Ephesians 4:31-32

Get rid of all bitterness, rage and anger, outcry and slander, along with every form of malice. Be kind and tenderhearted to one another, forgiving each other just as in Christ God forgave you.

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11 songs meet this passage

  • Flowers · Miley Cyrus

    resonates with Ephesians 4:31-32

    The move toward forgiveness instead of bitterness genuinely echoes the call to release grudges, even without naming any source for that grace.

  • “I won't ever give a goddamn shit”

    The Reaper's Wrath · Azizi Gibson

    strains against Ephesians 4:31-32

    The hardened indifference and bitterness here stand opposite the call to put away malice and extend forgiveness.

  • Go To Hell, For Heaven's Sake · Bring Me The Horizon

    strains against Ephesians 4:31-32

    The instruction is to put away bitterness, wrath, and anger, replacing them with kindness and forgiveness. The song holds onto every one of those things rather than releasing them.

  • “It takes two to break a heart in two”

    I Had Some Help (feat. Morgan Wallen) · Post Malone

    strains against Ephesians 4:31-32

    Where the song settles into mutual accusation, this passage calls for forgiveness and kindness as the better response to relational wreckage.

  • “it's too late to apologize, it's too late”

    Apologize · OneRepublic

    strains against Ephesians 4:31-32

    Scripture calls believers to put away bitterness and forgive as they've been forgiven; the refrain hardens into the opposite, closing the door on reconciliation.

  • “All of our bridges burned down”

    Payphone (feat. Wiz Khalifa) · Maroon 5

    strains against Ephesians 4:31-32

    The song nurses bitterness and finality where Scripture calls for forgiveness and letting go of anger.

  • “But don't look back in anger, I heard you say”

    Don't Look Back in Anger (Remastered) · Oasis

    resonates with Ephesians 4:31-32

    The song's refrain to release anger faintly echoes the call to put away bitterness and forgive, though without any grounding for why forgiveness is possible.

  • “I gave forgiveness I'd been denyin”

    Live Like You Were Dying · Tim McGraw

    resonates with Ephesians 4:31-32

    The man's late release of withheld forgiveness mirrors Paul's call to put away bitterness and forgive as we've been forgiven.

  • “i killed myself for you and still you're just an ungrateful”

    the bitter sweet end to everything i once loved · izumi is dead

    strains against Ephesians 4:31-32

    Where Scripture calls for bitterness to be put away, this line lets bitterness and contempt have the final word.

  • What I've Done · LINKIN PARK

    strains against Ephesians 4:32

    Scripture grounds forgiveness in God's forgiveness of us; here the forgiving (likely self-forgiveness) stands alone without that anchor.

  • “you forgave and I won't forget”

    I Will Wait · Mumford & Sons

    resonates with Ephesians 4:32

    Gratitude for being forgiven, and the resolve to remember it, reflects the call to forgive as we have been forgiven.

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