Proverbs 26:21
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21 (A)As charcoal is to burning coals, and wood to fire,
So is a contentious man to kindle strife.
Proverbs 29:22
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22 (A)An angry man stirs up strife,
And a furious man abounds in transgression.
Proverbs 15:18
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18 (A)A wrathful man stirs up strife,
But he who is slow to anger allays contention.
Proverbs 30:33
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33 For as the churning of milk produces butter,
And wringing the nose produces blood,
So the forcing of wrath produces strife.
Proverbs 10:12
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12 Hatred stirs up strife,
But (A)love covers all sins.
Psalm 120:4
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4 Sharp arrows of the [a]warrior,
With coals of the broom tree!
Footnotes
- Psalm 120:4 mighty one
1 Kings 12:20
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20 Now it came to pass when all Israel heard that Jeroboam had come back, they sent for him and called him to the congregation, and made him king over all (A)Israel. There was none who followed the house of David, but the tribe of Judah (B)only.
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1 Kings 12:2-3
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2 So it happened, when (A)Jeroboam the son of Nebat heard it (he was still in (B)Egypt, for he had fled from the presence of King Solomon and had been dwelling in Egypt), 3 that they sent and called him. Then Jeroboam and the whole assembly of Israel came and spoke to Rehoboam, saying,
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2 Samuel 20:1
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The Rebellion of Sheba
20 And there happened to be there a [a]rebel, whose name was Sheba the son of Bichri, a Benjamite. And he blew a trumpet, and said:
(A)“We have no share in David,
Nor do we have inheritance in the son of Jesse;
(B)Every man to his tents, O Israel!”
Footnotes
- 2 Samuel 20:1 Lit. man of Belial
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