Proverbs 15:18

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.

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.

Follow after peace with all men, and the sanctification without which no man will see the Lord,

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

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.

But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting nothing back; and your reward will be great, and you will be children of the Most High; for he is kind toward the unthankful and evil.

Love is patient and is kind. Love doesn’t envy. Love doesn’t brag, is not proud,

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

Now the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace by those who make peace.

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

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

let him know that he who turns a sinner from the error of his way will save a soul from death and will cover a multitude of sins.

He who covers an offense promotes love; but he who repeats a matter separates best friends.

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.

For lack of wood a fire goes out. Without gossip, a quarrel dies down.

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

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

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

For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are children of God.

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

And above all things be earnest in your love among yourselves, for love covers a multitude of sins.

then your heart might be lifted up, and you forget Yahweh your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage;

But when he was strong, his heart was lifted up, so that he did corruptly, and he trespassed against Yahweh his God; for he went into Yahweh’s temple to burn incense on the altar of incense.

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

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 words of a gossip are like dainty morsels: they go down into a person’s innermost parts.

A man’s gift makes room for him, and brings him before great men.

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

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

Don’t be hasty to go out of his presence. Don’t persist in an evil thing, for he does whatever pleases him,

and Yahweh will guide you continually, satisfy your soul in dry places, and make your bones strong. You will be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water whose waters don’t fail.

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

Be therefore imitators of God, as beloved children.

bearing with one another, and forgiving each other, if any man has a complaint against any; even as Christ forgave you, so you also do.

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

Let him turn away from evil and do good. Let him seek peace and pursue it.

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

You have indeed struck Edom, and your heart has lifted you up. Enjoy the glory of it, and stay at home; for why should you meddle to your harm, that you fall, even you, and Judah with you?’ ”

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

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

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

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

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

If the spirit of the ruler rises up against you, don’t leave your place; for gentleness lays great offenses to rest.

Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called children of God.

They stirred up the people, the elders, and the scribes, and came against him and seized him, then brought him in to the council,

Abram said to Lot, “Please, let there be no strife between you and me, and between your herdsmen and my herdsmen; for we are relatives.

You shall say, ‘Not only that, but behold, your servant, Jacob, is behind us.’ ” For, he said, “I will appease him with the present that goes before me, and afterward I will see his face. Perhaps he will accept me.”

Hatred stirs up strife, but love covers all wrongs.

By patience a ruler is persuaded. A soft tongue breaks the bone.

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

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

“He will stir up his power and his courage against the king of the south with a great army; and the king of the south will wage war in battle with an exceedingly great and mighty army; but he won’t stand; for they will devise plans against him.

But when the Jews of Thessalonica had knowledge that the word of God was proclaimed by Paul at Beroea also, they came there likewise, agitating the multitudes.

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;