Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Then the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half tribe of Manasseh answered, and said unto the heads of the thousands of Israel,
Answered
Heads
Bible References
Answered
Proverbs 15:1
A soft answer will turn away wrath, but a word of trouble will stir {anger}.
Proverbs 16:1
To mortals [belong] the plans of the heart, but from Yahweh [comes] the answer of the tongue.
Proverbs 18:13
He who returns a word before he will hear, folly itself [belongs] to him as well as shame.
Proverbs 24:26
He will kiss [the] lips, he who gives an honest answer.
Acts 11:4
But Peter began [and] explained [it] to them in an orderly sequence, saying,
James 1:19
Understand [this], my dear brothers: every person must be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger,
1 Peter 3:15
but set Christ apart [as] Lord in your hearts, always ready to [make] a defense to anyone who asks you [for] an accounting concerning the hope [that is] in you.
Heads
Exodus 18:21
And you will select from all the people men of ability, fearers of God, trustworthy men, haters of [dishonest] gain, and you will appoint [such men] over them [as] commanders of thousands, commanders of hundreds, commanders of fifties, and commanders of tens.
Micah 5:2
But you, O Bethlehem Ephrathah, [too] small to be among the clans of Judah, from you one will go out for me, to be ruler in Israel; and his origins [are] from of old, from ancient days.