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 NU Know this or This you know
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 21:23
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23 (A)Whoever guards his mouth and tongue
Keeps his soul from troubles.
Proverbs 10:19
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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 14:29
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- Proverbs 14:29 Lit. short of spirit
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 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.
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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Proverbs 15:18
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18 (A)A wrathful man stirs up strife,
But he who is slow to anger allays contention.
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 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.
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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Ephesians 4:31
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31 (A)Let all bitterness, wrath, anger, [a]clamor, and (B)evil speaking be put away from you, (C)with all malice.
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- Ephesians 4:31 loud quarreling
Colossians 3:15
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15 And let (A)the peace of God rule in your hearts, (B)to which also you were called (C)in one body; and (D)be thankful.
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Proverbs 18:21
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21 (A)Death and life are in the power of the tongue,
And those who love it will eat its fruit.
Proverbs 19:11
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11 (A)The discretion of a man makes him slow to anger,
(B)And his glory is to overlook a transgression.
Proverbs 25:28
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28 (A)Whoever has no rule over his own spirit
Is like a city broken down, without walls.
Proverbs 15:2
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2 The tongue of the wise uses knowledge rightly,
(A)But the mouth of fools pours forth foolishness.
Proverbs 14:17
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17 A quick-tempered man acts foolishly,
And a man of wicked intentions is hated.
Matthew 5:22
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22 But I say to you that (A)whoever is angry with his brother [a]without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment. And whoever says to his brother, (B)‘Raca!’[b] shall be in danger of the council. But whoever says, [c]‘You fool!’ shall be in danger of [d]hell fire.
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- Matthew 5:22 NU omits without a cause
- Matthew 5:22 Lit., in Aram., Empty head
- Matthew 5:22 Gr. More
- Matthew 5:22 Gr. Gehenna
Proverbs 17:14
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14 The beginning of strife is like releasing water;
Therefore (A)stop contention before a quarrel starts.
Proverbs 8:32-35
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32 “Now therefore, listen to me, my children,
For (A)blessed are those who keep my ways.
33 Hear instruction and be wise,
And do not disdain it.
34 (B)Blessed is the man who listens to me,
Watching daily at my gates,
Waiting at the posts of my doors.
35 For whoever finds me finds life,
And (C)obtains favor from the Lord;
1 Thessalonians 2:13
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Their Conversion
13 For this reason we also thank God (A)without ceasing, because when you (B)received the word of God which you heard from us, you welcomed it (C)not as the word of men, but as it is in truth, the word of God, which also effectively (D)works in you who believe.
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Galatians 5:20-21
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20 idolatry, sorcery, hatred, contentions, jealousies, outbursts of wrath, selfish ambitions, dissensions, heresies, 21 envy, [a]murders, drunkenness, revelries, and the like; of which I tell you beforehand, just as I also told you in time past, that (A)those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.
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- Galatians 5:21 NU omits murders
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