1 Corinthians 13:5

He who spares his words has knowledge. He who is even tempered is a man of understanding.

But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceful, gentle, reasonable, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.

In the multitude of words there is no lack of disobedience, but he who restrains his lips does wisely.

Whoever guards his mouth and his tongue keeps his soul from troubles.

For though I was free from all, I brought myself under bondage to all, that I might gain the more.

In all things be showing yourself an example of good works. In your teaching, be showing integrity, seriousness, incorruptibility,

He who guards his mouth guards his soul. One who opens wide his lips comes to ruin.

Let no man despise your youth; but be an example to those who believe, in word, in your way of life, in love, in spirit, in faith, and in purity.

He who is slow to anger has great understanding, but he who has a quick temper displays folly.

He who answers before he hears, that is folly and shame to him.

He answered, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength, and with all your mind; and your neighbor as yourself.”

Stand firm therefore in the liberty by which Christ has made us free, and don’t be entangled again with a yoke of bondage.

each of you not just looking to his own things, but each of you also to the things of others.

One who is slow to anger is better than the mighty; one who rules his spirit, than he who takes a city.

as free, and not using your freedom for a cloak of wickedness, but as bondservants of God.

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faith,

Having regard for honorable things, not only in the sight of the Lord, but also in the sight of men.

“Be angry, and don’t sin.” Don’t let the sun go down on your wrath,

but given to hospitality, a lover of good, sober minded, fair, holy, self-controlled,

Don’t be hasty in your spirit to be angry, for anger rests in the bosom of fools.

But be careful that by no means does this liberty of yours become a stumbling block to the weak.

For the whole law is fulfilled in one word, in this: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”

but now you also put them all away: anger, wrath, malice, slander, and shameful speaking out of your mouth.

Yes, and for this very cause adding on your part all diligence, in your faith supply moral excellence; and in moral excellence, knowledge;

What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound?

To the weak I became as weak, that I might gain the weak. I have become all things to all men, that I may by all means save some.

Now the Lord is the Spirit and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.

He died for all, that those who live should no longer live to themselves, but to him who for their sakes died and rose again.

Pray for us, for we are persuaded that we have a good conscience, desiring to live honorably in all things.

A wrathful man stirs up contention, but one who is slow to anger appeases strife.

The beginning of strife is like breaching a dam, therefore stop contention before quarreling breaks out.

for you are still fleshly. For insofar as there is jealousy, strife, and factions among you, aren’t you fleshly, and don’t you walk in the ways of men?

Let no one seek his own, but each one his neighbor’s good.

having good behavior among the nations, so in that of which they speak against you as evildoers, they may by your good works, which they see, glorify God in the day of visitation.

I am still confident of this: I will see the goodness of Yahweh in the land of the living.

Hide me from the conspiracy of the wicked, from the noisy crowd of the ones doing evil;

You know my sitting down and my rising up. You perceive my thoughts from afar.

Do you see a man who is hasty in his words? There is more hope for a fool than for him.

Knowing their thoughts, Jesus said to them, “Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation, and every city or house divided against itself will not stand.

He looked around at them all, and said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” He did, and his hand was restored as sound as the other.

The woman said to him, “Sir, I perceive that you are a prophet.

You will know the truth, and the truth will make you free.”

Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old things have passed away. Behold, all things have become new.

Finally, be strong in the Lord, and in the strength of his might.

Abstain from every form of evil.

Let’s consider how to provoke one another to love and good works,

And the tongue is a fire. The world of iniquity among our members is the tongue, which defiles the whole body, and sets on fire the course of nature, and is set on fire by Gehenna.

Seeing you have purified your souls in your obedience to the truth through the Spirit in sincere brotherly affection, love one another from the heart fervently,

Everyone who has this hope set on him purifies himself, even as he is pure.

Man doesn’t know its price; Neither is it found in the land of the living.

“Come,” they say, “let’s destroy them as a nation, that the name of Israel may be remembered no more.”

A fool shows his annoyance the same day, but one who overlooks an insult is prudent.

The tongue of the wise commends knowledge, but the mouth of fools gush out folly.

The discretion of a man makes him slow to anger. It is his glory to overlook an offense.

for as he thinks about the cost, so he is. “Eat and drink!” he says to you, but his heart is not with you.

Like a city that is broken down and without walls is a man whose spirit is without restraint.

The Lord Yahweh’s Spirit is on me, because Yahweh has anointed me to preach good news to the humble. He has sent me to bind up the broken hearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives and release to those who are bound,

who say, ‘Stay by yourself, don’t come near to me, for I am holier than you.’ These are smoke in my nose, a fire that burns all day.

Then they said, “Come! Let’s devise plans against Jeremiah; for the law won’t perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come, and let’s strike him with the tongue, and let’s not give heed to any of his words.”

But beware of men: for they will deliver you up to councils, and in their synagogues they will scourge you.

But it shall not be so among you, but whoever wants to become great among you shall be your servant.

But he knew their thoughts; and he said to the man who had the withered hand, “Rise up, and stand in the middle.” He arose and stood.

Fear took hold of all, and they glorified God, saying, “A great prophet has arisen among us!” and, “God has visited his people!”

But he, knowing their thoughts, said to them, “Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation. A house divided against itself falls.

Let’s walk properly, as in the day; not in reveling and drunkenness, not in sexual promiscuity and lustful acts, and not in strife and jealousy.

Let all bitterness, wrath, anger, outcry, and slander be put away from you, with all malice.

for the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness and righteousness and truth,

For they all seek their own, not the things of Jesus Christ.

And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to which also you were called in one body, and be thankful.

This you know, that all who are in Asia turned away from me, of whom are Phygelus and Hermogenes.

For men will be lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,

A righteous man walks in integrity. Blessed are his children after him.

Let each one of us please his neighbor for that which is good, to be building him up.

Therefore if food causes my brother to stumble, I will eat no meat forever more, that I don’t cause my brother to stumble.

So, then, my beloved brothers, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, and slow to anger;

Then Joseph couldn’t control himself before all those who stood before him, and he called out, “Cause everyone to go out from me!” No one else stood with him, while Joseph made himself known to his brothers.

Moses said to the children of Gad, and to the children of Reuben, “Shall your brothers go to war while you sit here?

until Yahweh has given your brothers rest, as he has given you, and they have also possessed the land which Yahweh your God gives them. Then you shall return to the land of your possession and possess it, which Moses the servant of Yahweh gave you beyond the Jordan toward the sunrise.’ ”

But the princes of the children of Ammon said to Hanun their lord, “Do you think that David honors your father, in that he has sent comforters to you? Hasn’t David sent his servants to you to search the city, to spy it out, and to overthrow it?”

“Behold, I know your thoughts, the plans with which you would wrong me.

He who is quick to become angry will commit folly, and a crafty man is hated.

The people will be oppressed, everyone by another, and everyone by his neighbor. The child will behave himself proudly against the old man, and the wicked against the honorable.

But I was like a gentle lamb that is led to the slaughter. I didn’t know that they had devised plans against me, saying, “Let’s destroy the tree with its fruit, and let’s cut him off from the land of the living, that his name may be no more remembered.”

But I tell you that everyone who is angry with his brother without a cause will be in danger of the judgment. Whoever says to his brother, ‘Raca!’ will be in danger of the council. Whoever says, ‘You fool!’ will be in danger of the fire of Gehenna.

Jesus, knowing their thoughts, said, “Why do you think evil in your hearts?

When he had looked around at them with anger, being grieved at the hardening of their hearts, he said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” He stretched it out, and his hand was restored as healthy as the other.

Now when the Pharisee who had invited him saw it, he said to himself, “This man, if he were a prophet, would have perceived who and what kind of woman this is who touches him, that she is a sinner.”

As he said these things to them, the scribes and the Pharisees began to be terribly angry, and to draw many things out of him;

As any of the disciples had plenty, each determined to send relief to the brothers who lived in Judea;

But if any man thinks that he is behaving inappropriately toward his virgin, if she is past the flower of her age, and if need so requires, let him do what he desires. He doesn’t sin. Let them marry.

even as I also please all men in all things, not seeking my own profit, but the profit of the many, that they may be saved.

For first of all, when you come together in the assembly, I hear that divisions exist among you, and I partly believe it.

that there should be no division in the body, but that the members should have the same care for one another.

namely, that God was in Christ reconciling the world to himself, not reckoning to them their trespasses, and having committed to us the word of reconciliation.

For you, brothers, were called for freedom. Only don’t use your freedom for gain to the flesh, but through love be servants to one another.

Finally, brothers, whatever things are true, whatever things are honorable, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report: if there is any virtue and if there is any praise, think about these things.

For you know how you ought to imitate us. For we didn’t behave ourselves rebelliously among you,

Moses was very angry, and said to Yahweh, “Don’t respect their offering. I have not taken one donkey from them, neither have I hurt one of them.”

Therefore I endure all things for the chosen ones’ sake, that they also may obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory.