Proverbs 18:6
A fool’s lips come into strife, and his mouth invites beatings.
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Proverbs 18:6
A fool’s lips come into strife, and his mouth invites beatings.
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Proverbs 18:7
A fool’s mouth is his destruction, and his lips are a snare to his soul.
Proverbs 10:14
Wise men lay up knowledge, but the mouth of the foolish is near ruin.
Psalms 64:8
Their own tongues shall ruin them. All who see them will shake their heads.
Proverbs 10:8
The wise in heart accept commandments, but a chattering fool will fall.
Proverbs 10:10
One who winks with the eye causes sorrow, but a chattering fool will fall.
Proverbs 12:13
An evil man is trapped by sinfulness of lips, but the righteous shall come out of trouble.
Ecclesiastes 10:12
The words of a wise man’s mouth are gracious; but a fool is swallowed by his own lips.
Luke 19:22
“He said to him, ‘Out of your own mouth I will judge you, you wicked servant! You knew that I am an exacting man, taking up that which I didn’t lay down and reaping that which I didn’t sow.
James 3:6
And the tongue is a fire. The world of iniquity among our members is the tongue, which defiles the whole body, and sets on fire the course of nature, and is set on fire by Gehenna.
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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.
Proverbs 17:14
The beginning of strife is like breaching a dam, therefore stop contention before quarreling breaks out.
Proverbs 25:8
Don’t be hasty in bringing charges to court. What will you do in the end when your neighbor shames you?
2 Timothy 2:24
The Lord’s servant must not quarrel, but be gentle toward all, able to teach, patient,
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1 Kings 12:10
The young men who had grown up with him said to him, “Tell these people who spoke to you, saying, ‘Your father made our yoke heavy, but make it lighter to us’— tell them, ‘My little finger is thicker than my father’s waist.
2 Chronicles 10:10
The young men who had grown up with him spoke to him, saying, “Thus you shall tell the people who spoke to you, saying, ‘Your father made our yoke heavy, but make it lighter on us;’ thus you shall say to them, ‘My little finger is thicker than my father’s waist.
Proverbs 13:10
Pride only breeds quarrels, but wisdom is with people who take advice.
Proverbs 14:16
A wise man fears and shuns evil, but the fool is hot headed and reckless.
Proverbs 28:25
One who is greedy stirs up strife; but one who trusts in Yahweh will prosper.
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.
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Psalms 120:7
I am for peace, but when I speak, they are for war.
Psalms 140:2
those who devise mischief in their hearts. They continually gather themselves together for war.
Proverbs 15:18
A wrathful man stirs up contention, but one who is slow to anger appeases strife.
Proverbs 17:19
He who loves disobedience loves strife. One who builds a high gate seeks destruction.
Proverbs 26:21
As coals are to hot embers, and wood to fire, so is a contentious man to kindling strife.
Habakkuk 1:3
Why do you show me iniquity, and look at perversity? For destruction and violence are before me. There is strife, and contention rises up.
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Proverbs 19:29
Penalties are prepared for scoffers, and beatings for the backs of fools.
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