Proverbs 26:21
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21 As charcoal is to hot embers and wood to fire,
so is a quarrelsome person for kindling strife.(A)
Proverbs 29:22
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22 One given to anger stirs up strife,
and the hothead causes much transgression.(A)
Proverbs 15:18
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18 Those who are hot-tempered stir up strife,
but those who are slow to anger calm contention.(A)
Proverbs 30:33
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33 For as pressing milk produces curds
and pressing the nose produces blood,
so pressing anger produces strife.(A)
Proverbs 10:12
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12 Hatred stirs up strife,
but love covers all offenses.(A)
Psalm 120:4
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4 A warrior’s sharp arrows,
with glowing coals of the broom tree!(A)
1 Kings 12:20
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First Dynasty: Jeroboam Reigns over Israel
20 When all Israel heard that Jeroboam had returned, they sent and called him to the assembly and made him king over all Israel. There was no one who followed the house of David except the tribe of Judah alone.(A)
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1 Kings 12:2-3
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2 When Jeroboam son of Nebat heard of it (for he was still in Egypt, where he had fled from King Solomon), then Jeroboam remained in Egypt.(A) 3 And they sent and called him, and Jeroboam and all the assembly of Israel came and said to Rehoboam,
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2 Samuel 20:1
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The Rebellion of Sheba
20 Now a scoundrel named Sheba son of Bichri, a Benjaminite, happened to be there. He sounded the trumpet and cried out,
“We have no portion in David,
no share in the son of Jesse!
Everyone to your tents, O Israel!”(A)
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