Proverbs 19:11

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.

Stand in awe, and don’t sin. Search your own heart on your bed, and be still.

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

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

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

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

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

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

He told her all his heart and said to her, “No razor has ever come on my head; for I have been a Nazirite to God from my mother’s womb. If I am shaved, then my strength will go from me and I will become weak, and be like any other man.”

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.

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.

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

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.

Hatred stirs up strife, but love covers all wrongs.

A prudent man keeps his knowledge, but the hearts of fools proclaim foolishness.

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.

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.

Therefore a prudent person keeps silent in such a time, for it is an evil time.

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.

When he had looked around at them with anger, being grieved at the hardening of their hearts, he said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” He stretched it out, and his hand was restored as healthy as the other.

But when Jesus saw it, he was moved with indignation, and said to them, “Allow the little children to come to me! Don’t forbid them, for God’s Kingdom belongs to such as these.

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.

for the anger of man doesn’t produce the righteousness of God.

David arose, and passed over, he and the six hundred men who were with him, to Achish the son of Maoch, king of Gath.

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

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

The plans of the diligent surely lead to profit; and everyone who is hasty surely rushes to poverty.

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

If your enemy is hungry, give him food to eat. If he is thirsty, give him water to drink;

For my name’s sake, I will defer my anger, and for my praise, I hold it back for you so that I don’t cut you off.