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Proverbs 20:3
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Proverbs 20:3
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3 It is honorable to refrain from strife,
but every fool is quick to quarrel.(A)
Proverbs 20:3
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Proverbs 20:3
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Proverbs 17:14
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Proverbs 17:14
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14 The beginning of strife is like letting out water,
so stop before the quarrel breaks out.(A)
Proverbs 17:14
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Proverbs 17:14
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14 Starting a quarrel is like breaching a dam;
so drop the matter before a dispute breaks out.(A)
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)
Proverbs 16:32
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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.
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)
Proverbs 14:29
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Proverbs 14:29
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James 4:1
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James 4:1
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Friendship with the World
4 Those conflicts and disputes among you, where do they come from? Do they not come from your cravings that are at war within you?
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James 4:1
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James 4:1
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Submit Yourselves to God
4 What causes fights and quarrels(A) among you? Don’t they come from your desires that battle(B) within you?
Proverbs 19:11
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Proverbs 19:11
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11 Those with good sense are slow to anger,
and it is their glory to overlook an offense.(A)
Proverbs 19:11
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Proverbs 19:11
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11 A person’s wisdom yields patience;(A)
it is to one’s glory to overlook an offense.
Proverbs 18:6
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Proverbs 18:6
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6 A fool’s lips bring strife,
and a fool’s mouth invites a flogging.
Proverbs 18:6
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Proverbs 18:6
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6 The lips of fools bring them strife,
and their mouths invite a beating.(A)
Ephesians 1:6-8
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Ephesians 1:6-8
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6 to the praise of his glorious grace that he freely bestowed on us in the Beloved. 7 In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace(A) 8 that he lavished on us. With all wisdom and insight
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Ephesians 1:6-8
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Ephesians 1:6-8
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James 3:14
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James 3:14
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14 But if you have bitter envy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not be arrogant and lie about the truth.
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James 3:14
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James 3:14
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14 But if you harbor bitter envy and selfish ambition(A) in your hearts, do not boast about it or deny the truth.(B)
Proverbs 25:8-10
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Proverbs 25:8-10
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8 do not hastily bring into court,
for[a] what will you do in the end,
when your neighbor puts you to shame?(A)
9 Argue your case with your neighbor directly,
and do not disclose another’s secret,(B)
10 or else someone who hears you will bring shame upon you,
and your ill repute will have no end.
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- 25.8 Cn: Heb or else
Proverbs 25:8-10
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Proverbs 25:8-10
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8 do not bring[a] hastily to court,
for what will you do in the end
if your neighbor puts you to shame?(A)
9 If you take your neighbor to court,
do not betray another’s confidence,
10 or the one who hears it may shame you
and the charge against you will stand.
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- Proverbs 25:8 Or nobles / on whom you had set your eyes. / 8 Do not go
Proverbs 21:24
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Proverbs 21:24
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24 The proud, haughty person, named Scoffer,
acts with arrogant pride.(A)
Proverbs 21:24
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Proverbs 21:24
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24 The proud and arrogant person(A)—“Mocker” is his name—
behaves with insolent fury.
Proverbs 14:17
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Proverbs 14:17
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17 One who is quick-tempered acts foolishly,
and the schemer is hated.(A)
Proverbs 14:17
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Proverbs 14:17
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