Proverbs 16:32

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.

Therefore you shall be perfect, just as your Father in heaven is perfect.

I press on toward the goal for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.

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

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

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

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

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

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

But you, Lord, are a merciful and gracious God, slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness and truth.

Jesus said to them, “Most certainly I tell you that you who have followed me, in the regeneration when the Son of Man will sit on the throne of his glory, you also will sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.

“His lord said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant. You have been faithful over a few things, I will set you over many things. Enter into the joy of your lord.’

He who overcomes, and he who keeps my works to the end, to him I will give authority over the nations.

For you, Lord, are good, and ready to forgive, abundant in loving kindness to all those who call on you.

Put on therefore, as God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, a heart of compassion, kindness, lowliness, humility, and perseverance;

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

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.

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.

You will be hated by all men for my name’s sake, but he who endures to the end will be saved.

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

And be kind to one another, tender hearted, forgiving each other, just as God also in Christ forgave you.

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

“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.

Then David and his men, who were about six hundred, arose and departed out of Keilah, and went wherever they could go. Saul was told that David was escaped from Keilah; and he gave up going there.

and refused to obey. They weren’t mindful of your wonders that you did among them, but hardened their neck, and in their rebellion appointed a captain to return to their bondage. But you are a God ready to pardon, gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness, and didn’t forsake them.

Yahweh is gracious, merciful, slow to anger, and of great loving kindness.

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.

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

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

Tear your heart, and not your garments, and turn to Yahweh, your God; for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness, and relents from sending calamity.

Yahweh is slow to anger, and great in power, and will by no means leave the guilty unpunished. Yahweh has his way in the whirlwind and in the storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet.

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

Be therefore imitators of God, as beloved children.

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

not rendering evil for evil, or insult for insult; but instead blessing, knowing that you were called to this, that you may inherit a blessing.

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

Beloved, if God loved us in this way, we also ought to love one another.

He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the assemblies. To him who overcomes I will give to eat from the tree of life, which is in the Paradise of my God.

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

Yahweh is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness.

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

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

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

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

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

God has delivered into your hand the princes of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb! What was I able to do in comparison with you?” Then their anger was abated toward him when he had said that.

David said to his men, “Every man put on his sword!” Every man put on his sword. David also put on his sword. About four hundred men followed David, and two hundred stayed by the baggage.

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.

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;

He who overcomes, I will give to him to sit down with me on my throne, as I also overcame, and sat down with my Father on his throne.