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Proverbs Of Solomon

¹⁷ Better is a mess of pottage with love; than a fat ox with evil will. ¹⁸ An angry man stirreth up strife; but he that is patient stilleth discord. ¹⁹ The way of the slothful is full of thorns; but the street of the righteous is well cleansed.

Slow to Anger

Stirs Up Strife

Stirs Up Dissension

Proverbs 26:21

Coals kindle heat, and wood the fire; even so doth a brawling fellow stir up variance.

Proverbs 29:22

An angry man stirreth up strife; and he that beareth evil will in his mind, doth much evil.

Proverbs 14:29

Patience is a token of wisdom; but wrath and hasty displeasure is a token of foolishness.

Proverbs 15:1

A soft answer putteth down displeasure, but froward words provoke anger.

Proverbs 28:25

He that is of a proud stomach, stirreth up strife; but he that putteth his trust in the LORD, shall be well fed.

Ecclesiastes 10:4

If a principal spirit be given thee to bear rule, be not negligent then in thine office: for so shall great wickedness be put down, as it were with a medicine.

Genesis 13:8-9

Then said Abram unto Lot, "Let there be no strife, I pray thee, between thee and me, and between my herdsmen and thine, for we be brethren.

Judges 8:1-3

And the men of Ephraim said unto him, "Why hast thou served us thus, that thou calledest us not, when thou wentest to fight with the Midianites?" And they chode with him a good.

1 Samuel 25:24-44

and fell at his feet and said, "Let this unhappy deed be counted mine, my lord, and let thine handmaid speak in thine audience, and hear 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 have thereto more right to David than ye. Why then did ye despise us, that our advice had not been first had in restoring our king again?" And the words of the men of Judah were fiercer than the words of the men of Israel.

Proverbs 10:12

Evil will stirreth up strife; but love covereth the multitude of sins.

Proverbs 16:28

A froward body causeth strife; and he that is a babble of his tongue, maketh division among princes.

Proverbs 25:15

With patience may a prince be pacified, and with a soft tongue may rigorousness be broken.

Matthew 5:9

Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God.

Acts 6:1-5

In those days, as the number of the disciples grew, there arose a grudge among the Greeks against the Hebrews, because their widows were despised in the daily ministration.

James 1:19-20

Wherefore, dear brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, and slow to wrath.

James 3:14-16

But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, rejoice not: neither be liars against the truth.