Proverbs 20:3

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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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.

Proverbs 15:1
A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.

Proverbs 17:27
He who spares his words has knowledge. He who is even tempered is a man of understanding.

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.

Romans 12:18
If it is possible, as much as it is up to you, be at peace with all men.

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,

Hebrews 12:14
Follow after peace with all men, and the sanctification without which no man will see the Lord,

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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2 Samuel 2:14
Abner said to Joab, “Please let the young men arise and compete before us!” Joab said, “Let them arise!”

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?

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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.”

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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 27:3
A stone is heavy, and sand is a burden; but a fool’s provocation is heavier than both.

Proverbs 28:26
One who trusts in himself is a fool; but one who walks in wisdom is kept safe.

Ecclesiastes 7:9
Don’t be hasty in your spirit to be angry, for anger rests in the bosom of fools.

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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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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Proverbs 13:10
Pride only breeds quarrels, but wisdom is with people who take advice.

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.

Philippians 2:3
doing nothing through rivalry or through conceit, but in humility, each counting others better than himself;

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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