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Matthew 5:22

But I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment: and whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council: but whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell fire.

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Matthew 5:22

But I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment: and whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council: but whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell fire.

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1 Nephi 13 — The Two Churches, the Plain and Precious, and the Gentile Vessel
1 Nephi 16 — The Liahona, the Broken Bow, and the Faith Mechanism of the Wilderness
2 Nephi 2 — Opposition in All Things, the Fall, and 'Men Are, That They Might Have Joy'
2 Nephi 12 — Isaiah 2 — The Mountain of the Lord's House and the Day of the Lord
2 Nephi 22 — Isaiah 12 — The Song of Salvation, the Wells of Yeshua, and Zion's Inhabitant Shouting
2 Nephi 26 — Nephi's Vision Continued — The Nephite Destruction, the Whisper out of the Dust, and the Universal Invitation
2 Nephi 27 — Isaiah 29 Expanded — The Sealed Book, the Learned Man, the Three Witnesses, the Marvelous Work
2 Nephi 30 — Gentile Covenant, Lamanite Delight, and the Millennial Earth — Nephi's Expansion of Isaiah 11
2 Nephi 33 — Nephi's Farewell — The Power of the Words, the Face-to-Face Meeting, the Pleasing Bar
3 Nephi 1 — On the Morrow Come I Into the World — The Sign Fulfilled
3 Nephi 12 — In Me It Hath All Been Fulfilled — The Beatitudes and the Higher Law
3 Nephi 15 — I Am the Law and the Light — The Fulfilled Law and the Other Sheep
3 Nephi 27 — This Is My Gospel — The Name of Christ and the Definition of the Good News
Alma 1 — Nehor the Anti-Christ — Priestcraft Named, Gideon Slain, and the First Capital Trial under the Reign of the Judges
Alma 8 — The Angel Returns — Alma Cast Out of Ammonihah and Sent Back with a Second Witness
Alma 20 — Go Not Up to the Land of Nephi — The Lord's Course Correction, the King over All the Land, and Ammon's Disarming Defense of His Friend
Alma 23 — They Never Did Fall Away — Seven Cities Converted, the Anti-Nephi-Lehies Named, and the Exceptions
Alma 24 — Rather Than Shed the Blood of Our Brethren — Weapons Buried Deep, 1,005 Slain Singing Praise, and the Convert Count That Exceeded the Body Count
Alma 32 — The Experiment Upon the Word — Faith as a Seed, and the Blessedness of the Poor Who Were Cast Out
Alma 33 — Then Cast About Your Eyes — Zenos, Zenock, and the Brazen Serpent, or How to Plant the Seed
Alma 38 — Bridle All Your Passions — Alma's Charge to Steady Shiblon
Alma 39 — Cross Yourself in All These Things — Alma's Charge to Corianton
Alma 44 — A Covenant of Peace — Moroni, Zerahemnah, and Mercy in Victory
Alma 48 — If All Men Had Been Like unto Moroni — The Portrait of a Man of God in Power
Alma 55 — A City Taken Without a Death — The Wine, the Silence, and the Mercy at Gid
Alma 61 — The Greatness of Your Heart — Pahoran's Reply
Enos 1 — Enos's Wrestle — The Hunt That Became a Prayer, Intercession for Brethren and Enemies, the Promise of Preservation
Ether 2 — Serve the God of the Land — The Journey, the Barges, and the Decree Upon the Choice Land
Ether 4 — Rend That Veil of Unbelief — The Sealed Vision, and the Terms on Which It Comes Forth
Jacob 2 — Tender Feelings Wounded — Jacob's Temple Sermon on Pride, Riches, and the David-Solomon Sin
Jacob 3 — The Pure in Heart, the Lamanite Husbands, and the Mercy Available Yet
Jacob 4 — Looking Beyond the Mark — Jacob's Meditation on Christ, Scripture, and the Jewish Stumble
Jarom 1 — Jarom — A Short Book on Purpose: Keeping the Law of Moses While Looking Forward to Christ, and the Prophets Who Kept a Hard People Alive
Mormon 3 — Vengeance Is Mine — The Nephites' Boast, Mormon's Refusal, and the Idle Witness Who Writes to Us
Moroni 10 — Come unto Christ, and Be Perfected in Him — Moroni's Promise, and the Last Words of the Book of Mormon
Mosiah 2 — Benjamin's Tower Sermon — The Humble King, Service as Worship, the Unprofitable Servant, and the Wo of the Open Rebel
Mosiah 3 — The Angel's Message — Jesus Christ Named, Blood from Every Pore, and the Natural Man
Mosiah 4 — Fallen as Dead — The Cry for Mercy, Retaining a Remission, Are We Not All Beggars, and Watch Yourselves
Mosiah 6 — The Names Recorded — Priests Appointed, Mosiah Anointed, Benjamin Departed, and Three Years of Peace
Mosiah 10 — The Tradition of the Fathers — A Wrong That Is Taught, A Hatred That Is Inherited, A Deliverance That Comes by Remembrance
Mosiah 13 — Abinadi's Face Shines — The Decalogue Finished, the Law as Schoolmaster, and the God Himself Who Shall Come Down
Mosiah 17 — Abinadi Sealed by Fire — Alma Believes, the Word Is Hidden Away, the Prophet Dies as the Type He Named Himself to Be
Mosiah 18 — Waters of Mormon — The Baptismal Covenant, the Mourning-with-Them-that-Mourn, and the First Nephite Church
Mosiah 20 — The Daughters of the Lamanites — Abduction by the Priests of Noah, the Women Who Fought Beside the Men, and the Reconciliation by Honest Confession
Mosiah 23 — Alma's People in Helam — The Refused Kingship, the Liberty Doctrine, the Land Beautiful, the Amulonites Discovered, and the Lord Chasteneth Those Whom He Loveth
Mosiah 29 — The Reign of the Judges Established — Mosiah's Epistle on the Voice of the People, the Danger of the Unrighteous King, How Much Iniquity One Wicked King Causes, and Alma the Younger Chosen Chief Judge
Doctrine and Covenants 34 — The Light Which Shineth in Darkness
Doctrine and Covenants 42 — The Law of the Church
Doctrine and Covenants 56 — The Rich and the Poor
Doctrine and Covenants 63 — Signs Follow Faith
Doctrine and Covenants 66 — Clean, but Not All
Doctrine and Covenants 97 — Zion — The Pure in Heart
Doctrine and Covenants 98 — Renounce War and Proclaim Peace
Doctrine and Covenants 115 — The Name of the Church
2 Kings 2 — The Chariot of Fire and the Fallen Mantle — Elijah's Last Walk, the Double Portion, the Whirlwind into Heaven, and the Salt in a New Cruse
2 Kings 6 — They That Be With Us Are More — the Axe Head That Swam, the Mountain Full of Fire at Dothan, and the Siege That Devoured Samaria
2 Kings 16 — The Copied Altar — Ahaz Gives His Son to the Fire, Buys an Empire with the Temple's Treasure, Orders the Pattern of Damascus from a Compliant Priest, and Refuses the Sign of Immanuel
Esther 8 — The Word That May No Man Reverse — Haman's House, the Signet on Mordecai's Hand, and a Second Decree Answering the First
Ezra 3 — The Altar Before the House — Worship Rebuilt on the Old Base, and the Shout That Could Not Be Told from Weeping
Job 1 — The Wager in Heaven — Job of Uz, the Accuser in the Council, and the Man Who Worshipped in the Ruins
Job 2 — Skin for Skin — The Second Council, the Boils, the Wife's Grief, and the Silence of Friends
Job 19 — I Know That My Redeemer Liveth — The Estranged Man, the Iron Pen, and the Vindicator Who Stands at the Latter Day
Job 42 — Now Mine Eye Seeth Thee — Job Repents by Encounter, God Vindicates His Servant Over the Friends, Job Prays for Those Who Wronged Him, and the Latter End Is Blessed More Than the Beginning
Nehemiah 4 — The Trowel and the Sword — Mockery, Conspiracy, and the Wall That Rose Anyway
Nehemiah 6 — I Am Doing a Great Work — Nehemiah on the Wall, the Plain of Ono, the Hired Prophet, and the Fear That Would Not Land
Psalms 1 — The Two Ways — The Blessed Man, the Tree by the Water, the Chaff on the Wind, and the Doorway into the Psalter
Psalms 2 — Thou Art My Son — The Raging Nations, the Laughing Heaven, the Decree on Zion's Hill, and the King Every Knee Will Kiss
Psalms 24 — Clean Hands and a Pure Heart — Who May Climb the Hill of the LORD, and the King of Glory at the Gate
Psalms 25 — Shew Me Thy Ways — An Alphabet of Trust, the Prayer to Be Taught, and the Secret of the LORD
Psalms 27 — The LORD Is My Light — One Fearless Confidence, One Whole Desire, and the Long Discipline of Waiting
Psalms 30 — Joy Cometh in the Morning — The Psalm of the Drawn-Up Soul, the God Whose Anger Is a Moment, and the Mourning Turned to Dancing

Cross-references from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge via openbible.info (CC BY) and from this project’s own chapter essays. Read Matthew 5:22 in context.