Matthew 5:37 But let your communication be, Yes, yes; No, no: for whatever is more than these comes of evil.
By mercy and truth iniquity is purged: and by the fear of the LORD men depart from evil.
Ezekiel 33:18-19 18When the righteous turns from his righteousness, and commits iniquity, he shall even die thereby. 19But if the wicked turn from his wickedness, and do that which is lawful and right, he shall live thereby.
Blessed are you, when men shall hate you, and when they shall separate you from their company, and shall reproach you, and cast out your name as evil, for the Son of man’s sake.
Furthermore we have had fathers of our flesh which corrected us, and we gave them reverence: shall we not much rather be in subjection to the Father of spirits, and live?
