James 1:19
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Qualities Needed in Trials
19 [a]So then, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, (A)slow to speak, (B)slow to wrath;
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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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27 (A)He who has knowledge spares his words,
And a man of understanding is of a calm spirit.
Proverbs 17:27
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Proverbs 21:23
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23 (A)Whoever guards his mouth and tongue
Keeps his soul from troubles.
Proverbs 21:23
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Proverbs 10:19
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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 14:29 Lit. short of spirit
Proverbs 14:29
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Proverbs 18:13
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13 He who answers a matter before he hears it,
It is folly and shame to him.
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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3 (A)He who guards his mouth preserves his life,
But he who opens wide his lips shall have destruction.
Proverbs 13:3
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Proverbs 16:32
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32 (A)He who is slow to anger is better than the mighty,
And he who rules his spirit than he who takes a city.
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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26 (A)“Be angry, and do not sin”: do not let the sun go down on your wrath,
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Ephesians 4:26
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- Ephesians 4:26 Psalm 4:4 (see Septuagint)
Ecclesiastes 5:1-3
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Fear God, Keep Your Vows
5 Walk (A)prudently when you go to the house of God; and draw near to hear rather (B)than to give the sacrifice of fools, for they do not know that they do evil.
2 Do not be (C)rash with your mouth,
And let not your heart utter anything hastily before God.
For God is in heaven, and you on earth;
Therefore let your words (D)be few.
3 For a dream comes through much activity,
And (E)a fool’s voice is known by his many words.
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.
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- 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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18 (A)A wrathful man stirs up strife,
But he who is slow to anger allays contention.
Proverbs 15:18
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Ecclesiastes 7:8-9
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8 The end of a thing is better than its beginning;
(A)The patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.
9 (B)Do not hasten in your spirit to be angry,
For anger rests in the bosom of fools.
Ecclesiastes 7:8-9
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Colossians 3:8
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8 (A)But now you yourselves are to put off all these: anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy language out of your mouth.
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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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