Proverbs 16:28

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 deceived. God is not mocked, for whatever a man sows, that he will also reap.

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

Hatred stirs up strife, but love covers all wrongs.

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.

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.

“ ‘You shall not go around as a slanderer among your people. “ ‘You shall not endanger the life of your neighbor. I am Yahweh.

He said, “Why does my lord pursue his servant? For what have I done? What evil is in my hand?

Don’t deliver me over to the desire of my adversaries, for false witnesses have risen up against me, such as breathe out cruelty.

A truthful witness will not lie, but a false witness pours out lies.

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

A false witness shall not be unpunished. He who pours out lies shall not go free.

Drive out the mocker, and strife will go out; yes, quarrels and insults will stop.

Woe to those who devise iniquity and work evil on their beds! When the morning is light, they practice it, because it is in the power of their hand.

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

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.

But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your heart, don’t boast and don’t lie against the truth.

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

Your tongue plots destruction, like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.

Don’t devise evil against your neighbor, since he dwells securely by you.

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

There is one who speaks rashly like the piercing of a sword, but the tongue of the wise heals.

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

A false witness shall not be unpunished. He who utters lies shall perish.

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

Don’t be hasty in bringing charges to court. What will you do in the end when your neighbor shames you?

For it has been reported to me concerning you, my brothers, by those who are from Chloe’s household, that there are contentions among you.

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?

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

“I know your works, that you are neither cold nor hot. I wish you were cold or hot.

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 truthful testifies honestly, but a false witness lies.

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 gentle tongue is a tree of life, but deceit in it crushes the spirit.

He who goes about as a tale-bearer reveals secrets; therefore don’t keep company with him who opens wide his lips.

One who plots to do evil will be called a schemer.

A man who gives false testimony against his neighbor is like a club, a sword, or a sharp arrow.

The words of a whisperer are as dainty morsels, they go down into the innermost parts.

Wrath is cruel, and anger is overwhelming; but who is able to stand before jealousy?

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,

As it is written, “There is no one righteous; no, not one.

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

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

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

David said to Saul, “Why do you listen to men’s words, saying, ‘Behold, David seeks to harm you?’

All who hate me whisper together against me. They imagine the worst for me.

in whose heart is perverseness, who devises evil continually, who always sows discord.

a false witness who utters lies, and he who sows discord among brothers.

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

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

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

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

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

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

being filled with all unrighteousness, sexual immorality, wickedness, covetousness, malice; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, evil habits, secret slanderers,

For I am afraid that by any means, when I come, I might find you not the way I want to, and that I might be found by you as you don’t desire, that by any means there would be strife, jealousy, outbursts of anger, factions, slander, whisperings, proud thoughts, or riots,

But refuse foolish and ignorant questionings, knowing that they generate strife.

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