James 1:19
Therefore, my beloved brothers, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath.
Proverbs 10:19
Transgression is not lacking in the multitude of words, but he who refrains his lips does wisely.
Proverbs 14:29
He who is slow to anger is of great understanding, but he who is hasty of spirit exalts folly.
Proverbs 16:32
He who is slow to anger is better than the mighty, and he who rules his spirit, than he who takes a city.
Proverbs 17:27
He who spares his words has knowledge, and he who is of a cool spirit is a man of understanding.
Ephesians 4:26
Be ye angry, and sin not. Let not the sun go down upon your wrath,
Proverbs 13:3
He who guards his mouth keeps his life. He who opens wide his lips shall have destruction.
Proverbs 14:17
He who is soon angry will deal foolishly. And a man of wicked devices is hated.
Proverbs 15:18
A wrathful man stirs up contention, but he who is slow to anger appeases strife.
Proverbs 18:13
He who gives answer before he hears, it is folly and shame to him.
Proverbs 19:11
The discretion of a man makes him slow to anger, and it is his glory to pass over a transgression.
Ecclesiastes 7:8-9
Better is the end of a thing than the beginning of it. The patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.
Proverbs 15:2
The tongue of the wise utters knowledge rightly, but the mouth of fools pours out folly.
Proverbs 17:14
The beginning of strife is [like] letting out water. Therefore leave off contention, before there is quarrelling.
Proverbs 18:21
Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it shall eat the fruit of it.
Proverbs 21:23
He who keeps his mouth and his tongue keeps his soul from troubles.
Proverbs 25:28
He whose spirit is without restraint is a city that is broken down and without walls.
Ephesians 4:31
Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamor, and reviling be taken away from you, with all evil.
Colossians 3:8
But now ye also, put off all these things: anger, wrath, wickedness, reviling, filthy speaking out of your mouth.
Colossians 3:15
And let the peace of God umpire in your hearts, for which also ye were called in one body, and become thankful.
Nehemiah 8:2-3
And Ezra the priest brought the law before the assembly, both men and women, and all who could hear with understanding, upon the first day of the seventh month.
Nehemiah 8:12-14
And all the people went their way to eat, and to drink, and to send portions, and to make great mirth, because they had understood the words that were declared to them.
Nehemiah 8:18
Also day by day, from the first day to the last day, he read in the book of the law of God. And they kept the feast seven days, and on the eighth day was a solemn assembly according to the ordinance.
Nehemiah 9:3
And they stood up in their place, and read in the book of the law of LORD their God a fourth part of the day, and [another] fourth part they confessed, and worshipped LORD their God.
Nehemiah 9:17
and refused to obey, neither were mindful of thy wonders that thou did among them, but stiffened their neck. And in their rebellion they appointed a captain to return to their bondage. But thou are a God ready to pardon, gracious a
Proverbs 8:32-35
Now therefore, ye sons, hearken to me. For blessed are those who keep my ways.
Proverbs 19:19
A man of great wrath shall bear the penalty, for if thou deliver [him], thou must do it yet again.
Ecclesiastes 5:1-3
Keep thy foot when thou go to the house of God, for to draw near to hear is better than to give the sacrifice of fools. For they know not that they do evil.
Matthew 5:22
But I say to you, that every man who is angry at his brother without cause will be liable to the judgment, and whoever speaks an insult to his brother will be liable to the council, and whoever says, Foolish man, will be liable to
Mark 2:2
And straightaway many were gathered together, so as to accommodate no more, not even near the door. And he spoke the word to them.
Mark 12:37
David himself therefore calls him Lord, and in what way is he his son? And the great multitude heard him gladly.
Luke 19:48
And they did not find what they might do, for the people all hung upon him, listening.
Acts 2:42
And they were continuing steadfastly in the apostles doctrine, and in fellowship, and in the breaking of bread, and the prayers.
Acts 10:33
Immediately therefore I sent to thee, and thou did well having come. Now therefore we are all present in the sight of God, to hear all the things commanded thee by God.
Acts 13:42-44
And as they went out from the synagogue of the Jews, the Gentiles urged that these sayings be spoken to them the next Sabbath.
Acts 13:48
And hearing this, the Gentiles were glad and glorified the word of the Lord. And as many as were appointed for eternal life believed.
Acts 17:11
But these were more noble than those in Thessalonica, who received the word with all willingness, examining the Scriptures daily, if it has these things this way.
Galatians 5:20-21
idolatry, sorcery, hatreds, strifes, jealousies, wraths, selfish ambitions, dissentions, factions,
1 Thessalonians 2:13
And because of this we thank God without ceasing, because, having received the word of God heard from us, ye received not the word of men, but as it truly is, the word of God, which also is at work in you who believe.
James 1:26
If any man among you seems to be religious, not bridling his tongue but deceiving his heart, this man's religion is futile.
James 3:1-2
Not many should become teachers, my brothers, knowing that we will receive greater judgment.
1 John 2:21
I wrote to you not because ye know not the truth, but because ye know it, and because no lie is of the truth.
Luke 15:1
Now all the tax collectors and sinners were approaching him to hear him.