Matthew 5:21-22

Anger

21 "You have heard that it was said to those 1 of old, z 'You shall not murder, 2 and whoever murders will be in danger of the judgment.' 22 "But I say to you that a whoever is angry with his brother 3 without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment. And whoever says to his brother, b 'Raca!' 4 shall be in danger of the council. But whoever says, 5 'You fool!' shall be in danger of 6 hell fire.

  1. Cross References
    Exodus 20:13
    You shall not murder.
    Deuteronomy 5:17
    You shall not murder.
  2. Cross References
    1 John 3:15
    Whoever hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life abiding in him.
  3. Cross References
    James 2:20
    But do you want to know, O foolish man, that faith without works is dead?
    James 3:6
    And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity. The tongue is so set among our members that it defiles the whole body, and sets on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire by hell.
New King James Version (NKJV) Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson, Inc.