James 1:19
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Listening and Doing
19 My dear brothers and sisters,(A) take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak(B) and slow to become angry,
Proverbs 17:27
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Proverbs 21:23
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Proverbs 10:19
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19 Sin is not ended by multiplying words,
but the prudent hold their tongues.(A)
Proverbs 14:29
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Proverbs 18:13
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13 To answer before listening—
that is folly and shame.(A)
Proverbs 13:3
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Proverbs 16:32
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32 Better a patient person than a warrior,
one with self-control than one who takes a city.
Ephesians 4:26
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Footnotes
- Ephesians 4:26 Psalm 4:4 (see Septuagint)
Ecclesiastes 5:1-3
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Fulfill Your Vow to God
5 [a]Guard your steps when you go to the house of God. Go near to listen rather than to offer the sacrifice of fools, who do not know that they do wrong.
Footnotes
- Ecclesiastes 5:1 In Hebrew texts 5:1 is numbered 4:17, and 5:2-20 is numbered 5:1-19.
Proverbs 15:18
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Ecclesiastes 7:8-9
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Colossians 3:8
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8 But now you must also rid yourselves(A) of all such things as these: anger, rage, malice, slander,(B) and filthy language from your lips.(C)
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