resentment
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31Let all bitterness and anger and indignation and outcry and blasphemy be taken away from you, along with all malice.
25And when you stand to pray, if you hold anything against anyone, forgive them, so that your Father, who is in heaven, may also forgive you your sins.
10But the God of all grace, who has called us to his eternal glory in Christ Jesus, will himself perfect, confirm, and establish us, after a brief time of suffering.
2And do not choose to be conformed to this age, but instead choose to be reformed in the newness of your mind, so that you may demonstrate what is the will of God: what is good, and what is well-pleasing, and what is perfect.
7Therefore, be subject to God. But resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
4Charity is patient, is kind. Charity does not envy, does not act wrongly, is not inflated. 5Charity is not ambitious, does not seek for itself, is not provoked to anger, devises no evil. 6Charity does not rejoice over iniquity, but rejoices in truth. 7Charity suffers all, believes all, hopes all, endures all.
15Be contemplative, lest anyone lack the grace of God, lest any root of bitterness spring up and impede you, and by it, many might be defiled,
2Truly, anger condemns the foolish to death, and envy kills the petty.
16Therefore, confess your sins to one another, and pray for one another, so that you may be saved. For the unremitting prayer of a just person prevails over many things.
15But if you will not forgive men, neither will your Father forgive you your sins.
1If I were to speak in the language of men, or of Angels, yet not have charity, I would be like a clanging bell or a crashing cymbal. 2And if I have prophecy, and learn every mystery, and obtain all knowledge, and possess all faith, so that I could move mountains, yet not have charity, then I am nothing. 3And if I distribute all my goods in order to feed the poor, and if I hand over my body to be burned, yet not have charity, it offers me nothing. 4Charity is patient, is kind. Charity does not envy, does not act wrongly, is not inflated. 5Charity is not ambitious, does not seek for itself, is not provoked to anger, devises no evil. 6Charity does not rejoice over iniquity, but rejoices in truth.
37Do not judge, and you will not be judged. Do not condemn, and you will not be condemned. Forgive, and you will be forgiven.
23For all have sinned and all are in need of the glory of God.
28And we know that, for those who love God, all things work together unto good, for those who, in accordance with his purpose, are called to be saints.
32And be kind and merciful to one another, forgiving one another, just as God has forgiven you in Christ.
23And when evil was spoken against him, he did not speak evil. When he suffered, he did not threaten. Then he handed himself over to him who judged him unjustly.
10just as it was written: “There is no one who is just.
2How long can I take counsel in my soul, sorrowing in my heart throughout the day? 3How long will my enemy be exalted over me? 4Look upon me and listen to me, O Lord my God. Enlighten my eyes, lest I fall asleep forever in death,
12And forgive us our debts, as we also forgive our debtors. 13And lead us not into temptation. But free us from evil. Amen.
20How great is the tribulation that you have revealed to me: very great and evil. And so, turning back, you have brought me to life, and you have led me back again from the abyss of the earth. 21You have multiplied your magnificence. And so, turning back to me, you have consoled me. 22Therefore, I will confess your truth to you, with the instruments of the Psalter. O God, I will sing psalms to you with stringed instruments, O Holy One of Israel. 23My lips will exult, when I sing to you, and also my soul, which you have redeemed. 24And even my tongue will meditate on your justice all day long, when those who seek evils for me have been confounded and set in awe.