Proverbs 26:21
Like breath on coals and wood on fire, so a man given to argument gets a fight started.
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Proverbs 26:21
Like breath on coals and wood on fire, so a man given to argument gets a fight started.
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2 Samuel 19:43
And in answer to the men of Judah, the men of Israel said, We have ten parts in the king, and we are the first in order of birth: why did you make nothing of us? and were we not the first to make suggestions for getting the king back? And the words of the men of Judah were more violent than the words of the men of Israel.
Psalms 64:3
Who make their tongues sharp like a sword, and whose arrows are pointed, even bitter words;
Proverbs 15:1
By a soft answer wrath is turned away, but a bitter word is a cause of angry feelings.
James 3:6
And the tongue is a fire; it is the power of evil placed in our bodies, making all the body unclean, putting the wheel of life on fire, and getting its fire from hell.
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Psalms 101:5
I will put to death anyone who says evil of his neighbour secretly; the man with a high look and a heart of pride is disgusting to me.
Proverbs 22:10
Send away the man of pride, and argument will go out; truly fighting and shame will come to an end.
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Proverbs 11:13
He who goes about talking of others makes secrets public, but the true-hearted man keeps things covered.
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Proverbs 13:10
The only effect of pride is fighting; but wisdom is with the quiet in spirit.
Proverbs 17:14
The start of fighting is like the letting out of water: so give up before it comes to blows.
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.
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Proverbs 27:15
Like an unending dropping on a day of rain is a bitter-tongued woman.
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