It is an honor for a man to (A)keep aloof from strife,
    but every fool will be quarreling.

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14 The beginning of strife is like letting out water,
    so (A)quit before the quarrel breaks out.

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11 (A)Good sense makes one slow to anger,
    and it is his glory to overlook an offense.

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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.

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29 Whoever is (A)slow to anger has great understanding,
    but he who has a hasty temper exalts folly.

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Warning Against Worldliness

What causes quarrels and what causes fights among you? Is it not this, that your passions[a] are (A)at war within you?[b]

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Footnotes

  1. James 4:1 Greek pleasures; also verse 3
  2. James 4:1 Greek in your members

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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A fool's lips walk into a fight,
    and his mouth invites (A)a beating.

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32 (A)Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, (B)forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you.

Walk in Love

(C)Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children.

(A)to the praise of his glorious grace, with which he has blessed us in (B)the Beloved. (C)In him we have (D)redemption (E)through his blood, (F)the forgiveness of our trespasses, (G)according to the riches of his grace, which he lavished upon us, in all wisdom and insight

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    (A)do not hastily bring into court,[a]
for[b] what will you do in the end,
    when your neighbor puts you to shame?
(B)Argue your case with your neighbor himself,
    and do not reveal another's secret,
10 lest he who hears you bring shame upon you,
    and your ill repute have no end.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 25:8 Or presence of a noble, as your eyes have seen. 8Do not go hastily out to court
  2. Proverbs 25:8 Hebrew or else

24 (A)“Scoffer” is the name of the arrogant, haughty man
    who acts with arrogant pride.

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And Jehoash king of Israel sent word to Amaziah king of Judah, (A)“A thistle on Lebanon sent to a cedar on Lebanon, saying, ‘Give your daughter to my son for a wife,’ and a wild beast of Lebanon passed by and trampled down the thistle.

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17 A man of (A)quick temper acts foolishly,
    and a man of evil devices is hated.

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