Proverbs 15:1
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15 A gentle answer turns away wrath,
but a harsh word stirs up anger.
Proverbs 15:18
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18 A wrathful man stirs up contention,
but one who is slow to anger appeases strife.
Proverbs 16:32
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32 One who is slow to anger is better than the mighty;
one who rules his spirit, than he who takes a city.
Proverbs 17:1
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17 Better is a dry morsel with quietness,
than a house full of feasting with strife.
Proverbs 17:14
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14 The beginning of strife is like breaching a dam,
therefore stop contention before quarreling breaks out.
Proverbs 17:19
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19 He who loves disobedience loves strife.
One who builds a high gate seeks destruction.
Proverbs 17:27
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27 He who spares his words has knowledge.
He who is even tempered is a man of understanding.
Proverbs 18:18-19
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18 The lot settles disputes,
and keeps strong ones apart.
19 A brother offended is more difficult than a fortified city.
Disputes are like the bars of a fortress.
Proverbs 19:11-12
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11 The discretion of a man makes him slow to anger.
It is his glory to overlook an offense.
12 The king’s wrath is like the roaring of a lion,
but his favor is like dew on the grass.
Proverbs 19:19
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19 A hot-tempered man must pay the penalty,
for if you rescue him, you must do it again.
Proverbs 20:3
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3 It is an honor for a man to keep aloof from strife,
but every fool will be quarreling.
Proverbs 20:22
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22 Don’t say, “I will pay back evil.”
Wait for Yahweh, and he will save you.
Proverbs 24:29
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29 Don’t say, “I will do to him as he has done to me;
I will repay the man according to his work.”
Proverbs 25:21-22
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21 If your enemy is hungry, give him food to eat.
If he is thirsty, give him water to drink;
22 for you will heap coals of fire on his head,
and Yahweh will reward you.
Proverbs 25:28
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28 Like a city that is broken down and without walls
is a man whose spirit is without restraint.
Proverbs 27:4
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4 Wrath is cruel,
and anger is overwhelming;
but who is able to stand before jealousy?
Proverbs 29:8-9
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8 Mockers stir up a city,
but wise men turn away anger.
9 If a wise man goes to court with a foolish man,
the fool rages or scoffs, and there is no peace.
Proverbs 29:11
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11 A fool vents all of his anger,
but a wise man brings himself under control.
Proverbs 29:22
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22 An angry man stirs up strife,
and a wrathful man abounds in sin.
Proverbs 30:32-33
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32 “If you have done foolishly in lifting up yourself,
or if you have thought evil,
put your hand over your mouth.
33 For as the churning of milk produces butter,
and the wringing of the nose produces blood;
so the forcing of wrath produces strife.”
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