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Ephesians 4

Eph. 4:31 KJV (With Strong’s)

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airo (Greek #142)
to lift up; by implication, to take up or away; figuratively, to raise (the voice), keep in suspense (the mind), specially, to sail away (i.e. weigh anchor); by Hebraism (compare 05375) to expiate sin
KJV usage: away with, bear (up), carry, lift up, loose, make to doubt, put away, remove, take (away, up).
Pronounce: ah'-ee-ro
Origin: a primary root
all
pas (Greek #3956)
apparently a primary word; all, any, every, the whole
KJV usage: all (manner of, means), alway(-s), any (one), X daily, + ever, every (one, way), as many as, + no(-thing), X thoroughly, whatsoever, whole, whosoever.
Pronounce: pas
Origin: including all the forms of declension
bitterness
pikria (Greek #4088)
acridity (especially poison), literally or figuratively
KJV usage: bitterness.
Pronounce: pik-ree'-ah
Origin: from 4089
y, and
kai (Greek #2532)
and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
KJV usage: and, also, both, but, even, for, if, or, so, that, then, therefore, when, yet.
Pronounce: kahee
Origin: apparently, a primary particle, having a copulative and sometimes also a cumulative force
wrath
thumos (Greek #2372)
passion (as if breathing hard)
KJV usage: fierceness, indignation, wrath. Compare 5590.
Pronounce: thoo-mos'
Origin: from 2380
, and
kai (Greek #2532)
and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
KJV usage: and, also, both, but, even, for, if, or, so, that, then, therefore, when, yet.
Pronounce: kahee
Origin: apparently, a primary particle, having a copulative and sometimes also a cumulative force
anger
orge (Greek #3709)
properly, desire (as a reaching forth or excitement of the mind), i.e. (by analogy), violent passion (ire, or (justifiable) abhorrence); by implication punishment
KJV usage: anger, indignation, vengeance, wrath.
Pronounce: or-gay'
Origin: from 3713
, and
kai (Greek #2532)
and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
KJV usage: and, also, both, but, even, for, if, or, so, that, then, therefore, when, yet.
Pronounce: kahee
Origin: apparently, a primary particle, having a copulative and sometimes also a cumulative force
clamor
krauge (Greek #2906)
an outcry (in notification, tumult or grief)
KJV usage: clamour, cry(-ing).
Pronounce: krow-gay'
Origin: from 2896
, and
kai (Greek #2532)
and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
KJV usage: and, also, both, but, even, for, if, or, so, that, then, therefore, when, yet.
Pronounce: kahee
Origin: apparently, a primary particle, having a copulative and sometimes also a cumulative force
evil speaking
blasphemia (Greek #988)
vilification (especially against God)
KJV usage: blasphemy, evil speaking, railing.
Pronounce: blas-fay-me'-ah
Origin: from 989
z, be put away
airo (Greek #142)
to lift up; by implication, to take up or away; figuratively, to raise (the voice), keep in suspense (the mind), specially, to sail away (i.e. weigh anchor); by Hebraism (compare 05375) to expiate sin
KJV usage: away with, bear (up), carry, lift up, loose, make to doubt, put away, remove, take (away, up).
Pronounce: ah'-ee-ro
Origin: a primary root
from
apo (Greek #575)
"off," i.e. away (from something near), in various senses (of place, time, or relation; literal or figurative)
KJV usage: (X here-)after, ago, at, because of, before, by (the space of), for(-th), from, in, (out) of, off, (up-)on(-ce), since, with. In composition (as a prefix) it usually denotes separation, departure, cessation, completion, reversal, etc.
Pronounce: apo'
Origin: a primary particle
you
humon (Greek #5216)
of (from or concerning) you
KJV usage: ye, you, your (own, -selves).
Pronounce: hoo-mone'
Origin: genitive case of 5210
, with
sun (Greek #4862)
with or together (but much closer than 3326 or 3844), i.e. by association, companionship, process, resemblance, possession, instrumentality, addition, etc.
KJV usage: beside, with. In composition it has similar applications, including completeness.
Pronounce: soon
Origin: a primary preposition denoting union
all
pas (Greek #3956)
apparently a primary word; all, any, every, the whole
KJV usage: all (manner of, means), alway(-s), any (one), X daily, + ever, every (one, way), as many as, + no(-thing), X thoroughly, whatsoever, whole, whosoever.
Pronounce: pas
Origin: including all the forms of declension
malice
kakia (Greek #2549)
badness, i.e. (subjectively) depravity, or (actively) malignity, or (passively) trouble
KJV usage: evil, malice(-iousness), naughtiness, wickedness.
Pronounce: kak-ee'-ah
Origin: from 2556
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Col. 3:8• 8But now ye also put off all these; anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy communication out of your mouth. (Col. 3:8)
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Titus 3:2• 2To speak evil of no man, to be no brawlers, but gentle, showing all meekness unto all men. (Titus 3:2)

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bitterness.
Psa. 64:3• 3Who whet their tongue like a sword, and bend their bows to shoot their arrows, even bitter words: (Psa. 64:3)
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Rom. 3:14• 14Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness: (Rom. 3:14)
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Col. 3:8,19• 8But now ye also put off all these; anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy communication out of your mouth.
 19Husbands, love your wives, and be not bitter against them. (Col. 3:8,19)
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James 3:14‑15• 14But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth.
 15This wisdom descendeth not from above, but is earthly, sensual, devilish. (James 3:14‑15)
wrath.
Eph. 4:26• 26Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath: (Eph. 4:26)
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Prov. 14:17• 17He that is soon angry dealeth foolishly: and a man of wicked devices is hated. (Prov. 14:17)
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Prov. 19:12• 12The king's wrath is as the roaring of a lion; but his favor is as dew upon the grass. (Prov. 19:12)
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Eccl. 7:9• 9Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry: for anger resteth in the bosom of fools. (Eccl. 7:9)
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2 Cor. 12:20• 20For I fear, lest, when I come, I shall not find you such as I would, and that I shall be found unto you such as ye would not: lest there be debates, envyings, wraths, strifes, backbitings, whisperings, swellings, tumults: (2 Cor. 12:20)
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Gal. 5:20• 20Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies, (Gal. 5:20)
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Col. 3:8• 8But now ye also put off all these; anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy communication out of your mouth. (Col. 3:8)
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2 Tim. 2:23• 23But foolish and unlearned questions avoid, knowing that they do gender strifes. (2 Tim. 2:23)
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Titus 1:7• 7For a bishop must be blameless, as the steward of God; not selfwilled, not soon angry, not given to wine, no striker, not given to filthy lucre; (Titus 1:7)
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James 1:19• 19Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath: (James 1:19)
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James 3:14‑18• 14But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth.
 15This wisdom descendeth not from above, but is earthly, sensual, devilish.
 16For where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every evil work.
 17But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be entreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.
 18And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace of them that make peace. (James 3:14‑18)
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James 4:1‑2• 1From whence come wars and fightings among you? come they not hence, even of your lusts that war in your members?
 2Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and desire to have, and cannot obtain: ye fight and war, yet ye have not, because ye ask not. (James 4:1‑2)
clamour.
2 Sam. 19:43• 43And the men of Israel answered the men of Judah, and said, We have ten parts in the king, and we have also more right in David than ye: why then did ye despise us, that our advice should not be first had in bringing back our king? And the words of the men of Judah were fiercer than the words of the men of Israel. (2 Sam. 19:43)
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2 Sam. 20:1‑2• 1And there happened to be there a man of Belial, whose name was Sheba, the son of Bichri, a Benjamite: and he blew a trumpet, and said, We have no part in David, neither have we inheritance in the son of Jesse: every man to his tents, O Israel.
 2So every man of Israel went up from after David, and followed Sheba the son of Bichri: but the men of Judah clave unto their king, from Jordan even to Jerusalem. (2 Sam. 20:1‑2)
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Prov. 29:9,22• 9If a wise man contendeth with a foolish man, whether he rage or laugh, there is no rest.
 22An angry man stirreth up strife, and a furious man aboundeth in transgression. (Prov. 29:9,22)
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Acts 19:28‑29• 28And when they heard these sayings, they were full of wrath, and cried out, saying, Great is Diana of the Ephesians.
 29And the whole city was filled with confusion: and having caught Gaius and Aristarchus, men of Macedonia, Paul's companions in travel, they rushed with one accord into the theatre. (Acts 19:28‑29)
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Acts 21:30• 30And all the city was moved, and the people ran together: and they took Paul, and drew him out of the temple: and forthwith the doors were shut. (Acts 21:30)
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Acts 22:22‑23• 22And they gave him audience unto this word, and then lifted up their voices, and said, Away with such a fellow from the earth: for it is not fit that he should live.
 23And as they cried out, and cast off their clothes, and threw dust into the air, (Acts 22:22‑23)
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1 Tim. 3:3• 3Not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre; but patient, not a brawler, not covetous; (1 Tim. 3:3)
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1 Tim. 6:4‑5• 4He is proud, knowing nothing, but doting about questions and strifes of words, whereof cometh envy, strife, railings, evil surmisings,
 5Perverse disputings of men of corrupt minds, and destitute of the truth, supposing that gain is godliness: from such withdraw thyself. (1 Tim. 6:4‑5)
evil speaking.
Lev. 19:16• 16Thou shalt not go up and down as a talebearer among thy people: neither shalt thou stand against the blood of thy neighbor: I am the Lord. (Lev. 19:16)
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2 Sam. 19:27• 27And he hath slandered thy servant unto my lord the king; but my lord the king is as an angel of God: do therefore what is good in thine eyes. (2 Sam. 19:27)
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Psa. 15:3• 3He that backbiteth not with his tongue, nor doeth evil to his neighbor, nor taketh up a reproach against his neighbor. (Psa. 15:3)
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Psa. 50:20• 20Thou sittest and speakest against thy brother; thou slanderest thine own mother's son. (Psa. 50:20)
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Psa. 101:5• 5Whoso privily slandereth his neighbor, him will I cut off: him that hath an high look and a proud heart will not I suffer. (Psa. 101:5)
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Psa. 140:11• 11Let not an evil speaker be established in the earth: evil shall hunt the violent man to overthrow him. (Psa. 140:11)
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Prov. 6:19• 19A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren. (Prov. 6:19)
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Prov. 10:18• 18He that hideth hatred with lying lips, and he that uttereth a slander, is a fool. (Prov. 10:18)
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Prov. 18:8• 8The words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly. (Prov. 18:8)
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Prov. 25:23• 23The north wind driveth away rain: so doth an angry countenance a backbiting tongue. (Prov. 25:23)
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Prov. 26:20• 20Where no wood is, there the fire goeth out: so where there is no talebearer, the strife ceaseth. (Prov. 26:20)
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Jer. 6:28• 28They are all grievous revolters, walking with slanders: they are brass and iron; they are all corrupters. (Jer. 6:28)
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Jer. 9:4• 4Take ye heed every one of his neighbor, and trust ye not in any brother: for every brother will utterly supplant, and every neighbor will walk with slanders. (Jer. 9:4)
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Rom. 1:29‑30• 29Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers,
 30Backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents, (Rom. 1:29‑30)
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1 Tim. 3:11• 11Even so must their wives be grave, not slanderers, sober, faithful in all things. (1 Tim. 3:11)
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1 Tim. 5:13• 13And withal they learn to be idle, wandering about from house to house; and not only idle, but tattlers also and busybodies, speaking things which they ought not. (1 Tim. 5:13)
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2 Tim. 3:3• 3Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good, (2 Tim. 3:3)
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Titus 2:3• 3The aged women likewise, that they be in behavior as becometh holiness, not false accusers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things; (Titus 2:3)
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Titus 3:2• 2To speak evil of no man, to be no brawlers, but gentle, showing all meekness unto all men. (Titus 3:2)
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James 4:11• 11Speak 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 4:11)
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1 Peter 2:1• 1Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings, (1 Peter 2:1)
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2 Peter 2:10‑11• 10But chiefly them that walk after the flesh in the lust of uncleanness, and despise government. Presumptuous are they, selfwilled, they are not afraid to speak evil of dignities.
 11Whereas angels, which are greater in power and might, bring not railing accusation against them before the Lord. (2 Peter 2:10‑11)
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Jude 8‑10• 8Likewise also these filthy dreamers defile the flesh, despise dominion, and speak evil of dignities.
 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.
 10But these speak evil of those things which they know not: but what they know naturally, as brute beasts, in those things they corrupt themselves. (Jude 8‑10)
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Rev. 12:10• 10And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ: for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before our God day and night. (Rev. 12:10)
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Gen. 4:8• 8And Cain talked with Abel his brother: and it came to pass, when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and slew him. (Gen. 4:8)
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Gen. 27:41• 41And Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing wherewith his father blessed him: and Esau said in his heart, The days of mourning for my father are at hand; then will I slay my brother Jacob. (Gen. 27:41)
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Gen. 37:4,21• 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.
 21And Reuben heard it, and he delivered him out of their hands; and said, Let us not kill him. (Gen. 37:4,21)
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Lev. 19:17‑18• 17Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thine heart: thou shalt in any wise rebuke thy neighbor, and not suffer sin upon him.
 18Thou shalt not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people, but thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself: I am the Lord. (Lev. 19:17‑18)
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2 Sam. 13:22• 22And Absalom spake unto his brother Amnon neither good nor bad: for Absalom hated Amnon, because he had forced his sister Tamar. (2 Sam. 13:22)
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Prov. 10:12• 12Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins. (Prov. 10:12)
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Prov. 26:24‑25• 24He that hateth dissembleth with his lips, and layeth up deceit within him;
 25When he speaketh fair, believe him not: for there are seven abominations in his heart. (Prov. 26:24‑25)
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Eccl. 7:9• 9Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry: for anger resteth in the bosom of fools. (Eccl. 7:9)
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Rom. 1:29• 29Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers, (Rom. 1:29)
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1 Cor. 5:8• 8Therefore let us keep the feast, not with old leaven, neither with the leaven of malice and wickedness; but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth. (1 Cor. 5:8)
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1 Cor. 14:20• 20Brethren, be not children in understanding: howbeit in malice be ye children, but in understanding be men. (1 Cor. 14:20)
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Col. 3:8• 8But now ye also put off all these; anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy communication out of your mouth. (Col. 3:8)
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Titus 3:3• 3For we ourselves also were sometimes foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving divers lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another. (Titus 3:3)
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1 John 3:12,15• 12Not as Cain, who was of that wicked one, and slew his brother. And wherefore slew he him? Because his own works were evil, and his brother's righteous.
 15Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer: and ye know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him. (1 John 3:12,15)
• If we come to particulars, “all bitterness;” I think, denotes every form of the sharp, unsparing mood which repels instead of winning souls, and makes the most of the real or imagined faults of others. The “wrath and anger,” next following, refer to the outburst of passion and the more settled, vindictive resentment, to which the indulgence of acrimony gives rise, as “clamor and evil speaking” are their respective counterparts in words: all flowing from the deep-seated fountain of “all malice,” which is finally condemned in our verse. (“Remarks on Ephesians 4:31-32” by W. Kelly)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Let all bitterness, and heat of passion, and wrath, and clamour, and injurious language, be removed from you, with all malice;

W. Kelly Translation

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Let all bitterness and passion and wrath and clamour and evil-speaking be removed from you with all malice;