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James 1:19
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James 1:19
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Hearing and Doing the Word
19 You must understand this, my beloved brothers and sisters: let everyone be quick to listen, slow to speak, slow to anger,(A)
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James 1:19
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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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Proverbs 17:27
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27 One who spares words is knowledgeable;
one who is cool in spirit has understanding.(A)
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Proverbs 17:27
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Proverbs 21:23
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Proverbs 21:23
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23 To watch over mouth and tongue
is to keep out of trouble.(A)
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Proverbs 21:23
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Proverbs 10:19
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Proverbs 10:19
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19 When words are many, transgression is not lacking,
but the prudent are restrained in speech.(A)
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
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29 Whoever is slow to anger has great understanding,
but one who has a hasty temper exalts folly.(A)
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Proverbs 14:29
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Proverbs 18:13
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Proverbs 18:13
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13 If one gives answer before hearing,
it is folly and shame.(A)
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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 13:3
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3 Those who guard their mouths preserve their lives;
those who open wide their lips come to ruin.(A)
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Proverbs 16:32
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Proverbs 16:32
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32 One who is slow to anger is better than the mighty,
and one whose temper is controlled than one who captures a city.(A)
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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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Ephesians 4:26
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26 Be angry but do not sin;[a] do not let the sun go down on your anger,
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- 4.26 Or If you are angry, do not sin
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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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Ecclesiastes 5:1-3
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Reverence, Humility, and Contentment
5 [a]Guard your steps when you go to the house of God; to draw near to listen is better than the sacrifice offered by fools, for they do not know how to keep from doing evil.[b](A) 2 [c]Never be rash with your mouth nor let your heart be quick to utter a word before God, for God is in heaven and you upon earth; therefore let your words be few.(B)
3 For dreams come with many cares, and a fool’s voice with many words.
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Ecclesiastes 5:1-3
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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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Proverbs 15:18
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18 Those who are hot-tempered stir up strife,
but those who are slow to anger calm contention.(A)
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Proverbs 15:18
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Ecclesiastes 7:8-9
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Ecclesiastes 7:8-9
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8 Better is the end of a thing than its beginning;
the patient in spirit are better than the proud in spirit.(A)
9 Do not be quick to anger,
for anger lodges in the bosom of fools.(B)
Ecclesiastes 7:8-9
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Ecclesiastes 7:8-9
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Colossians 3:8
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Colossians 3:8
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8 But now you must get rid of all such things: anger, wrath, malice, slander, and abusive[a] language from your mouth.(A)
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- 3.8 Or filthy
Colossians 3:8
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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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