calling someone an idiot

²²But I say to you, that anyone who becomes angry with his brother shall be liable to judgment. But whoever will have called his brother, ‘Idiot,’ shall be liable to the council. Then, whoever will have called him, ‘Worthless,’ shall be liable to the fires of Hell.

²⁹Let no evil words proceed from your mouth, but only what is good, toward the edification of faith, so as to bestow grace upon those who listen.

⁹By it we bless God the Father, and by it we speak evil of men, who have been made in the likeness of God. ¹⁰From the same mouth proceeds blessing and cursing. My brothers, these things ought not to be so!

¹²Whoever despises his friend is destitute in heart. But the prudent man will remain silent.

²⁶But if anyone considers himself to be religious, but he does not restrain his tongue, but instead seduces his own heart: such a one’s religion is vanity.

²to speak evil of no one, not to be litigious, but to be reserved, displaying all meekness toward all men.

²¹You have heard that it was said to the ancients: ‘You shall not murder; whoever will have murdered shall be liable to judgment.’ ²²But I say to you, that anyone who becomes angry with his brother shall be liable to judgment. But whoever will have called his brother, ‘Idiot,’ shall be liable to the council. Then, whoever will have called him, ‘Worthless,’ shall be liable to the fires of Hell.

⁸But now you must set aside all these things: anger, indignation, malice, blasphemy, and indecent speech from your mouth.

¹Therefore, set aside all malice and all deceitfulness, as well as falseness and envy and every detraction.

¹⁸He who makes promises is also jabbed, as if with a sword, in conscience. But the tongue of the wise is reasonable.

²⁸If he would remain silent, even the foolish would be considered wise, and if he closes his lips, intelligent.

¹A mild response shatters anger. But a harsh word stirs up fury.

¹¹Brothers, do not choose to slander one another. Whoever slanders his brother, or whoever judges his brother, slanders the law and judges the law. But if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law, but a judge.

²¹Death and life are in the power of the tongue. Whoever values it shall eat from its fruits.

¹¹A foolish one offers everything on his mind. A wise one reserves and defers until later.

¹⁸But what proceeds from the mouth, goes forth from the heart, and those are the things that defile a man.

¹²A vain man is lifted up in arrogance, and he thinks that he is born free like a wild ass’s colt.

¹Unto the end. A Psalm of David. The fool has said in his heart, “There is no God.” They were corrupted, and they have become abominable in their studies. There is no one who does good; there is not even one. ²The Lord has looked down from heaven upon the sons of men, to see if there were any who were considering or seeking God.