Proverbs 15:18

Proverbs Of Solomon

¹⁷ Better is a dinner of herbs where love is, than a fatted ox and hatred with it. ¹⁸ A wrathful man stirs up contention, but he who is slow to anger appeases strife. ¹⁹ The way of the sluggard is as a hedge of thorns, but the path of the upright is made a highway.

Slow to Anger

Stirs Up Strife

Stirs Up Dissension

Proverbs 26:21

[As] coals are to hot embers, and wood to fire, so is a contentious man to inflame strife.

Proverbs 29:22

An angry man stirs up strife, and a wrathful man abounds in transgression.

Proverbs 14:29

He who is slow to anger is of great understanding, but he who is hasty of spirit exalts folly.

Proverbs 15:1

A soft answer turns away wrath, but a grievous word stirs up anger.

Proverbs 28:25

He who is of a greedy spirit stirs up strife, but he who puts his trust in LORD shall be made fat.

Ecclesiastes 10:4

If the spirit of the ruler rises up against thee, leave not thy place, for deference allays great offences.

Genesis 13:8-9

And Abram said to Lot, Let there be no strife, I pray thee, between me and thee, and between my herdsmen and thy herdsmen, for we are brothers.

Judges 8:1-3

And the men of Ephraim said to him, Why have thou done thus to us, that thou did not call us when thou went to fight with Midian? And they chided with him sharply.

1 Samuel 25:24-44

And she fell at his feet, and said, Upon me, my lord, upon me be the iniquity, and let thy handmaid, I pray thee, speak in thine ears, and hear thou the words of thy handmaid.

2 Samuel 19:43-1

And the men of Israel answered the men of Judah, and said, We have ten parts in the king, and we have also more [right] in David than ye. Why then did ye despise us, that our advice should not be had first in bringing back our king

Proverbs 10:12

Hatred stirs up strife, but love covers all transgressions.

Proverbs 16:28

A perverse man scatters abroad strife, and a whisperer separates chief friends.

Proverbs 25:15

By long-suffering a ruler is persuaded, and a soft tongue breaks the bone.

Matthew 5:9

Blessed are the peacemakers, because they will be called sons of God.

Acts 6:1-5

Now in those days, the disciples being multiplied, there developed a murmuring of the Hellenists against the Hebrews because their widows were neglected in the daily assistance.

James 1:19-20

Therefore, my beloved brothers, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath.

James 3:14-16

But if ye have bitter envy and selfish ambition in your heart, do not boast, and do not lie against the truth.