Proverbs 3:30

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

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

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

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

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

The overseer therefore must be without reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, sensible, modest, hospitable, good at teaching;

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;

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.

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

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

bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, and endures all things.

Do all things without complaining and arguing,

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

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.

bearing with one another, and forgiving each other, if any man has a complaint against any; even as Christ forgave you, so you also do.

But we were gentle among you, like a nursing mother cherishes her own children.

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;

I exhort therefore, first of all, that petitions, prayers, intercessions, and givings of thanks be made for all men:

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.”

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?’ ”

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

As coals are to hot embers, and wood to fire, so is a contentious man to kindling strife.

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

He will feed his flock like a shepherd. He will gather the lambs in his arm, and carry them in his bosom. He will gently lead those who have their young.

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.

When he came near to the den to Daniel, he cried with a troubled voice. The king spoke and said to Daniel, “Daniel, servant of the living God, is your God, whom you serve continually, able to deliver you from the lions?”

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.

He will not strive, nor shout; neither will anyone hear his voice in the streets.

“The day following, he appeared to them as they fought, and urged them to be at peace again, saying, ‘Sirs, you are brothers. Why do you wrong one another?’

A great clamor arose, and some of the scribes of the Pharisees’ part stood up, and contended, saying, “We find no evil in this man. But if a spirit or angel has spoken to him, let’s not fight against God!”

Now I Paul, myself, entreat you by the humility and gentleness of Christ, I who in your presence am lowly among you, but being absent am bold toward you.

with all lowliness and humility, with patience, bearing with one another in love,

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

But you, man of God, flee these things, and follow after righteousness, godliness, faith, love, perseverance, and gentleness.

holding to the faithful word which is according to the teaching, that he may be able to exhort in the sound doctrine, and to convict those who contradict him.

But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceful, gentle, reasonable, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.

You lust, and don’t have. You murder and covet, and can’t obtain. You fight and make war. You don’t have, because you don’t ask.

Finally, all of you be like-minded, compassionate, loving as brothers, tenderhearted, courteous,

So Moses the servant of Yahweh died there in the land of Moab, according to Yahweh’s word.

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.”

because they didn’t obey Yahweh their God’s voice, but transgressed his covenant, even all that Moses the servant of Yahweh commanded, and would not hear it or do it.

The king called for Jehoiada the chief, and said to him, “Why haven’t you required of the Levites to bring in the tax of Moses the servant of Yahweh, and of the assembly of Israel, out of Judah and out of Jerusalem, for the Tent of the Testimony?”

Then Amaziah separated them, the army that had come to him out of Ephraim, to go home again. Therefore their anger was greatly kindled against Judah, and they returned home in fierce anger.

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?’ ”

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.”

A revelation is within my heart about the disobedience of the wicked: “There is no fear of God before his eyes.”

Hatred stirs up strife, but love covers all wrongs.

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

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.

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

A perverse man stirs up strife. A whisperer separates close friends.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

He will not shout, nor raise his voice, nor cause it to be heard in the street.

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

“ ‘The Lord Yahweh says: “Are you he of whom I spoke in old time by my servants the prophets of Israel, who prophesied in those days for years that I would bring you against them?

Because of this, the king was angry and very furious, and commanded that all the wise men of Babylon be destroyed.

Then Nebuchadnezzar in rage and fury commanded that Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego be brought. Then these men were brought before the king.

The princes of Judah are like those who remove a landmark. I will pour out my wrath on them like water.

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.

The Jews therefore contended with one another, saying, “How can this man give us his flesh to eat?”

Now Herod was very angry with the people of Tyre and Sidon. They came with one accord to him, and, having made Blastus, the king’s personal aide, their friend, they asked for peace, because their country depended on the king’s country for food.

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.

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

for the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh, but mighty before God to the throwing down of strongholds,

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faith,

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

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

Follow after peace with all men, and the sanctification without which no man will see the Lord,

James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are in the Dispersion: Greetings.

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

Beloved, while I was very eager to write to you about our common salvation, I was constrained to write to you exhorting you to contend earnestly for the faith which was once for all delivered to the saints.