Do not fret when wicked men seem to succeed!
Do not envy evildoers!
A tranquil spirit revives the body,
but envy is rottenness to the bones.
A person with great anger bears the penalty,
but if you deliver him from it once, you will have to do it again.
Do not let yourself be quickly provoked,
for anger resides in the lap of fools.
But I say to you that anyone who is angry with a brother will be subjected to judgment. And whoever insults a brother will be brought before the council, and whoever says ‘Fool’ will be sent to fiery hell.
He said, “What comes out of a person defiles him.
For from within, out of the human heart, come evil ideas, sexual immorality, theft, murder,
adultery, greed, evil, deceit, debauchery, envy, slander, pride, and folly.
All these evils come from within and defile a person.”
They are filled with every kind of unrighteousness, wickedness, covetousness, malice. They are rife with envy, murder, strife, deceit, hostility. They are gossips,
For where there is jealousy and selfishness, there is disorder and every evil practice.
So get rid of all evil and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander.
Now the works of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity, depravity,
idolatry, sorcery, hostilities, strife, jealousy, outbursts of anger, selfish rivalries, dissensions, factions,
Be angry and do not sin; do not let the sun go down on the cause of your anger.
You must put away every kind of bitterness, anger, wrath, quarreling, and evil, slanderous talk.
But now, put off all such things as anger, rage, malice, slander, abusive language from your mouth.