Proverbs 18:6

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

Blessed is the man who doesn’t walk in the counsel of the wicked, nor stand on the path of sinners, nor sit in the seat of scoffers;

By mercy and truth iniquity is atoned for. By the fear of Yahweh men depart from evil.

Agree with your adversary quickly, while you are with him on the way; lest perhaps the prosecutor deliver you to the judge, and the judge deliver you to the officer, and you be cast into prison.

The words of the wicked are about lying in wait for blood, but the speech of the upright rescues them.

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.

Hatred stirs up strife, but love covers all wrongs.

Every prudent man acts from knowledge, but a fool exposes folly.

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

A fool has no delight in understanding, but only in revealing his own opinion.

It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop than to share a house with a contentious woman.

A prudent man sees danger and hides himself; but the simple pass on, and suffer for it.

A whip is for the horse, a bridle for the donkey, and a rod for the back of fools!

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

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

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

It was so, that all who saw it said, “Such a deed has not been done or seen from the day that the children of Israel came up out of the land of Egypt to this day! Consider it, take counsel, and speak.”

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.

For now it would be heavier than the sand of the seas, therefore have my words been rash.

Don’t be wise in your own eyes. Fear Yahweh, and depart from evil.

Wisdom is found on the lips of him who has discernment, but a rod is for the back of him who is void of understanding.

The way of a fool is right in his own eyes, but he who is wise listens to counsel.

There is a way which seems right to a man, but in the end it leads to death.

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

Even a fool, when he keeps silent, is counted wise. When he shuts his lips, he is thought to be discerning.

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

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

Don’t be afraid of those who kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul. Rather, fear him who is able to destroy both soul and body in Gehenna.

Now the chief priests, the elders, and the whole council sought false testimony against Jesus, that they might put him to death;

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?

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,

Do all things without complaining and arguing,

and that you make it your ambition to lead a quiet life, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, even as we instructed you;

He who says he is in the light and hates his brother is in the darkness even until now.

For the poor will never cease out of the land. Therefore I command you to surely open your hand to your brother, to your needy, and to your poor, in your land.

Joab said, “As God lives, if you had not spoken, surely then in the morning the people would have gone away, and not each followed his brother.”

The king said, “Divide the living child in two, and give half to the one, and half to the other.”

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?’ ”

But Hezekiah didn’t reciprocate appropriate to the benefit done for him, because his heart was lifted up. Therefore there was wrath on him, and on Judah and Jerusalem.

But he sent ambassadors to him, saying, “What have I to do with you, you king of Judah? I come not against you today, but against the house with which I have war. God has commanded me to make haste. Beware that it is God who is with me, that he not destroy you.”

One of the sons of Joiada, the son of Eliashib the high priest, was son-in-law to Sanballat the Horonite; therefore I chased him from me.

if I have rewarded evil to him who was at peace with me (yes, I have delivered him who without cause was my adversary),

I will silence whoever secretly slanders his neighbor. I won’t tolerate one who is arrogant and conceited.

If you are wise, you are wise for yourself. If you mock, you alone will bear it.

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

Wisdom rests in the heart of one who has understanding, and is even made known in the inward part of fools.

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

Let a bear robbed of her cubs meet a man, rather than a fool in his folly.

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

It isn’t good to have zeal without knowledge, nor being hasty with one’s feet and missing the way.

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

A foolish son is the calamity of his father. A wife’s quarrels are a continual dripping.

The proud and arrogant man—“Scoffer” is his name— he works in the arrogance of pride.

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

The beginning of the words of his mouth is foolishness; and the end of his talk is mischievous madness.

The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests rule by their own authority; and my people love to have it so. What will you do in the end of it?

If your right eye causes you to stumble, pluck it out and throw it away from you. For it is more profitable for you that one of your members should perish, than for your whole body to be cast into Gehenna.

But beware of men: for they will deliver you up to councils, and in their synagogues they will scourge you.

If your eye causes you to stumble, pluck it out, and cast it from you. It is better for you to enter into life with one eye, rather than having two eyes to be cast into the Gehenna of fire.

Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you travel around by sea and land to make one proselyte; and when he becomes one, you make him twice as much a son of Gehenna as yourselves.

You serpents, you offspring of vipers, how will you escape the judgment of Gehenna?

Then he will say also to those on the left hand, ‘Depart from me, you cursed, into the eternal fire which is prepared for the devil and his angels;

If your hand causes you to stumble, cut it off. It is better for you to enter into life maimed, rather than having your two hands to go into Gehenna, into the unquenchable fire,

If your eye causes you to stumble, cast it out. It is better for you to enter into God’s Kingdom with one eye, rather than having two eyes to be cast into the Gehenna of fire,

When the ten heard it, they began to be indignant toward James and John.

Now the chief priests and the whole council sought witnesses against Jesus to put him to death, and found none.

But I will warn you whom you should fear. Fear him who after he has killed, has power to cast into Gehenna. Yes, I tell you, fear him.

In Hades, he lifted up his eyes, being in torment, and saw Abraham far off, and Lazarus at his bosom.

As soon as it was day, the assembly of the elders of the people were gathered together, both chief priests and scribes, and they led him away into their council, saying,

The chief priests therefore and the Pharisees gathered a council, and said, “What are we doing? For this man does many signs.

When they had brought them, they set them before the council. The high priest questioned them,

But those who are outside, God judges. “Put away the wicked man from among yourselves.”

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

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

Where do wars and fightings among you come from? Don’t they come from your pleasures that war in your members?

When he was cursed, he didn’t curse back. When he suffered, he didn’t threaten, but committed himself to him who judges righteously.

Then Amaziah sent messengers to Jehoash, the son of Jehoahaz son of Jehu, king of Israel, saying, “Come, let’s look one another in the face.”

You say to yourself that you have struck Edom; and your heart lifts you up to boast. Now stay at home. Why should you meddle with trouble, that you should fall, even you, and Judah with you?’ ”

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

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

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

The fool’s talk brings a rod to his back, but the lips of the wise protect them.

A wise man fears and shuns evil, but the fool is hot headed and reckless.

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

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

Penalties are prepared for scoffers, and beatings for the backs of fools.

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

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

It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop than to share a house with a contentious woman.

A stone is heavy, and sand is a burden; but a fool’s provocation is heavier than both.

If a wise man goes to court with a foolish man, the fool rages or scoffs, and there is no peace.

Yes also when the fool walks by the way, his understanding fails him, and he says to everyone that he is a fool.

But I tell you that everyone who is angry with his brother without a cause will be in danger of the judgment. Whoever says to his brother, ‘Raca!’ will be in danger of the council. Whoever says, ‘You fool!’ will be in danger of the fire of Gehenna.

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.

Like one who grabs a dog’s ears is one who passes by and meddles in a quarrel not his own.