Proverbs 15:18
A wrathful man stirs up contention, but one who is slow to anger appeases strife.
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Proverbs 15:18
A wrathful man stirs up contention, but one who is slow to anger appeases strife.
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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.
Genesis 13:9
Isn’t the whole land before you? Please separate yourself from me. If you go to the left hand, then I will go to the right. Or if you go to the right hand, then I will go to the left.”
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.
Numbers 12:3
Now the man Moses was very humble, more than all the men who were on the surface of the earth.
Ephesians 4:26
“Be angry, and don’t sin.” Don’t let the sun go down on your wrath,
Colossians 3:12
Put on therefore, as God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, a heart of compassion, kindness, lowliness, humility, and perseverance;
James 3:17
But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceful, gentle, reasonable, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.
James 3:18
Now the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace by those who make peace.
1 Peter 2:20
For what glory is it if, when you sin, you patiently endure beating? But if when you do well, you patiently endure suffering, this is commendable with God.
1 Peter 3:7
You husbands, in the same way, live with your wives according to knowledge, giving honor to the woman as to the weaker vessel, as also being joint heirs of the grace of life, that your prayers may not be hindered.
1 Peter 3:8
Finally, all of you be like-minded, compassionate, loving as brothers, tenderhearted, courteous,
1 Peter 5:5
Likewise, you younger ones, be subject to the elder. Yes, all of you clothe yourselves with humility and subject yourselves to one another; for “God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”
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1 Samuel 25:29
Though men may rise up to pursue you and to seek your soul, yet the soul of my lord will be bound in the bundle of life with Yahweh your God. He will sling out the souls of your enemies as from a sling’s pocket.
1 Samuel 25:30
It will come to pass, when Yahweh has done to my lord according to all the good that he has spoken concerning you, and has appointed you prince over Israel,
1 Samuel 25:31
that this shall be no grief to you, nor offense of heart to my lord, either that you have shed blood without cause, or that my lord has avenged himself. When Yahweh has dealt well with my lord, then remember your servant.”
1 Samuel 25:32
David said to Abigail, “Blessed is Yahweh, the God of Israel, who sent you today to meet me!
1 Samuel 25:33
Blessed is your discretion, and blessed are you, who have kept me today from blood guiltiness, and from avenging myself with my own hand.
1 Samuel 25:34
For indeed, as Yahweh the God of Israel lives, who has withheld me from harming you, unless you had hurried and come to meet me, surely there wouldn’t have been left to Nabal by the morning light so much as one who urinates on a wall.”
1 Samuel 25:35
So David received from her hand that which she had brought him. Then he said to her, “Go up in peace to your house. Behold, I have listened to your voice and have granted your request.”
Job 42:8
Now therefore, take to yourselves seven bulls and seven rams, and go to my servant Job, and offer up for yourselves a burnt offering; and my servant Job shall pray for you, for I will accept him, that I not deal with you according to your folly. For you have not spoken of me the thing that is right, as my servant Job has.”
Job 42:9
So Eliphaz the Temanite and Bildad the Shuhite and Zophar the Naamathite went and did what Yahweh commanded them, and Yahweh accepted Job.
Proverbs 16:14
The king’s wrath is a messenger of death, but a wise man will pacify it.
Proverbs 19:6
Many will entreat the favor of a ruler, and everyone is a friend to a man who gives gifts.
Proverbs 21:14
A gift in secret pacifies anger, and a bribe in the cloak, strong wrath.
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1 Kings 12:2
When Jeroboam the son of Nebat heard of it (for he was yet in Egypt, where he had fled from the presence of king Solomon, and Jeroboam lived in Egypt;
1 Kings 12:3
and they sent and called him), Jeroboam and all the assembly of Israel came, and spoke to Rehoboam, saying,
1 Kings 12:20
When all Israel heard that Jeroboam had returned, they sent and called him to the congregation, and made him king over all Israel. There was no one who followed David’s house, except for the tribe of Judah only.
Psalms 120:4
Sharp arrows of the mighty, with coals of juniper.
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1 Kings 21:25
But there was no one like Ahab, who sold himself to do that which was evil in Yahweh’s sight, whom Jezebel his wife stirred up.
Luke 12:51
Do you think that I have come to give peace in the earth? I tell you, no, but rather division.
Acts 17:5
But the unpersuaded Jews took along some wicked men from the marketplace and gathering a crowd, set the city in an uproar. Assaulting the house of Jason, they sought to bring them out to the people.
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Nehemiah 9:17
and refused to obey. They weren’t mindful of your wonders that you did among them, but hardened their neck, and in their rebellion appointed a captain to return to their bondage. But you are a God ready to pardon, gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness, and didn’t forsake them.
Psalms 103:8
Yahweh is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness.
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Psalms 35:16
Like the profane mockers in feasts, they gnashed their teeth at me.
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Proverbs 15:28
The heart of the righteous weighs answers, but the mouth of the wicked gushes out evil.
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Proverbs 16:21
The wise in heart shall be called prudent. Pleasantness of the lips promotes instruction.
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2 Kings 14:10
You have indeed struck Edom, and your heart has lifted you up. Enjoy the glory of it, and stay at home; for why should you meddle to your harm, that you fall, even you, and Judah with you?”
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 3:30
Don’t strive with a man without cause, if he has done you no harm.
Proverbs 14:16
A wise man fears and shuns evil, but the fool is hot headed and reckless.
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 26:17
Like one who grabs a dog’s ears is one who passes by and meddles in a quarrel not his own.
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?
Luke 14:32
Or else, while the other is yet a great way off, he sends an envoy and asks for conditions of peace.
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Proverbs 21:9
It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop than to share a house with a contentious woman.
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Proverbs 22:3
A prudent man sees danger and hides himself; but the simple pass on, and suffer for it.
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Proverbs 27:12
A prudent man sees danger and takes refuge; but the simple pass on, and suffer for it.
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Proverbs 27:15
A continual dropping on a rainy day and a contentious wife are alike:
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Proverbs 28:4
Those who forsake the law praise the wicked; but those who keep the law contend with them.
Proverbs 28:5
Evil men don’t understand justice; but those who seek Yahweh understand it fully.
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Genesis 32:20
You shall say, ‘Not only that, but behold, your servant, Jacob, is behind us.’ ” For, he said, “I will appease him with the present that goes before me, and afterward I will see his face. Perhaps he will accept me.”
Genesis 43:11
Their father, Israel, said to them, “If it must be so, then do this: Take from the choice fruits of the land in your bags, and carry down a present for the man, a little balm, a little honey, spices and myrrh, nuts, and almonds;
1 Samuel 25:17
Now therefore know and consider what you will do; for evil is determined against our master and against all his house, for he is such a worthless fellow that one can’t speak to him.”
1 Samuel 25:18
Then Abigail hurried and took two hundred loaves of bread, two containers of wine, five sheep ready dressed, five seahs of parched grain, one hundred clusters of raisins, and two hundred cakes of figs, and laid them on donkeys.
1 Samuel 25:19
She said to her young men, “Go on before me. Behold, I am coming after you.” But she didn’t tell her husband, Nabal.
1 Samuel 25:20
As she rode on her donkey, and came down hidden by the mountain, behold, David and his men came down toward her, and she met them.
1 Samuel 25:21
Now David had said, “Surely in vain I have kept all that this fellow has in the wilderness, so that nothing was missed of all that pertained to him. He has returned me evil for good.
1 Samuel 25:22
God do so to the enemies of David, and more also, if I leave of all that belongs to him by the morning light so much as one who urinates on a wall.”
1 Samuel 25:23
When Abigail saw David, she hurried and got off her donkey, and fell before David on her face and bowed herself to the ground.
1 Samuel 25:24
She fell at his feet and said, “On me, my lord, on me be the blame! Please let your servant speak in your ears. Hear the words of your servant.
1 Samuel 25:25
Please don’t let my lord pay attention to this worthless fellow, Nabal, for as his name is, so is he. Nabal is his name, and folly is with him; but I, your servant, didn’t see my lord’s young men whom you sent.
1 Samuel 25:26
Now therefore, my lord, as Yahweh lives and as your soul lives, since Yahweh has withheld you from blood guiltiness and from avenging yourself with your own hand, now therefore let your enemies and those who seek evil to my lord be as Nabal.
1 Samuel 25:27
Now this present which your servant has brought to my lord, let it be given to the young men who follow my lord.
1 Samuel 25:28
Please forgive the trespass of your servant. For Yahweh will certainly make my lord a sure house, because my lord fights Yahweh’s battles. Evil will not be found in you all your days.
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.
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Daniel 11:2
“Now I will show you the truth. Behold, three more kings will stand up in Persia. The fourth will be far richer than all of them. When he has grown strong through his riches, he will stir up all against the realm of Greece.
Daniel 11:10
His sons will wage war, and will assemble a multitude of great forces which will come on, and overflow, and pass through. They will return and wage war, even to his fortress.
Daniel 11:25
“He will stir up his power and his courage against the king of the south with a great army; and the king of the south will wage war in battle with an exceedingly great and mighty army, but he won’t stand; for they will devise plans against him.
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Acts 13:50
But the Jews stirred up the devout and prominent women and the chief men of the city, and stirred up a persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and threw them out of their borders.
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Job 34:29
When he gives quietness, who then can condemn? When he hides his face, who then can see him? He is over a nation or a man alike,
Luke 21:19
“By your endurance you will win your lives.
Romans 2:7
to those who by perseverance in well-doing seek for glory, honor, and incorruptibility, eternal life;
Romans 2:8
but to those who are self-seeking and don’t obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, will be wrath, indignation,
Colossians 1:11
strengthened with all power, according to the might of his glory, for all endurance and perseverance with joy,
1 Thessalonians 5:14
We exhort you, brothers: Admonish the disorderly; encourage the faint-hearted; support the weak; be patient toward all.
Hebrews 10:36
For you need endurance so that, having done the will of God, you may receive the promise.
James 5:8
You also be patient. Establish your hearts, for the coming of the Lord is at hand.
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1 Corinthians 13:6
doesn’t rejoice in unrighteousness, but rejoices with the truth;
1 Corinthians 13:7
bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, and endures all things.
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2 Corinthians 13:12
Greet one another with a holy kiss.
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Job 5:2
For resentment kills the foolish man, and jealousy kills the simple.
Proverbs 11:17
The merciful man does good to his own soul, but he who is cruel troubles his own flesh.
Proverbs 17:9
He who covers an offense promotes love; but he who repeats a matter separates best friends.
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 3:15
And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to which also you were called in one body, and be thankful.
Titus 1:7
For the overseer must be blameless, as God’s steward, not self-pleasing, not easily angered, not given to wine, not violent, not greedy for dishonest gain;
James 1:20
for the anger of man doesn’t produce the righteousness of God.
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1 Timothy 6:3
If anyone teaches a different doctrine and doesn’t consent to sound words, the words of our Lord Jesus Christ, and to the doctrine which is according to godliness,
1 Timothy 6:4
he is conceited, knowing nothing, but obsessed with arguments, disputes, and word battles, from which come envy, strife, insulting, evil suspicions,
1 Timothy 6:5
constant friction of people of corrupt minds and destitute of the truth, who suppose that godliness is a means of gain. Withdraw yourself from such.
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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.
Proverbs 16:27
A worthless man devises mischief. His speech is like a scorching fire.
Proverbs 21:24
The proud and arrogant man—“Scoffer” is his name— he works in the arrogance of pride.
Romans 12:17
Repay no one evil for evil. Respect what is honorable in the sight of all men.
Galatians 5:20
idolatry, sorcery, hatred, strife, jealousies, outbursts of anger, rivalries, divisions, heresies,
Galatians 5:21
envy, murders, drunkenness, orgies, and things like these; of which I forewarn you, even as I also forewarned you, that those who practice such things will not inherit God’s Kingdom.
Ephesians 4:31
Let all bitterness, wrath, anger, outcry, and slander be put away from you, with all malice.
Ephesians 5:1
Be therefore imitators of God, as beloved children.
Colossians 3:8
but now you must put them all away: anger, wrath, malice, slander, and shameful speaking out of your mouth.
James 4:1
Where do wars and fightings among you come from? Don’t they come from your pleasures that war in your members?
1 Peter 2:21
For you were called to this, because Christ also suffered for us, leaving you an example, that you should follow his steps,
1 Peter 5:6
Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time,
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