The king called for the chief priest Jehoiada and asked him: Why have you not required the Levites to bring the contributions from Judah and Jerusalem? Jehovah's servant Moses and the assembly required Israel to give contributions for the use of the Tent of Testimony of God's promise.

He came near to the den and cried with a lamentable voice to Daniel: O Daniel, servant of the living God, did the God you serve deliver you from the lion?

But you, O man of God, run from these things. Pursue (set your heart on) righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience and meekness.

Paul, a servant of God, and an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the faith of God's chosen ones, and the knowledge of the truth which is according to godliness.

to speak evil of no man, not to be contentious, to be gentle, showing all meekness toward all men.

This letter is from James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ. Greetings to the twelve tribes that are scattered.

Must

He will not quarrel, nor cry aloud. None will hear his voice in the streets.

Paul and Barnabas had an intense (harsh) dispute and debate with them. They concluded that Paul, Barnabas, and others should go up to Jerusalem to the apostles and elders to settle this question.

The weapons we use in our fight are not of the flesh but God's powerful weapons, which we use to destroy strongholds. We destroy false arguments.

Do nothing from selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility consider others more important than you.

not addicted to wine, not quarrelsome; but gentle, not contentious, no lover of money;

The overseer must be blameless as God's steward. He must not be self-willed, not prone to anger, not a brawler, and not violent (quarrelsome) (pugnacious), not greedy of dishonest gain.

You know this, my beloved brothers. But let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, and slow to anger.

Beloved, I diligently wrote you about our common salvation. I found it necessary to write to you exhorting you to contend earnestly for the faith which was once for all delivered to the holy ones.

But

He tends his flock like a shepherd. He gathers the lambs in his arms and carries them close to his heart. He gently leads those that have young.

Now I Paul myself entreat you by the meekness and gentleness of Christ, I who in your presence am lowly among you, but being absent am of good courage toward you.

The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faith,

But we were gentle when we were with you, like a mother taking care of her children.

to speak evil of no man, not to be contentious, to be gentle, showing all meekness toward all men.

But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, reasonable (yielding), full of mercy and good fruits, without discord (partiality), without hypocrisy.

Finally, all of you be like-minded, compassionate, brotherly, tenderhearted, and humble.

Apt

The overseer therefore must be without reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate in habits, sound in mind, orderly, hospitable, qualified to teach;

holding to the faithful word which is according to the teaching, that he may be able to exhort in the sound doctrine, and to reprove (refute) (rebuke) those who contradict.

General references

Argue with no one if they have never done you any harm.

He will not shout or raise his voice or make loud speeches in the streets.

They must teach my people the difference between what is holy and what is unholy. They must show the people how to tell the difference between what is clean and what is unclean.

He will not quarrel, nor cry aloud. None will hear his voice in the streets.

The anger of man does not promote the righteousness of God.