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?
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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?
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Numbers 20:14
Then Moses sent men from Kadesh to the king of Edom to say to him, Your brother Israel says, You have knowledge of all the things we have been through;
Numbers 21:21
And Israel sent men to Sihon, king of the Amorites, saying,
Deuteronomy 2:26
Then from the waste land of Kedemoth I sent representatives to Sihon, king of Heshbon, with words of peace, saying,
Deuteronomy 20:10
When you come to a town, before attacking it, make an offer of peace.
Deuteronomy 20:11
And if it gives you back an answer of peace, opening its doors to you, then all the people in it may be put to forced work as your servants.
Judges 11:12
Then Jephthah sent men to the king of the children of Ammon, saying, What have you against me that you have come to make war against my land?
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Joshua 9:14
And the men took some of their food, without requesting directions from the Lord.
Judges 1:1
Now after the death of Joshua, the children of Israel made request to the Lord, saying, Who is to go up first to make war for us against the Canaanites?
Judges 1:2
And the Lord said, Judah is to go up: see, I have given the land into his hands.
Judges 9:29
If only I had authority over this people! I would put Abimelech out of the way, and I would say to Abimelech, Make your army strong, and come out.
Judges 20:7
Here you all are, you children of Israel; give now your suggestions about what is to be done.
Judges 20:18
And they got up and went up to Beth-el to get directions from God, and the children of Israel said, Who is to be the first to go up to the fight against the children of Benjamin? And the Lord said, Judah is to go up first.
Judges 20:23
Now the children of Israel went up, weeping before the Lord till evening, requesting the Lord and saying, Am I to go forward again to the fight against the children of Benjamin my brother? And the Lord said, Go up against him.
Judges 20:26
Then all the children of Israel, and all the people, went up to Beth-el, weeping and waiting there before the Lord, going without food all day till evening, and offering burned offerings and peace-offerings before the Lord.
Judges 20:27
And the children of Israel made request to the Lord, (for the ark of the agreement of the Lord was there in those days,
Judges 20:28
And Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron, was in his place before it,) and said, Am I still to go on with the fight against the children of Benjamin my brother, or am I to give it up? And the Lord said, Go on; for tomorrow I will give him into your hands.
2 Chronicles 25:17
Then Amaziah, king of Judah, acting on the suggestion of his servants, sent to Joash, the son of Jehoahaz, the son of Jehu, king of Israel, saying, Come, let us have a meeting face to face.
2 Chronicles 25:18
And Joash, 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 Chronicles 25:19
You say, See, I have overcome Edom; and your heart is lifted up with pride: now keep in your country; why do you make causes of trouble, putting yourself, and Judah with you, in danger of downfall?
2 Chronicles 25:20
But Amaziah gave no attention; and this was the purpose of God, so that he might give them up into the hands of Joash, because they had gone after the gods of Edom.
2 Chronicles 25:21
And so Joash, king of Israel, went up; and he and Amaziah, king of Judah, came face to face at Beth-shemesh in Judah.
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Judges 3:27
And when he came there, he had a horn sounded in the hill-country of Ephraim, and all the children of Israel went down with him from the hill-country, and he at their head.
2 Samuel 15:10
But Absalom at the same time sent watchers through all the tribes of Israel to say, At the sound of the horn you are to say, Absalom is king in Hebron.
2 Samuel 20:1
Now by chance there was present a good-for-nothing person named Sheba, the son of Bichri, a Benjamite: and he, sounding the horn, said, We have no part in David, or any interest in the son of Jesse: let every man go to his tent, O Israel.
Proverbs 24:21
My son, go in fear of the Lord and the king: have nothing to do with those who are in high positions:
Proverbs 24:22
For their downfall will come suddenly; and who has knowledge of the destruction of those in high positions?
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Judges 8:1
And the men of Ephraim came and said to him, Why did you not send for us when you went to war against Midian? And they said sharp and angry words to him.
Judges 8:2
And he said to them, What have I done in comparison with you? Is not that which Ephraim took up after the grape-cutting better than all the grapes which Abiezer got in from the grape-cutting?
Judges 8:3
God has given into your hands the chiefs of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb; what have I been able to do in comparison with you? And when he said this, their feeling about him became kinder.
Proverbs 12:15
The way of the foolish man seems right to him? but the wise man gives ear to suggestions.
Proverbs 12:16
A foolish man lets his trouble be openly seen, but a sharp man keeps shame secret.
Proverbs 19:20
Let your ear be open to suggestion and take teaching, so that at the end you may be wise.
Luke 14:28
For which of you, desiring to put up a tower, does not first give much thought to the price, if he will have enough to make it complete?
Luke 14:29
For fear that if he makes a start and is not able to go on with it to the end, all who see it will be laughing at him,
Luke 14:30
And saying, This man made a start at building and is not able to make it complete.
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.
Acts 6:2
And the Apostles sent for all the disciples and said, It is not right for us to give up preaching the word of God in order to make distribution of food.
Acts 6:3
Take then from among you seven men of good name, full of the Spirit and of wisdom, to whom we may give control of this business.
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1 Samuel 25:21
Now David had said, What was the use of my taking care of this man's goods in the waste land, so that there was no loss of anything which was his? he has only given me back evil for good.
1 Samuel 25:22
May God's punishment be on David, if when morning comes there is so much as one male of his people still living.
1 Samuel 25:33
A blessing on your good sense and on you, who have kept me today from the crime of blood and from taking into my hands the punishment for my wrongs.
1 Samuel 25:34
For truly, by the living Lord, the God of Israel, who has kept me from doing you evil, if you had not been so quick in coming to me and meeting me, by dawn there would not have been in Nabal's house so much as one male living.
1 Kings 20:10
Then Ben-hadad sent to him, saying, May the gods' punishment be on me if there is enough of the dust of Samaria for all the people at my feet to take some in their hands.
Psalms 10:5
His ways are ever fixed; your decisions are higher than he may see: as for his haters, they are as nothing to him.
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1 Kings 3:25
And the king said, Let the living child be cut in two and one half given to one woman and one to the other.
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2 Kings 18:20
You say you have a design, and strength for war, but these are only words. Now to whom are you looking for support, that you have gone against my authority?
2 Kings 18:21
See, now, you are basing your hope on that broken rod of Egypt, which will go through a man's hand if he makes use of it for a support; for so is Pharaoh, king of Egypt, to all who put their faith in him.
2 Kings 18:22
And if you say to me, Our hope is in the Lord our God: is it not he, whose high places and altars Hezekiah has taken away, saying to Judah and Jerusalem that worship may only be given before this altar in Jerusalem?
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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 14:12
And Judah was overcome before Israel, so that they went in flight, every man to his tent.
2 Chronicles 25:22
And Judah was overcome before Israel, and they went in flight, every man to his tent.
2 Chronicles 25:23
And Joash, king of Israel, made Amaziah, king of Judah, the son of Joash, the son of Jehoahaz, prisoner at Beth-shemesh, and took him to Jerusalem; and he had the wall of Jerusalem pulled down from the doorway of Ephraim to the doorway in the angle, four hundred cubits.
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Job 22:21
Put yourself now in a right relation with him and be at peace: so will you do well in your undertakings.
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Psalms 15:3
Whose tongue is not false, who does no evil to his friend, and does not take away the good name of his neighbour;
Proverbs 25:18
One who gives false witness against his neighbour is a hammer and a sword and a sharp arrow.
Proverbs 25:23
As the north wind gives birth to rain, so is an angry face caused by a tongue saying evil secretly.
Proverbs 26:10
Like an archer wounding all who go by, is a foolish man overcome by drink.
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2 Samuel 10:6
And when the children of Ammon saw that they had made themselves hated by David, they sent to the Aramaeans of Beth-rehob and Zobah, and got for payment twenty thousand footmen, and they got from the king of Maacah a thousand men, and from Tob twelve thousand.
Isaiah 8:9
Have knowledge, O peoples, and be in fear; give ear, all you far-off parts of the earth:
Isaiah 8:10
Let your designs be formed, and they will come to nothing; give your orders, and they will not be effected: for God is with us.
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Isaiah 27:4
My passion is over: if the thorns were fighting against me, I would make an attack on them, and they would be burned up together.
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Isaiah 27:5
Or let him put himself under my power, and make peace with me.
Acts 12:20
Now he was very angry with the people of Tyre and Sidon: and they came to him, all together, and having made friends with Blastus, the controller of the king's house, they made a request for peace, because their country was dependent on the king's country for its food.
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Job 31:5
If I have gone in false ways, or my foot has been quick in working deceit;
Proverbs 1:16
For their feet are running after evil, and they are quick to take a man's life.
Proverbs 21:5
The purposes of the man of industry have their outcome only in wealth; but one who is over-quick in acting will only come to be in need.
Proverbs 28:22
He who is ever desiring wealth goes running after money, and does not see that need will come on him.
Isaiah 28:16
For this cause says the Lord God, See, I am placing in Zion as a base, a stone, a tested stone, an angle-stone which is certain and of great value: and he who has faith will not give way.
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Isaiah 47:7
And you said, I will be a queen for ever: you did not give attention to these things, and did not keep in mind what would come after.
Jeremiah 5:31
The prophets give false words and the priests give decisions by their direction; and my people are glad to have it so: and what will you do in the end?
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Daniel 3:23
And these three men, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, with the cords about them, went down into the burning and flaming fire.
Daniel 3:24
Then King Nebuchadnezzar, full of fear and wonder, got up quickly, and said to his wise men, Did we not put three men in cords into the fire? and they made answer and said to the king, True, O King.
Daniel 3:25
He made answer and said, Look! I see four men loose, walking in the middle of the fire, and they are not damaged; and the form of the fourth is like a son of the gods.
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Psalms 68:30
Say sharp words to the beast among the water-plants, the band of strong ones, with the lords of the peoples, put an end to the people whose delight is in war.
Proverbs 25:1
These are more wise sayings of Solomon, copied out by the men of Hezekiah, king of Judah.
Proverbs 25:28
He whose spirit is uncontrolled is like an unwalled town which has been broken into.
Proverbs 29:22
An angry man is the cause of fighting, and a man given to wrath does much wrong.
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.
Matthew 5:9
Happy are the peacemakers: for they will be named sons of God.
Matthew 5:39
But I say to you, Do not make use of force against an evil man; but to him who gives you a blow on the right side of your face let the left be turned.
Matthew 5:41
And whoever makes you go one mile, go with him two.
1 Corinthians 6:6
But a brother who has a cause at law against another takes it before Gentile judges.
Ephesians 5:1
Let it then be your desire to be like God, as well-loved children;
1 Thessalonians 5:14
And our desire is that you will keep control over those whose lives are not well ordered, giving comfort to the feeble-hearted, supporting those with little strength, and putting up with much from all.
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?
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Matthew 5:23
If then you are making an offering at the altar and there it comes to your mind that your brother has something against you,
Matthew 5:24
While your offering is still before the altar, first go and make peace with your brother, then come and make your offering.
Matthew 5:26
Truly I say to you, You will not come out from there till you have made payment of the very last farthing.
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Matthew 10:40
He who gives honour to you gives honour to me; and he who gives honour to me gives honour to him who sent me.
Matthew 10:41
He who gives honour to a prophet, in the name of a prophet, will be given a prophet's reward; and he who gives honour to an upright man, in the name of an upright man, will be given an upright man's reward.
Matthew 10:42
And whoever gives to one of these little ones a cup of cold water only, in the name of a disciple, truly I say to you, he will not go without his reward.
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1 Samuel 25:13
And David said to his men, Put on your swords, every one of you. And every man put on his sword; and David did the same; and about four hundred men went up with David, and two hundred kept watch over their goods.
Proverbs 15:18
An angry man makes men come to blows, but he who is slow to get angry puts an end to fighting.
Ecclesiastes 7:8
The end of a thing is better than its start, and a gentle spirit is better than pride.
Matthew 2:16
Then Herod, when he saw that he had been tricked by the wise men, was very angry; and he sent out, and put to death all the male children in Beth-lehem and in all the parts round about it, from two years old and under, acting on the knowledge which he had got with care from the wise men.
Matthew 18:16
But if he will not give ear to you, take with you one or two more, that by the lips of two or three witnesses every word may be made certain.
Romans 12:18
As far as it is possible for you be at peace with all men.
Romans 12:19
Do not give punishment for wrongs done to you, dear brothers, but give way to the wrath of God; for it is said in the holy Writings, Punishment is mine, I will give reward, says the Lord.
Romans 12:20
But if one who has hate for you is in need of food or of drink, give it to him, for in so doing you will put coals of fire on his head.
Romans 12:21
Do not let evil overcome you, but overcome evil by good.
1 Corinthians 13:4
Love is never tired of waiting; love is kind; love has no envy; love has no high opinion of itself, love has no pride;
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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Acts 5:35
And he said to them, Men of Israel, take care what you do about these men.
Acts 5:36
For before this there was Theudas, who said he was someone important, to whom about four hundred men gave their support: he was put to death, and his band was broken up and came to nothing.
Acts 5:37
After this man, there was Judas of Galilee, at the time of the numbering, and some of the people went after him: he was put to death, and all his supporters were put to flight.
Acts 5:38
And now I say to you, Do nothing to these men, but let them be: for if this teaching or this work is of men, it will come to nothing:
Acts 5:39
But if it is of God, you will not be able to overcome them, and you are in danger of fighting against God.
Acts 19:36
So then, because these things may not be doubted, it would be better for you to be quiet, and do nothing unwise.
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Proverbs 14:12
There is a way which seems straight before a man, but its end is the ways of death.
Acts 6:4
Then we will give all our time to prayer and the teaching of the word.
Acts 6:5
And this saying was pleasing to all of them: and they made selection of Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Spirit, and Philip and Prochorus and Nicanor and Timon and Parmenas and Nicolas of Antioch, who had become a Jew:
Acts 15:39
And there was a sharp argument between them, so that they were parted from one another, and Barnabas took Mark with him and went by ship to Cyprus;
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Matthew 5:5
Happy are the gentle: for the earth will be their heritage.
1 Corinthians 6:7
More than this, it is not to your credit to have causes at law with one another at all. Why not put up with wrong? why not undergo loss?
1 Corinthians 6:8
So far from doing this, you yourselves do wrong and take your brothers' property.
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.
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Ephesians 1:6
To the praise of the glory of his grace, which he freely gave to us in the Loved One:
Ephesians 1:7
In whom we have salvation through his blood, the forgiveness of our sins, through the wealth of his grace,
Ephesians 1:8
Which he gave us in full measure in all wisdom and care;
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Isaiah 3:13
The Lord is ready to take up his cause against his people, and is about to come forward as their judge.
Hebrews 3:7
And so, as the Holy Spirit says, Today if you let his voice come to your ears,
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Jude 1:22
And have pity on those who are in doubt;
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Jude 1:23
And to some give salvation, pulling them out of the fire; and on some have mercy with fear, hating even the clothing which is made unclean by the flesh.
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