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Proverbs 20:3
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Proverbs 20:3
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3 It is an honor for a man to (A)keep aloof from strife,
but every fool will be quarreling.
Proverbs 20:3
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Proverbs 20:3
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Proverbs 20:3
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Proverbs 20:3
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3 It is an honour for a man to cease from strife: but every fool will be meddling.
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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 (A)quit before the quarrel breaks out.
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 17:14
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Proverbs 17:14
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14 The beginning of strife is as when one letteth out water: therefore leave off contention, before it be meddled with.
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Proverbs 19:11
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Proverbs 19:11
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11 (A)Good sense makes one slow to anger,
and it is his glory to overlook an offense.
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 19:11
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Proverbs 19:11
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11 The discretion of a man deferreth his anger; and it is his glory to pass over a transgression.
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Proverbs 16:32
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Proverbs 16:32
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32 (A)Whoever 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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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 16:32
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Proverbs 16:32
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32 He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; and he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city.
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Proverbs 14:29
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Proverbs 14:29
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29 Whoever is (A)slow to anger has great understanding,
but he who has a hasty temper exalts folly.
Proverbs 14:29
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Proverbs 14:29
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Proverbs 14:29
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Proverbs 14:29
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29 He that is slow to wrath is of great understanding: but he that is hasty of spirit exalteth folly.
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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?
James 4:1
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James 4:1
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4 From whence come wars and fightings among you? come they not hence, even of your lusts that war in your members?
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James 3:14
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James 3:14
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14 But if you have bitter (A)jealousy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast and be false to 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)
James 3:14
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James 3:14
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14 But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth.
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Proverbs 18:6
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Proverbs 18:6
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6 A fool's lips walk into a fight,
and his mouth invites (A)a beating.
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)
Proverbs 18:6
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Proverbs 18:6
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6 A fool's lips enter into contention, and his mouth calleth for strokes.
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