Proverbs 20:3
It is an honor for a man to keep aloof from strife, but every fool will be quarreling.
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Proverbs 20:3
It is an honor for a man to keep aloof from strife, but every fool will be quarreling.
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Proverbs 17:14
The beginning of strife is like breaching a dam, therefore stop contention before quarreling breaks out.
Proverbs 18:6
A fool’s lips come into strife, and his mouth invites beatings.
Proverbs 26:17
Like one who grabs a dog’s ears is one who passes by and meddles in a quarrel not his own.
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 3:30
Don’t strive with a man without cause, if he has done you no harm.
James 3:14
But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your heart, don’t boast and don’t lie against the truth.
2 Samuel 2:14
Abner said to Joab, “Please let the young men arise and compete before us!” Joab said, “Let them arise!”
2 Chronicles 35:21
But he sent ambassadors to him, saying, “What have I to do with you, you king of Judah? I come not against you today, but against the house with which I have war. God has commanded me to make haste. Beware that it is God who is with me, that he not destroy you.”
Proverbs 13:10
Pride only breeds quarrels, but wisdom is with people who take advice.
Proverbs 27:3
A stone is heavy, and sand is a burden; but a fool’s provocation is heavier than both.
Ecclesiastes 7:9
Don’t be hasty in your spirit to be angry, for anger rests in the bosom of fools.
Luke 14:31
Or what king, as he goes to encounter another king in war, will not sit down first and consider whether he is able with ten thousand to meet him who comes against him with twenty thousand?
Romans 12:18
If it is possible, as much as it is up to you, be at peace with all men.
Philippians 2:3
doing nothing through rivalry or through conceit, but in humility, each counting others better than himself;
Hebrews 12:14
Follow after peace with all men, and the sanctification without which no man will see the Lord,
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Proverbs 18:1
A man who isolates himself pursues selfishness, and defies all sound judgment.
Proverbs 19:11
The discretion of a man makes him slow to anger. It is his glory to overlook an offense.
Proverbs 20:19
He who goes about as a tale-bearer reveals secrets; therefore don’t keep company with him who opens wide his lips.
2 Timothy 2:24
The Lord’s servant must not quarrel, but be gentle toward all, able to teach, patient,
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.
1 Thessalonians 4:11
and that you make it your ambition to lead a quiet life, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, even as we instructed you,
2 Timothy 2:14
Remind them of these things, charging them in the sight of the Lord that they don’t argue about words to no profit, to the subverting of those who hear.
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Proverbs 20:1
Wine is a mocker and beer is a brawler. Whoever is led astray by them is not wise.
Proverbs 20:2
The terror of a king is like the roaring of a lion. He who provokes him to anger forfeits his own life.
Proverbs 20:3
It is an honor for a man to keep aloof from strife, but every fool will be quarreling.
Proverbs 20:4
The sluggard will not plow by reason of the winter; therefore he shall beg in harvest, and have nothing.
Proverbs 20:5
Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water, but a man of understanding will draw it out.
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Genesis 13:7
There was strife between the herdsmen of Abram’s livestock and the herdsmen of Lot’s livestock. The Canaanites and the Perizzites lived in the land at that time.
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Proverbs 14:9
Fools mock at making atonement for sins, but among the upright there is good will.
Proverbs 15:5
A fool despises his father’s correction, but he who heeds reproof shows prudence.
Psalms 53:1
The fool has said in his heart, “There is no God.” They are corrupt, and have done abominable iniquity. There is no one who does good.
Proverbs 1:7
The fear of Yahweh is the beginning of knowledge, but the foolish despise wisdom and instruction.
Proverbs 10:18
He who hides hatred has lying lips. He who utters a slander is a fool.
Proverbs 28:26
One who trusts in himself is a fool; but one who walks in wisdom is kept safe.
Jeremiah 17:11
As the partridge that sits on eggs which she has not laid, so is he who gets riches, and not by right. In the middle of his days, they will leave him. At his end, he will be a fool.
Matthew 7:26
Everyone who hears these words of mine and doesn’t do them will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand.
Luke 11:39
The Lord said to him, “Now you Pharisees cleanse the outside of the cup and of the platter, but your inward part is full of extortion and wickedness.
Luke 11:40
You foolish ones, didn’t he who made the outside make the inside also?
Luke 12:20
“But God said to him, ‘You foolish one, tonight your soul is required of you. The things which you have prepared—whose will they be?’
Romans 1:22
Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,
Ephesians 5:15
Therefore watch carefully how you walk, not as unwise, but as wise,
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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 15:1
A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.
Proverbs 18:19
A brother offended is more difficult than a fortified city. Disputes are like the bars of a fortress.
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.
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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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.
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Ephesians 4:32
And be kind to one another, tender hearted, forgiving each other, just as God also in Christ forgave you.
Ephesians 5:1
Be therefore imitators of God, as beloved children.
Colossians 3:12
Put on therefore, as God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, a heart of compassion, kindness, lowliness, humility, and perseverance;
Colossians 3:13
bearing with one another, and forgiving each other, if any man has a complaint against any; even as Christ forgave you, so you also do.
Colossians 3:14
Above all these things, walk in love, which is the bond of perfection.
Colossians 3:15
And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to which also you were called in one body, and be thankful.
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