Proverbs 26:20

Proverbs 26:20
Without wood, the fire goes out; and where there is no secret talk, argument is ended.

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Genesis 21:9
And Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian playing with Isaac.

Genesis 21:10
So she said to Abraham, Send away that woman and her son: for the son of that woman is not to have a part in the heritage with my son Isaac.

Nehemiah 4:1
Now, Sanballat, hearing that we were building the wall, was very angry, and in his wrath made sport of the Jews.

Nehemiah 4:2
And in the hearing of his countrymen and the army of Samaria he said, What are these feeble Jews doing? will they make themselves strong? will they make offerings? will they get the work done in a day? will they make the stones which have been burned come again out of the dust?

Nehemiah 4:3
Now Tobiah the Ammonite was by him, and he said, Such is their building that if a fox goes up it, their stone wall will be broken down.

Nehemiah 13:28
And one of the sons of Joiada, the son of Eliashib, the chief priest, was son-in-law to Sanballat the Horonite: so I sent him away from me.

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Judges 12:4
Then Jephthah got together all the men of Gilead and made war on Ephraim; and the men of Gilead overcame Ephraim.

Judges 12:5
And the Gileadites took the crossing-places of Jordan against the Ephraimites; and when any of the men of Ephraim who had gone in flight said, let me go over; the men of Gilead said to him, Are you an Ephraimite? And if he said, No;

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.

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.

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.

2 Chronicles 10:13
And the king gave them a rough answer. So King Rehoboam gave no attention to the suggestion of the old men,

2 Chronicles 10:14
But gave 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.

2 Chronicles 10:15
So the king did not give ear to the people; for this came about by the purpose of God, so that the Lord might give effect to his word which he had said by Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam, the son of Nebat.

2 Chronicles 10:16
And when all Israel saw that the king would give no attention to them, the people in answer said to the king, What part have we in David? what is our heritage in the son of Jesse? every man to your tents, O Israel; now see to your house, David. So all Israel went to their tents.

2 Chronicles 13:17
And Abijah and his people put them to death with great destruction: five hundred thousand of the best of Israel were put to the sword.

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

Proverbs 16:27
A good-for-nothing man is a designer of evil, and in his lips there is a burning fire.

Isaiah 30:27
See, the name of the Lord is coming from far, burning with his wrath, with thick smoke going up: his lips are full of passion, and his tongue is like a burning fire:

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1 Samuel 24:9
And David said to Saul, Why do you give any attention to those who say that it is my desire to do you wrong?

1 Samuel 26:19
Let my lord the king give ear now to the words of his servant. If it is the Lord who is moving you against me, let him take an offering: but if it is the children of men, may they be cursed before the Lord, for driving me out today and keeping me from my place in the heritage of the Lord, saying, Go, be the servant of other gods.

Psalms 141:6
When destruction comes to their judges by the side of the rock, they will give ear to my words, for they are sweet.

Proverbs 17:4
A wrongdoer gives attention to evil lips, and a man of deceit gives ear to a damaging tongue.

Proverbs 29:12
If a ruler gives attention to false words, all his servants are evil-doers.

Ecclesiastes 7:21
Do not give ear to all the words which men say, for fear of hearing the curses of your servant.

Ecclesiastes 7:22
Your heart has knowledge how frequently others have been cursed by you.

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Nehemiah 6:17
And further, in those days the chiefs of Judah sent a number of letters to Tobiah, and his letters came to them.

Nehemiah 6:18
For in Judah there were a number of people who had made an agreement by oath with him, because he was the son-in-law of Shecaniah, the son of Arah; and his son Jehohanan had taken as his wife the daughter of Meshullam, the son of Berechiah.

Nehemiah 6:19
And they said much before me of the good he had done, and gave him accounts of my words. And Tobiah sent letters with the purpose of causing me fear.

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

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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;

Romans 1:30
Hated by God, full of pride, without respect, full of loud talk, given to evil inventions, not honouring father or mother,

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Psalms 52:2
Purposing destruction, using deceit; your tongue is like a sharp blade.

Psalms 64:4
So that in secret they may let loose their arrows at the upright, suddenly and unseen.

Psalms 140:3
Their tongues are sharp like the tongue of a snake; the poison of snakes is under their lips. (Selah.)

Proverbs 12:18
There are some whose uncontrolled talk is like the wounds of a sword, but the tongue of the wise makes one well again.

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Psalms 141:3
O Lord, keep a watch over my mouth; keep the door of my lips.

Proverbs 18:18
The decision of chance puts an end to argument, parting the strong.

Ecclesiastes 10:11
If a snake gives a bite before the word of power is said, then there is no longer any use in the word of power.

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;

1 Peter 4:15
Let no one among you undergo punishment as a taker of life, or as a thief, or as an evil-doer, or as one who is over-interested in other men's business;

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Proverbs 10:25
When the storm-wind is past, the sinner is seen no longer, but the upright man is safe for ever.

Proverbs 26:23
Smooth lips and an evil heart are like a vessel of earth plated with silver waste.

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Proverbs 14:28
A king's glory is in the number of his people: and for need of people a ruler may come to destruction.

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Proverbs 20:10
Unequal weights and unequal measures, they are all disgusting to the Lord.

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Proverbs 20:23
Unequal weights are disgusting to the Lord, and false scales are not good.

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Proverbs 21:24
The man of pride, lifted up in soul, is named high-hearted; he is acting in an outburst of pride.

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 18:17
And if he will not give ear to them, let it come to the hearing of the church: and if he will not give ear to the church, let him be to you as a Gentile and a tax-farmer.

Romans 16:17
Now, it is my desire, brothers, that you will take note of those who are causing division and trouble among you, quite against the teaching which was given to you: and keep away from them.

1 Corinthians 5:5
That this man is to be handed over to Satan for the destruction of the flesh, so that his spirit may have forgiveness in the day of the Lord Jesus.

1 Corinthians 5:6
This pride of yours is not good. Do you not see that a little leaven makes a change in all the mass?

1 Corinthians 5:13
As for those who are outside, God is their judge. So put away the evil man from among you.

1 Timothy 6:3
If any man gives different teaching, not in agreement with the true words of our Lord Jesus Christ, and with the teaching which is in agreement with true religion,

1 Timothy 6:4
He has an over-high opinion of himself; being without knowledge, having only an unhealthy love of questionings and wars of words, from which come envy, fighting, cruel words, evil thoughts,

1 Timothy 6:5
Bitter talk of men who, being evil in mind and dead to what is true, take the faith to be a way of making profit.

2 Timothy 2:23
And put away foolish and uncontrolled questionings, seeing that they are a cause of trouble.

3 John 1:9
I sent a letter to the church, but Diotrephes, whose desire is ever to have the first place among them, will not have us there.

3 John 1:10
So if I come, I will keep in mind the things he does, talking against us with evil words: and as if this was not enough, he does not take the brothers into his house, and those who are ready to take them in, he keeps from doing so, putting them out of the church if they do.

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Isaiah 33:11
Your designs will be without profit, and their effect will be nothing: you will be burned up by the fire of my breath.

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Jonah 1:11
And they said to him, What are we to do to you so that the sea may become calm for us? For the sea was getting rougher and rougher.

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Proverbs 22:8
By planting the seed of evil a man will get in the grain of sorrow, and the rod of his wrath will be broken.

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 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?

Hosea 8:7
For they have been planting the wind, and their fruit will be the storm; his grain has no stem, it will give no meal, and if it does, a strange nation will take it.

Matthew 5:9
Happy are the peacemakers: for they will be named sons of God.

Galatians 6:7
Be not tricked; God is not made sport of: for whatever seed a man puts in, that will he get back as grain.

Galatians 6:8
Because he who puts in the seed of the flesh will of the flesh get the reward of death; but he who puts in the seed of the Spirit will of the Spirit get the reward of eternal life.

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

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