Proverbs 16:28
A perverse man stirs up strife. A whisperer separates close friends.
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Proverbs 16:28
A perverse man stirs up strife. A whisperer separates close friends.
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Genesis 3:1
Now the serpent was more subtle than any animal of the field which Yahweh God had made. He said to the woman, “Has God really said, ‘You shall not eat of any tree of the garden’?”
Genesis 3:2
The woman said to the serpent, “We may eat fruit from the trees of the garden,
Genesis 3:3
but not the fruit of the tree which is in the middle of the garden. God has said, ‘You shall not eat of it. You shall not touch it, lest you die.’ ”
Genesis 3:4
The serpent said to the woman, “You won’t really die,
Genesis 3:5
for God knows that in the day you eat it, your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.”
Genesis 3:6
When the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was to be desired to make one wise, she took some of its fruit, and ate. Then she gave some to her husband with her, and he ate it, too.
Genesis 3:7
Their eyes were opened, and they both knew that they were naked. They sewed fig leaves together, and made coverings for themselves.
Genesis 3:8
They heard Yahweh God’s voice walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and the man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of Yahweh God among the trees of the garden.
Genesis 3:9
Yahweh God called to the man, and said to him, “Where are you?”
Genesis 3:10
The man said, “I heard your voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; so I hid myself.”
Genesis 3:11
God said, “Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten from the tree that I commanded you not to eat from?”
Genesis 3:12
The man said, “The woman whom you gave to be with me, she gave me fruit from the tree, and I ate it.”
Genesis 3:13
Yahweh God said to the woman, “What have you done?” The woman said, “The serpent deceived me, and I ate.”
Mark 6:19
Herodias set herself against him and desired to kill him, but she couldn’t,
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2 Samuel 10:3
But the princes of the children of Ammon said to Hanun their lord, “Do you think that David honors your father, in that he has sent comforters to you? Hasn’t David sent his servants to you to search the city, to spy it out, and to overthrow it?”
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Proverbs 10:12
Hatred stirs up strife, but love covers all wrongs.
Proverbs 11:13
One who brings gossip betrays a confidence, but one who is of a trustworthy spirit is one who keeps a secret.
Proverbs 12:16
A fool shows his annoyance the same day, but one who overlooks an insult is prudent.
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 18:6
A fool’s lips come into strife, and his mouth invites beatings.
Proverbs 18:9
One who is slack in his work is brother to him who is a master of destruction.
Proverbs 20:3
It is an honor for a man to keep aloof from strife, but every fool will be quarreling.
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 26:18
Like a madman who shoots torches, arrows, and death,
Proverbs 26:19
is the man who deceives his neighbor and says, “Am I not joking?”
Proverbs 27:3
A stone is heavy, and sand is a burden; but a fool’s provocation is heavier than both.
Proverbs 28:25
One who is greedy stirs up strife; but one who trusts in Yahweh will prosper.
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Proverbs 16:26
The appetite of the laboring man labors for him, for his mouth urges him on.
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Proverbs 21:8
The way of the guilty is devious, but the conduct of the innocent is upright.
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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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1 Samuel 26:19
Now therefore, please let my lord the king hear the words of his servant. If it is so that Yahweh has stirred you up against me, let him accept an offering. But if it is the children of men, they are cursed before Yahweh; for they have driven me out today that I shouldn’t cling to Yahweh’s inheritance, saying, ‘Go, serve other gods!’
2 Samuel 16:3
The king said, “Where is your master’s son?” Ziba said to the king, “Behold, he is staying in Jerusalem; for he said, ‘Today the house of Israel will restore me the kingdom of my father.’ ”
Psalms 35:15
But in my adversity, they rejoiced, and gathered themselves together. The attackers gathered themselves together against me, and I didn’t know it. They tore at me, and didn’t cease.
Psalms 101:5
I will silence whoever secretly slanders his neighbor. I won’t tolerate one who is arrogant and conceited.
Proverbs 17:4
An evildoer heeds wicked lips. A liar gives ear to a mischievous tongue.
Proverbs 25:23
The north wind produces rain; so a backbiting tongue brings an angry face.
Proverbs 26:28
A lying tongue hates those it hurts; and a flattering mouth works ruin.
Proverbs 29:12
If a ruler listens to lies, all of his officials are wicked.
Ecclesiastes 7:21
Also don’t take heed to all words that are spoken, lest you hear your servant curse you;
Ecclesiastes 7:22
for often your own heart knows that you yourself have likewise cursed others.
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Proverbs 27:15
A continual dropping on a rainy day and a contentious wife are alike:
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Ecclesiastes 5:13
There is a grievous evil which I have seen under the sun: wealth kept by its owner to his harm.
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Ecclesiastes 5:14
Those riches perish by misfortune, and if he has fathered a son, there is nothing in his hand.
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Psalms 52:2
Your tongue plots destruction, like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.
Psalms 64:3
who sharpen their tongue like a sword, and aim their arrows, deadly words,
Psalms 64:4
to shoot innocent men from ambushes. They shoot at him suddenly and fearlessly.
Proverbs 12:18
There is one who speaks rashly like the piercing of a sword, but the tongue of the wise heals.
Isaiah 59:2
But your iniquities have separated you and your God, and your sins have hidden his face from you, so that he will not hear.
Isaiah 59:3
For your hands are defiled with blood, and your fingers with iniquity. Your lips have spoken lies. Your tongue mutters wickedness.
Isaiah 59:4
No one sues in righteousness, and no one pleads in truth. They trust in vanity and speak lies. They conceive mischief and give birth to iniquity.
Isaiah 59:5
They hatch adders’ eggs and weave the spider’s web. He who eats of their eggs dies; and that which is crushed breaks out into a viper.
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Jeremiah 3:4
Will you not from this time cry to me, ‘My Father, you are the guide of my youth!’?
Jeremiah 13:21
What will you say when he sets over you as head those whom you have yourself taught to be friends to you? Won’t sorrows take hold of you, as of a woman in travail?
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John 9:15
Again therefore the Pharisees also asked him how he received his sight. He said to them, “He put mud on my eyes, I washed, and I see.”
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1 Thessalonians 2:15
who killed both the Lord Jesus and their own prophets, and drove us out, and don’t please God, and are contrary to all men,
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Psalms 101:4
A perverse heart will be far from me. I will have nothing to do with evil.
Proverbs 2:14
who rejoice to do evil, and delight in the perverseness of evil,
Proverbs 3:32
For the perverse is an abomination to Yahweh, but his friendship is with the upright.
Proverbs 8:13
The fear of Yahweh is to hate evil. I hate pride, arrogance, the evil way, and the perverse mouth.
Ecclesiastes 9:18
Wisdom is better than weapons of war; but one sinner destroys much good.
Acts 20:30
Men will arise from among your own selves, speaking perverse things, to draw away the disciples after them.
Romans 16:17
Now I beg you, brothers, look out for those who are causing the divisions and occasions of stumbling, contrary to the doctrine which you learned, and turn away from them.
1 Corinthians 15:33
Don’t be deceived! “Evil companionships corrupt good morals.”
Galatians 6:7
Don’t be deceived. God is not mocked, for whatever a man sows, that he will also reap.
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.
2 Timothy 2:23
But refuse foolish and ignorant questionings, knowing that they generate strife.
James 3:18
Now the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace by those who make peace.
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3 John 1:9
I wrote to the assembly, but Diotrephes, who loves to be first among them, doesn’t accept what we say.
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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