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Ephesians 4:31

wLet all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice:

Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice:

πᾶσα πικρία καὶ θυμὸς καὶ ὀργὴ καὶ κραυγὴ καὶ βλασφημία ἀρθήτω ἀφ᾽ ὑμῶν, σὺν πάσῃ κακίᾳ·

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Colossians 3:8 But now ye also put off all these; anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy communication out of your mouth.

Colossians 3:19 Husbands, love your wives, and be not bitter against them.

1 Peter 2:1 WHEREFORE laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings,

Titus 3:2 To speak evil of no man, to be no brawlers, but gentle, shewing all meekness unto all men.

Titus 3:3 For we ourselves also were sometimes foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving divers lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another.

Psalms 37:7 Rest in the LORD, and wait patiently for him: fret not thyself because of him who prospereth in his way, because of the man who bringeth wicked devices to pass.

James 4:11 Speak not evil one of another, brethren. He that speaketh evil of his brother, and judgeth his brother, speaketh evil of the law, and judgeth the law: but if thou judge the law, thou art not a doer of the law, but a judge.

James 1:21 Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness, and receive with meekness the engrafted word, which is able to save your souls.

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these all seem to relate to the inward affection, as the two following to the effects of it in the words.

may imply a secret lurking displeasure at another, or rather a confirmed and permanent one;

the first boiling up of the passion, which affects the body in the commotion of the blood and spirits; and

a greater height and paroxysm of the same passion, or an eager desire of revenge: see Col 3:8.

such inordinate loudness as men in anger are wont to break out into in their words.

either with respect to God or man, though the latter seems particularly meant here; railing, reviling, reproaching, &c., the ordinary effects of immoderate anger.

maliciousness, or malignity of heart, in opposition to kindness and tenderness, Eph 4:32: see Rom 1:29 1Co 5:8 14:20 Tit 3:3.