2 Chronicles 25:10

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

He who loves disobedience loves strife. One who builds a high gate seeks destruction.

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

Then all the tribes of Israel came to David at Hebron, and spoke, saying, “Behold, we are your bone and your flesh.

So the king didn’t listen to the people; for it was a thing brought about from Yahweh, that he might establish his word, which Yahweh spoke by Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam the son of Nebat.

He said, “Listen now, house of David. Is it not enough for you to try the patience of men, that you will try the patience of my God also?

“Don’t say, ‘A conspiracy!’ concerning all about which this people say, ‘A conspiracy!’ neither fear their threats, nor be terrorized.

idolatry, sorcery, hatred, strife, jealousies, outbursts of anger, rivalries, divisions, heresies,

There was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam continually.

As coals are to hot embers, and wood to fire, so is a contentious man to kindling strife.

For as the churning of milk produces butter, and the wringing of the nose produces blood; so the forcing of wrath produces strife.”

All the people will know, including Ephraim and the inhabitants of Samaria, who say in pride and in arrogance of heart,

The men were afraid, because they were brought to Joseph’s house; and they said, “Because of the money that was returned in our sacks the first time, we’re brought in; that he may seek occasion against us, attack us, and seize us as slaves, along with our donkeys.”

When Pharaoh came near, the children of Israel lifted up their eyes, and behold, the Egyptians were marching after them; and they were very afraid. The children of Israel cried out to Yahweh.

I also will do this to you: I will appoint terror over you, even consumption and fever, that shall consume the eyes, and make the soul to pine away. You will sow your seed in vain, for your enemies will eat it.

“ ‘As for those of you who are left, I will send a faintness into their hearts in the lands of their enemies. The sound of a driven leaf will put them to flight; and they shall flee, as one flees from the sword. They will fall when no one pursues.

Don’t go up, for Yahweh isn’t among you; that way you won’t be struck down before your enemies.

The men of Ephraim said to him, “Why have you treated us this way, that you didn’t call us when you went to fight with Midian?” They rebuked him sharply.

Then God sent an evil spirit between Abimelech and the men of Shechem; and the men of Shechem dealt treacherously with Abimelech,

All the men of Israel, when they saw the man, fled from him, and were terrified.

When Saul saw the army of the Philistines, he was afraid, and his heart trembled greatly.

Your house and your kingdom will be made sure forever before you. Your throne will be established forever.” ’ ”

All the people were at strife throughout all the tribes of Israel, saying, “The king delivered us out of the hand of our enemies, and he saved us out of the hand of the Philistines; and now he has fled out of the land from Absalom.

He bowed the heart of all the men of Judah, even as one man; so that they sent to the king, saying, “Return, you and all your servants.”

The men of Israel answered the men of Judah, and said, “We have ten parts in the king, and we have also more claim to David than you. Why then did you despise us, that our advice should not be first had in bringing back our king?” The words of the men of Judah were fiercer than the words of the men of Israel.

There happened to be there a wicked fellow, whose name was Sheba, the son of Bichri, a Benjamite; and he blew the trumpet, and said, “We have no portion in David, neither have we inheritance in the son of Jesse. Every man to his tents, Israel!”

David said to Abishai, “Now Sheba the son of Bichri will do us more harm than Absalom did. Take your lord’s servants, and pursue after him, lest he get himself fortified cities, and escape out of our sight.”

(but he shall have one tribe, for my servant David’s sake and for Jerusalem’s sake, the city which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel);

The king answered the people roughly, and abandoned the counsel of the old men which they had given him,

When all Israel saw that the king didn’t listen to them, the people answered the king, saying, “What portion have we in David? We don’t have an inheritance in the son of Jesse. To your tents, Israel! Now see to your own house, David.” So Israel departed to their tents.

‘Yahweh says, “You shall not go up or fight against your brothers, the children of Israel. Everyone return to his house; for this thing is from me.” ’ ” So they listened to Yahweh’s word, and returned and went their way, according to Yahweh’s word.

He cried against the altar by Yahweh’s word, and said, “Altar! Altar! Yahweh says: ‘Behold, a son will be born to David’s house, Josiah by name. On you he will sacrifice the priests of the high places who burn incense on you, and they will burn men’s bones on you.’ ”

Go, tell Jeroboam, ‘Yahweh, the God of Israel, says: “Because I exalted you from among the people, and made you prince over my people Israel,

A cry went throughout the army about the going down of the sun, saying, “Every man to his city, and every man to his country!”

So the king didn’t listen to the people; for it was brought about by God, that Yahweh might establish his word, which he spoke by Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam the son of Nebat.

‘Yahweh says, “You shall not go up, nor fight against your brothers! Every man return to his house; for this thing is of me.” ’ ” So they listened to Yahweh’s words, and returned from going against Jeroboam.

Then some of the heads of the children of Ephraim, Azariah the son of Johanan, Berechiah the son of Meshillemoth, Jehizkiah the son of Shallum, and Amasa the son of Hadlai, stood up against those who came from the war,

In Yahweh, I take refuge. How can you say to my soul, “Flee as a bird to your mountain”?

For they have conspired together with one mind. They form an alliance against you.

Don’t strive with a man without cause, if he has done you no harm.

Hatred stirs up strife, but love covers all wrongs.

Pride only breeds quarrels, but wisdom is with people who take advice.

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

A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.

A perverse man stirs up strife. A whisperer separates close friends.

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

A brother offended is more difficult than a fortified city. Disputes are like the bars of a fortress.

A hot-tempered man must pay the penalty, for if you rescue him, you must do it again.

Don’t befriend a hot-tempered man, and don’t associate with one who harbors anger:

The wicked flee when no one pursues; but the righteous are as bold as a lion.

One who is greedy stirs up strife; but one who trusts in Yahweh will prosper.

An angry man stirs up strife, and a wrathful man abounds in sin.

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

If there is a tenth left in it, that also will in turn be consumed, as a terebinth, and as an oak, whose stump remains when they are cut down; so the holy seed is its stock.”

David’s house was told, “Syria is allied with Ephraim.” His heart trembled, and the heart of his people, as the trees of the forest tremble with the wind.

Yahweh will bring on you, on your people, and on your father’s house, days that have not come, from the day that Ephraim departed from Judah, even the king of Assyria.

The envy also of Ephraim will depart, and those who persecute Judah will be cut off. Ephraim won’t envy Judah, and Judah won’t persecute Ephraim.

I will lay the key of David’s house on his shoulder. He will open, and no one will shut. He will shut, and no one will open.

The sinners in Zion are afraid. Trembling has seized the godless ones. Who among us can live with the devouring fire? Who among us can live with everlasting burning?

Therefore their inhabitants had little power. They were dismayed and confounded. They were like the grass of the field, and like the green herb, like the grass on the housetops, and like a field before its crop has grown.

‘For I will defend this city to save it, for my own sake, and for my servant David’s sake.’ ”

House of David, Yahweh says, ‘Execute justice in the morning, and deliver him who is robbed out of the hand of the oppressor, lest my wrath go out like fire, and burn so that no one can quench it, because of the evil of your doings.

It shall be, when they ask you, ‘Why do you sigh?’ that you shall say, ‘Because of the news, for it comes! Every heart will melt, all hands will be feeble, every spirit will faint, and all knees will be weak as water. Behold, it comes, and it shall be done, says the Lord Yahweh.’ ”

Because of this, the king was angry and very furious, and commanded that all the wise men of Babylon be destroyed.

Then Nebuchadnezzar in rage and fury commanded that Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego be brought. Then these men were brought before the king.

They have set up kings, but not by me. They have made princes, and I didn’t approve. Of their silver and their gold they have made themselves idols, that they may be cut off.

Ephraim feeds on wind, and chases the east wind. He continually multiplies lies and desolation. They make a covenant with Assyria, and oil is carried into Egypt.

But when he thought about these things, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, “Joseph, son of David, don’t be afraid to take to yourself Mary, your wife, for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Spirit.

When King Herod heard it, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him.

But if it is of God, you will not be able to overthrow it, and you would be found even to be fighting against God!”

When we had come in sight of Cyprus, leaving it on the left hand, we sailed to Syria and landed at Tyre, for the ship was there to unload her cargo.

Don’t be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.

But if you bite and devour one another, be careful that you don’t consume one another.

Let’s not become conceited, provoking one another, and envying one another.

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

doing nothing through rivalry or through conceit, but in humility, each counting others better than himself;

not to be quickly shaken in your mind, and not be troubled, either by spirit, or by word, or by letter as if from us, saying that the day of Christ has already come.

for the anger of man doesn’t produce the righteousness of God.

For where jealousy and selfish ambition are, there is confusion and every evil deed.

The stars of the sky fell to the earth, like a fig tree dropping its unripe figs when it is shaken by a great wind.