Genesis 13:8

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And Abram said unto Lot, Let there be no strife, I pray thee, between me and thee, and between my herdmen and thy herdmen; for we be brethren.

A gentle answer turns away wrath,
But a

harsh word stirs up anger.

“Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God.

but brother goes to law with brother, and that before unbelievers?

Do all things without grumbling or disputing;

Pursue peace with all men, and the sanctification without which no one will see the Lord.

But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, reasonable, full of mercy and good fruits, unwavering, without hypocrisy.

then he took his kinsmen with him and pursued him a distance of seven days’ journey, and he overtook him in the hill country of Gilead.

If a house is divided against itself, that house will not be able to stand.

By this all men will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another.”