Proverbs 14:17

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

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

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

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

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

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

A fool vents all of his anger, but a wise man brings himself under control.

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

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

not a drinker, not violent, not greedy for money, but gentle, not quarrelsome, not covetous;

Putting away therefore all wickedness, all deceit, hypocrisies, envies, and all evil speaking,

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

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

Yahweh saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of man’s heart was continually only evil.

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

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

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

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

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

Better is the end of a thing than its beginning. The patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.

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

The Lord’s servant must not quarrel, but be gentle toward all, able to teach, patient,

to speak evil of no one, not to be contentious, to be gentle, showing all humility toward all men.

“You and your sons are not to drink wine or strong drink whenever you go into the Tent of Meeting, or you will die. This shall be a statute forever throughout your generations.

Cease from anger, and forsake wrath. Don’t fret; it leads only to evildoing.

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

for their feet run to evil. They hurry to shed blood.

For whoever finds me, finds life, and will obtain favor from Yahweh.

Hatred stirs up strife, but love covers all wrongs.

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

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

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

A man who isolates himself pursues selfishness, and defies all sound judgment.

Be therefore imitators of God, as beloved children.

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.

Husbands, love your wives, and don’t be bitter against them.

Shepherd the flock of God which is among you, exercising the oversight, not under compulsion, but voluntarily, not for dishonest gain, but willingly;

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

So let a man think of us as Christ’s servants, and stewards of God’s mysteries.

Paul and Timothy, servants of Jesus Christ; To all the saints in Christ Jesus who are at Philippi, with the overseers and servants:

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

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

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

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

Aren’t Abanah and Pharpar, the rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? Couldn’t I wash in them, and be clean?” So he turned and went away in a rage.

But he scorned the thought of laying hands on Mordecai alone, for they had made known to him Mordecai’s people. Therefore Haman sought to destroy all the Jews who were throughout the whole kingdom of Ahasuerus, even Mordecai’s people.

a heart that devises wicked schemes, feet that are swift in running to mischief,

A good man shall obtain favor from Yahweh, but he will condemn a man of wicked plans.

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

Don’t they go astray who plot evil? But love and faithfulness belong to those who plan good.

It is an honor for a man to keep aloof from strife, but every fool will be quarreling.

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

The ways of the scoundrel are evil. He devises wicked plans to destroy the humble with lying words, even when the needy speaks right.

doesn’t behave itself inappropriately, doesn’t seek its own way, is not provoked, takes no account of evil;

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

For the overseer must be blameless, as God’s steward, not self-pleasing, not easily angered, not given to wine, not violent, not greedy for dishonest gain;