Proverbs 17:14

Proverbs 17:14
The start of fighting is like the letting out of water: so give up before it comes to blows.

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Proverbs 20:3
It is an honour for a man to keep from fighting, but the foolish are ever at war.

Proverbs 25:8
Do not be quick to go to law about what you have seen, for what will you do in the end, when your neighbour has put you to shame?

Proverbs 25:9
Have a talk with your neighbour himself about your cause, but do not give away the secret of another:

Proverbs 13:10
The only effect of pride is fighting; but wisdom is with the quiet in spirit.

Proverbs 3:30
Do not take up a cause at law against a man for nothing, if he has done you no wrong.

Proverbs 15:18
An angry man makes men come to blows, but he who is slow to get angry puts an end to fighting.

Proverbs 18:6
A foolish man's lips are a cause of fighting, and his mouth makes him open to blows.

Proverbs 26:17
He who gets mixed up in a fight which is not his business, is like one who takes a dog by the ears while it is going by.

Proverbs 29:22
An angry man is the cause of fighting, and a man given to wrath does much wrong.

Proverbs 15:1
By a soft answer wrath is turned away, but a bitter word is a cause of angry feelings.

Proverbs 26:21
Like breath on coals and wood on fire, so a man given to argument gets a fight started.

Proverbs 30:33
The shaking of milk makes butter, and the twisting of the nose makes blood come: so the forcing of wrath is a cause of fighting.

Romans 12:18
As far as it is possible for you be at peace with all men.

1 Thessalonians 4:11
And that you may take pride in being quiet and doing your business, working with your hands as we gave you orders;

2 Timothy 2:14
Put these things before them, giving them orders in the name of the Lord to keep themselves from fighting about words, which is of no profit, only causing error in their hearers.

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Proverbs 18:1
He who keeps himself separate for his private purpose goes against all good sense.

2 Timothy 2:24
For it is not right for the Lord's servant to make trouble, but he is to be gentle to all, ready in teaching, putting up with wrong,

Proverbs 12:16
A foolish man lets his trouble be openly seen, but a sharp man keeps shame secret.

Proverbs 14:31
He who is hard on the poor puts shame on his Maker; but he who has mercy on those who are in need gives him honour.

Proverbs 16:28
A man of twisted purposes is a cause of fighting everywhere: and he who says evil secretly makes trouble between friends.

Proverbs 25:10
Or your hearer may say evil of you, and your shame will not be turned away.

Ecclesiastes 10:4
If the wrath of the ruler is against you, keep in your place; in him who keeps quiet even great sins may be overlooked.

Acts 6:1
Now in those days, when the number of the disciples was increasing, protests were made by the Greek Jews against the Hebrews, because their widows were not taken care of in the distribution of food every day.

Hebrews 12:14
Let your desire be for peace with all men, and to be made holy, without which no man may see the Lord;

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Proverbs 20:18
Every purpose is put into effect by wise help: and by wise guiding make war.

Luke 14:31
Or what king, going to war with another king, will not first take thought if he will be strong enough, with ten thousand men, to keep off him who comes against him with twenty thousand?

Luke 14:32
Or while the other is still a great distance away, he sends representatives requesting conditions of peace.

2 Samuel 2:26
Then crying out to Joab, Abner said, Are fighting and destruction to go on for ever? do you not see that the end will only be bitter? how long will it be before you send the people back and make them give up attacking their countrymen?

2 Samuel 2:27
And Joab said, By the living God, if you had not given the word, the people would have gone on attacking their countrymen till the morning.

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2 Samuel 2:14
And Abner said to Joab, Let the young men give a test of their strength before us. And Joab said, Let them do so.

2 Samuel 2:15
So they got up and went over by number: twelve for Benjamin and Ish-bosheth and twelve of the servants of David.

2 Samuel 2:16
And every one got the other by the head, driving his sword into the other's side, so they all went down together: and that place was named the Field of Sides, and it is in Gibeon.

2 Samuel 2:17
And there was hard fighting that day; and Abner and the men of Israel gave way before the servants of David.

2 Kings 14:8
Then Amaziah sent representatives to Jehoash, the son of Jehoahaz, son of Jehu, king of Israel, saying, Come, let us have a meeting face to face.

2 Kings 14:9
And Jehoash, king of Israel, sent to Amaziah, king of Judah, saying, The thorn-tree in Lebanon sent to the cedar in Lebanon, saying, Give your daughter to my son for a wife: and a beast from the woodland in Lebanon went by, crushing the thorn under his feet.

2 Kings 14:10
It is true that you have overcome Edom and your heart is uplifted; let that glory be enough for you, and keep in your country; why do you make causes of trouble, putting yourself, and Judah with you, in danger of downfall?

2 Kings 14:11
But Amaziah gave no attention. So Jehoash, king of Israel, went up, and he and Amaziah, king of Judah, came face to face at Beth-shemesh, which is in Judah.

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James 3:14
But if you have bitter envy in your heart and the desire to get the better of others, have no pride in this, talking falsely against what is true.

James 3:15
This wisdom is not from heaven, but is of the earth and the flesh and the Evil One.

James 3:16
For where envy is, and the desire to get the better of others, there is no order, but every sort of evil-doing.

James 3:17
But the wisdom which is from heaven is first holy, then gentle, readily giving way in argument, full of peace and mercy and good works, not doubting, not seeming other than it is.

James 3:18
And the fruit of righteousness is planted in peace for those who make peace.

2 Corinthians 12:20
For I have a fear that, when I come, you may not be answering to my desire, and that I may not be answering to yours; that there may be fighting, hate, angry feeling, divisions, evil talk about others, secrets, thoughts of pride, outbursts against authority;

Galatians 5:15
But if you are given to fighting with one another, take care that you are not the cause of destruction one to another.

Galatians 5:20
Worship of images, use of strange powers, hates, fighting, desire for what another has, angry feelings, attempts to get the better of others, divisions, false teachings,

Philippians 2:3
Doing nothing through envy or through pride, but with low thoughts of self let everyone take others to be better than himself;

James 4:1
What is the cause of wars and fighting among you? is it not in your desires which are at war in your bodies?

James 4:2
You are burning with desire, and have not your desire, so you put men to death; you are full of envy, and you are not able to get your desire, so you are fighting and making war; you have not your desire, because you do not make request for it.

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Proverbs 19:11
A man's good sense makes him slow to wrath, and the overlooking of wrongdoing is his glory.

Ecclesiastes 7:8
The end of a thing is better than its start, and a gentle spirit is better than pride.

Ecclesiastes 7:9
Be not quick to let your spirit be angry; because wrath is in the heart of the foolish.

Proverbs 14:29
He who is slow to be angry has great good sense; but he whose spirit is over-quick gives support to what is foolish.

Proverbs 16:32
He who is slow to be angry is better than a man of war, and he who has control over his spirit than he who takes a town.

Proverbs 19:19
A man of great wrath will have to take his punishment: for if you get him out of trouble you will have to do it again.

Matthew 5:22
But I say to you that everyone who is angry with his brother will be in danger of being judged; and he who says to his brother, Raca, will be in danger from the Sanhedrin; and whoever says, You foolish one, will be in danger of the hell of fire.

Ephesians 4:26
Be angry without doing wrong; let not the sun go down on your wrath;

Ephesians 4:31
Let all bitter, sharp and angry feeling, and noise, and evil words, be put away from you, with all unkind acts;

Ephesians 4:32
And be kind to one another, full of pity, having forgiveness for one another, even as God in Christ had forgiveness for you.

Colossians 3:8
But now it is right for you to put away all these things; wrath, passion, bad feeling, curses, unclean talk;

James 1:19
You have knowledge of this, dear brothers. But let every man be quick in hearing, slow in words, slow to get angry;

James 1:20
For the righteousness of God does not come about by the wrath of man.

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Proverbs 18:19
A brother wounded is like a strong town, and violent acts are like a locked tower.

Proverbs 17:27
He who has knowledge says little: and he who has a calm spirit is a man of good sense.

Proverbs 17:28
Even the foolish man, when he keeps quiet, is taken to be wise: when his lips are shut he is credited with good sense.

Proverbs 21:23
He who keeps watch over his mouth and his tongue keeps his soul from troubles.

Proverbs 29:8
Men of pride are the cause of violent acts in a town, but by wise men wrath is turned away.

Hebrews 12:15
Looking with care to see that no man among you in his behaviour comes short of the grace of God; for fear that some bitter root may come up to be a trouble to you, and that some of you may be made unclean by it;

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Judges 12:6
Then they said to him, Now say Shibboleth; and he said Sibboleth, and was not able to say it in the right way; then they took him and put him to death at the crossing-places of Jordan; and at that time forty-two thousand Ephraimites were put to death.

1 Kings 12:14
But giving them the answer put forward by the young men, saying, My father made your yoke hard, but I will make it harder; my father gave you punishment with whips, but I will give it with snakes.

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2 Samuel 19:41
Then the men of Israel came to the king and said, Why have our countrymen of Judah taken you away in secret and come over Jordan with the king and all his family, because all his people are David's men?

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2 Samuel 20:2
So all the men of Israel, turning away from David, went after Sheba, the son of Bichri: but the men of Judah were true to their king, going with him from Jordan as far as Jerusalem.

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Proverbs 10:23
It is sport to the foolish man to do evil, but the man of good sense takes delight in wisdom.

Proverbs 26:18
As one who is off his head sends about flaming sticks and arrows of death,

Proverbs 26:19
So is the man who gets the better of his neighbour by deceit, and says, Am I not doing so in sport?

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