Proverbs 26:17

Yahweh, the hope of Israel, all who forsake you will be disappointed. Those who depart from me will be written in the earth, because they have forsaken Yahweh, the spring of living waters.

Pharisees came to him, testing him, and saying, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any reason?”

Behold, a certain lawyer stood up and tested him, saying, “Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?”

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.

a time to tear, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;

But Jesus perceived their wickedness, and said, “Why do you test me, you hypocrites?

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.

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

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

Therefore you are without excuse, O man, whoever you are who judge. For in that which you judge another, you condemn yourself. For you who judge practice the same things.

Do you think this, O man who judges those who practice such things, and do the same, that you will escape the judgment of God?

But indeed, O man, who are you to reply against God? Will the thing formed ask him who formed it, “Why did you make me like this?”

Let’s not test Christ, as some of them tested, and perished by the serpents.

These are those who cause divisions and are sensual, not having the Spirit.

Judah is a lion’s cub. From the prey, my son, you have gone up. He stooped down, he crouched as a lion, as a lioness. Who will rouse him up?

He said, “Who made you a prince and a judge over us? Do you plan to kill me, as you killed the Egyptian?” Moses was afraid, and said, “Surely this thing is known.”

because all those men who have seen my glory, and my signs, which I worked in Egypt and in the wilderness, yet have tempted me these ten times, and have not listened to my voice;

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.”

I will walk in liberty, for I have sought your precepts.

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

He who diligently seeks good seeks favor, but he who searches after evil, it shall come to him.

Whoever loves correction loves knowledge, but he who hates reproof is stupid.

The heart knows its own bitterness and joy; he will not share these with a stranger.

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.

Pride goes before destruction, and an arrogant spirit before a fall.

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

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

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

My son, fear Yahweh and the king. Don’t join those who are rebellious;

but have lifted up yourself against the Lord of heaven; and they have brought the vessels of his house before you, and you and your lords, your wives, and your concubines, have drunk wine from them. You have praised the gods of silver and gold, of bronze, iron, wood, and stone, which don’t see, or hear, or know; and you have not glorified the God in whose hand your breath is, and whose are all your ways.

They hate him who reproves in the gate, and they abhor him who speaks blamelessly.

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

Yes, moreover, wine is treacherous. An arrogant man who doesn’t stay at home, who enlarges his desire as Sheol, and he is like death, and can’t be satisfied, but gathers to himself all nations, and heaps to himself all peoples.

“Behold, I send you out as sheep among wolves. Therefore be wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.

And behold there was a man with a withered hand. They asked him, “Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath day?” that they might accuse him.

But he answered her not a word. His disciples came and begged him, saying, “Send her away; for she cries after us.”

The Pharisees and Sadducees came, and testing him, asked him to show them a sign from heaven.

One of them, a lawyer, asked him a question, testing him.

But Jesus held his peace. The high priest answered him, “I adjure you by the living God, that you tell us whether you are the Christ, the Son of God.”

The Pharisees came out and began to question him, seeking from him a sign from heaven, and testing him.

Pharisees came to him testing him, and asked him, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?”

Shall we give, or shall we not give?” But he, knowing their hypocrisy, said to them, “Why do you test me? Bring me a denarius, that I may see it.”

Others, testing him, sought from him a sign from heaven.

But he who did his neighbor wrong pushed him away, saying, ‘Who made you a ruler and a judge over us?

For what do I have to do with also judging those who are outside? Don’t you judge those who are within?

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 will live by your sword, and you will serve your brother. It will happen, when you will break loose, that you will shake his yoke from off your neck.”

that his heart not be lifted up above his brothers, and that he not turn away from the commandment to the right hand, or to the left, to the end that he may prolong his days in his kingdom, he and his children, in the middle of Israel.

Abimelech came to the tower and fought against it, and came near to the door of the tower to burn it with fire.

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 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?’ ”

Yahweh said, ‘Who will entice Ahab king of Israel, that he may go up and fall at Ramoth Gilead?’ One spoke saying in this way, and another saying in that way.

Then Amaziah king of Judah consulted his advisers, and sent to Joash, the son of Jehoahaz the 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?’ ”

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

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

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

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

I applied my heart to seek and to search out by wisdom concerning all that is done under the sky. It is a heavy burden that God has given to the sons of men to be afflicted with.

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

Yahweh says, “Don’t let the wise man glory in his wisdom. Don’t let the mighty man glory in his might. Don’t let the rich man glory in his riches.

by your great wisdom and by your trading you have increased your riches, and your heart is lifted up because of your riches—”

“Son of man, set your face toward Gog, of the land of Magog, the prince of Rosh, Meshech, and Tubal, and prophesy against him,

Persia, Cush, and Put with them, all of them with shield and helmet;

The multitude will be lifted up, and his heart will be exalted. He will cast down tens of thousands, but he won’t prevail.

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.

Or what king, as he goes to encounter another king in war, will not sit down first and consider whether he is able with ten thousand to meet him who comes against him with twenty thousand?

They said this testing him, that they might have something to accuse him of. But Jesus stooped down and wrote on the ground with his finger.

You judge according to the flesh. I judge no one.

I know that you are Abraham’s offspring, yet you seek to kill me, because my word finds no place in you.

Jesus answered, “My Kingdom is not of this world. If my Kingdom were of this world, then my servants would fight, that I wouldn’t be delivered to the Jews. But now my Kingdom is not from here.”

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.

not a new convert, lest being puffed up he fall into the same condemnation as the devil.

An evil man seeks only rebellion; therefore a cruel messenger shall be sent against him.

A fool’s lips come into strife, and his mouth invites beatings.

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

But he said to him, “Man, who made me a judge or an arbitrator over you?”