Proverbs 15:1
A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.
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Proverbs 15:1
A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.
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Proverbs 25:15
By patience a ruler is persuaded. A soft tongue breaks the bone.
2 Chronicles 10:7
They spoke to him, saying, “If you are kind to these people, please them, and speak good words to them, then they will be your servants forever.”
Proverbs 15:2
The tongue of the wise commends knowledge, but the mouths of fools gush out folly.
Proverbs 15:3
Yahweh’s eyes are everywhere, keeping watch on the evil and the good.
Proverbs 15:4
A gentle tongue is a tree of life, but deceit in it crushes the spirit.
Genesis 50:21
Now therefore don’t be afraid. I will provide for you and your little ones.” He comforted them, and spoke kindly to them.
Job 4:4
Your words have supported him who was falling, you have made the feeble knees firm.
Proverbs 15:15
All the days of the afflicted are wretched, but one who has a cheerful heart enjoys a continual feast.
Proverbs 31:26
She opens her mouth with wisdom. Kind instruction is on her tongue.
Isaiah 50:4
The Lord Yahweh has given me the tongue of those who are taught, that I may know how to sustain with words him who is weary. He awakens morning by morning, he awakens my ear to hear as those who are taught.
Jeremiah 52:32
He spoke kindly to him, and set his throne above the throne of the kings who were with him in Babylon,
1 Kings 12:7
They replied, “If you will be a servant to this people today, and will serve them, and answer them with good words, then they will be your servants forever.”
Proverbs 14:33
Wisdom rests in the heart of one who has understanding, and is even made known in the inward part of fools.
Proverbs 25:11
A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in settings of silver.
Psalms 55:21
His mouth was smooth as butter, but his heart was war. His words were softer than oil, yet they were drawn swords.
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Judges 8:1
The men of Ephraim said to him, “Why have you treated us this way, that you didn’t call us when you went to fight with Midian?” They rebuked him sharply.
Judges 8:2
He said to them, “What have I now done in comparison with you? Isn’t the gleaning of the grapes of Ephraim better than the vintage of Abiezer?
Judges 8:3
God has delivered into your hand the princes of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb! What was I able to do in comparison with you?” Then their anger was abated toward him when he had said that.
Judges 12:1
The men of Ephraim were gathered together, and passed northward; and they said to Jephthah, “Why did you pass over to fight against the children of Ammon, and didn’t call us to go with you? We will burn your house around you with fire!”
Judges 12:2
Jephthah said to them, “I and my people were at great strife with the children of Ammon; and when I called you, you didn’t save me out of their hand.
Judges 12:3
When I saw that you didn’t save me, I put my life in my hand, and passed over against the children of Ammon, and Yahweh delivered them into my hand. Why then have you come up to me today, to fight against me?”
Judges 12:4
Then Jephthah gathered together all the men of Gilead, and fought with Ephraim. The men of Gilead struck Ephraim, because they said, “You are fugitives of Ephraim, you Gileadites, in the middle of Ephraim, and in the middle of Manasseh.”
1 Samuel 25:10
Nabal answered David’s servants and said, “Who is David? Who is the son of Jesse? There are many servants who break away from their masters these days.
2 Samuel 19:43
The men of Israel answered the men of Judah, and said, “We have ten parts in the king, and we have also more claim to David than you. Why then did you despise us, that our advice should not be first had in bringing back our king?” The words of the men of Judah were fiercer than the words of the men of Israel.
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Proverbs 15:18
A wrathful man stirs up contention, but one who is slow to anger appeases strife.
Proverbs 14:29
He who is slow to anger has great understanding, but he who has a quick temper displays folly.
Ecclesiastes 10:4
If the spirit of the ruler rises up against you, don’t leave your place; for gentleness lays great offenses to rest.
Proverbs 14:17
He who is quick to become angry will commit folly, and a crafty man is hated.
Proverbs 16:32
One who is slow to anger is better than the mighty; one who rules his spirit, than he who takes a city.
Proverbs 17:14
The beginning of strife is like breaching a dam, therefore stop contention before quarreling breaks out.
Hebrews 12:14
Follow after peace with all men, and the sanctification without which no man will see the Lord,
Genesis 13:8
Abram said to Lot, “Please, let there be no strife between you and me, and between your herdsmen and my herdsmen; for we are relatives.
Genesis 16:6
But Abram said to Sarai, “Behold, your maid is in your hand. Do to her whatever is good in your eyes.” Sarai dealt harshly with her, and she fled from her face.
Proverbs 18:19
A brother offended is more difficult than a fortified city. Disputes are like the bars of a fortress.
Proverbs 20:3
It is an honor for a man to keep aloof from strife, but every fool will be quarreling.
Proverbs 25:8
Don’t be hasty in bringing charges to court. What will you do in the end when your neighbor shames you?
Proverbs 26:21
As coals are to hot embers, and wood to fire, so is a contentious man to kindling strife.
Matthew 5:9
Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called children of God.
James 1:19
So, then, my beloved brothers, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, and slow to anger;
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Matthew 5:5
Blessed are the gentle, for they shall inherit the earth.
Proverbs 17:27
He who spares his words has knowledge. He who is even tempered is a man of understanding.
Proverbs 17:28
Even a fool, when he keeps silent, is counted wise. When he shuts his lips, he is thought to be discerning.
Proverbs 21:23
Whoever guards his mouth and his tongue keeps his soul from troubles.
Proverbs 29:8
Mockers stir up a city, but wise men turn away anger.
Proverbs 30:33
For as the churning of milk produces butter, and the wringing of the nose produces blood, so the forcing of wrath produces strife.”
Hebrews 12:15
looking carefully lest there be any man who falls short of the grace of God, lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you and many be defiled by it,
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Proverbs 29:20
Do you see a man who is hasty in his words? There is more hope for a fool than for him.
Job 16:3
Shall vain words have an end? Or what provokes you that you answer?
Malachi 3:13
“Your words have been harsh against me,” says Yahweh. “Yet you say, ‘What have we spoken against you?’
Colossians 2:4
Now I say this that no one may delude you with persuasiveness of speech.
1 Thessalonians 2:5
For neither were we at any time found using words of flattery, as you know, nor a cloak of covetousness (God is witness),
2 Peter 2:3
In covetousness they will exploit you with deceptive words: whose sentence now from of old doesn’t linger, and their destruction will not slumber.
2 Peter 2:18
For, uttering great swelling words of emptiness, they entice in the lusts of the flesh, by licentiousness, those who are indeed escaping from those who live in error;
3 John 1:10
Therefore, if I come, I will call attention to his deeds which he does, unjustly accusing us with wicked words. Not content with this, he doesn’t receive the brothers himself, and those who would, he forbids and throws out of the assembly.
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Genesis 32:4
He commanded them, saying, “This is what you shall tell my lord, Esau: ‘This is what your servant, Jacob, says. I have lived as a foreigner with Laban, and stayed until now.
Genesis 32:18
Then you shall say, ‘They are your servant, Jacob’s. It is a present sent to my lord, Esau. Behold, he also is behind us.’ ”
1 Samuel 1:15
Hannah answered, “No, my lord, I am a woman of a sorrowful spirit. I have not been drinking wine or strong drink, but I poured out my soul before Yahweh.
1 Samuel 26:17
Saul recognized David’s voice, and said, “Is this your voice, my son David?” David said, “It is my voice, my lord, O king.”
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Joshua 22:21
Then the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh answered, and spoke to the heads of the thousands of Israel,
Acts 11:4
But Peter began, and explained to them in order, saying,
Joshua 22:30
When Phinehas the priest, and the princes of the congregation, even the heads of the thousands of Israel that were with him, heard the words that the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the children of Manasseh spoke, it pleased them well.
Proverbs 18:13
He who answers before he hears, that is folly and shame to him.
Proverbs 24:26
An honest answer is like a kiss on the lips.
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2 Chronicles 10:13
The king answered them roughly; and king Rehoboam abandoned the counsel of the old men,
2 Chronicles 10:14
and spoke to them after the counsel of the young men, saying, “My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add to it. My father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.”
2 Chronicles 10:15
So the king didn’t listen to the people; for it was brought about by God, that Yahweh might establish his word, which he spoke by Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam the son of Nebat.
2 Chronicles 10:16
When all Israel saw that the king didn’t listen to them, the people answered the king, saying, “What portion do we have in David? We don’t have an inheritance in the son of Jesse! Every man to your tents, Israel! Now see to your own house, David.” So all Israel departed to their tents.
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1 Samuel 17:29
David said, “What have I now done? Is there not a cause?”
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Proverbs 15:23
Joy comes to a man with the reply of his mouth. How good is a word at the right time!
Ecclesiastes 9:17
The words of the wise heard in quiet are better than the cry of him who rules among fools.
Acts 19:41
When he had thus spoken, he dismissed the assembly.
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