brother their trespasses.
• Rom 12:10Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honour preferring one another;
• 1 Pet 3:9Not rendering evil for evil, or railing for railing: but contrariwise blessing; knowing that ye are thereunto called, that ye should inherit a blessing.
• Ps 109:3They compassed me about also with words of hatred; and fought against me without a cause.
• Matt 18:21Then came Peter to him, and said, Lord, how oft shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? till seven times?
• 1 Pet 2:23Who, when he was reviled, reviled not again; when he suffered, he threatened not; but committed himself to him that judgeth righteously:
• Matt 5:23–24Therefore if thou bring thy gift to the altar, and there rememberest that thy brother hath ought against thee;
• Ps 37:8Cease from anger, and forsake wrath: fret not thyself in any wise to do evil.
• Jude 1:9Yet Michael the archangel, when contending with the devil he disputed about the body of Moses, durst not bring against him a railing accusation, but said, The Lord rebuke thee.
• 1 Jn 3:10In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil: whosoever doeth not righteousness is not of God, neither he that loveth not his brother.
• 1 Th 4:6That no man go beyond and defraud his brother in any matter: because that the Lord is the avenger of all such, as we also have forewarned you and testified.
• Mark 14:55And the chief priests and all the council sought for witness against Jesus to put him to death; and found none.
• Matt 26:59Now the chief priests, and elders, and all the council, sought false witness against Jesus, to put him to death;
• Acts 17:18Then certain philosophers of the Epicureans, and of the Stoicks, encountered him. And some said, What will this babbler say? other some, He seemeth to be a setter forth of strange gods: because he preached unto them Jesus, and the resurrection.
• Luke 16:23–24And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.
• John 11:47Then gathered the chief priests and the Pharisees a council, and said, What do we? for this man doeth many miracles.
• Deut 15:11For the poor shall never cease out of the land: therefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt open thine hand wide unto thy brother, to thy poor, and to thy needy, in thy land.
• Matt 5:34But I say unto you, Swear not at all; neither by heaven; for it is God’s throne:
• Gen 37:4And when his brethren saw that their father loved him more than all his brethren, they hated him, and could not speak peaceably unto him.
• Prov 14:16A wise man feareth, and departeth from evil: but the fool rageth, and is confident.
• Matt 18:8–9Wherefore if thy hand or thy foot offend thee, cut them off, and cast them from thee: it is better for thee to enter into life halt or maimed, rather than having two hands or two feet to be cast into everlasting fire.
• Rev 20:14And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death.
• Luke 12:5But I will forewarn you whom ye shall fear: Fear him, which after he hath killed hath power to cast into hell; yea, I say unto you, Fear him.
• Matt 5:28–30But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.
• Obad 1:10For thy violence against thy brother Jacob shame shall cover thee, and thou shalt be cut off for ever.
• Ps 7:4If I have rewarded evil unto him that was at peace with me; (yea, I have delivered him that without cause is mine enemy:)
• Jas 2:20But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead?
• Matt 25:41Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels:
• Ps 14:1The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.
• John 8:48Then answered the Jews, and said unto him, Say we not well that thou art a Samaritan, and hast a devil?
• Matt 12:24But when the Pharisees heard it, they said, This fellow doth not cast out devils, but by Beelzebub the prince of the devils.
• Prov 18:6A fool’s lips enter into contention, and his mouth calleth for strokes.

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