Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
It is an honour for a man to cease from strife: but every fool will be meddling.
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Bible References
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Proverbs 14:29 A patient person shows great understanding,
but a quick-tempered one promotes foolishness.
but a quick-tempered one promotes foolishness.
Proverbs 16:32 Patience is better than power,
and controlling one’s temper, than capturing a city.
and controlling one’s temper,
Proverbs 17:14 To start a conflict is to release a flood;
stop the dispute before it breaks out.
stop the dispute before it breaks out.
Proverbs 19:11 A person’s insight gives him patience,
and his virtue is to overlook an offense.
and his virtue is to overlook an offense.
Proverbs 25:8 Don’t take a matter to court hastily.
Otherwise, what will you do afterward
if your opponent humiliates you?
Otherwise, what will you do afterward
if your opponent
Ephesians 1:6
to the praise of His glorious grace that He favored us with in the Beloved.
Ephesians 4:32
And be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving one another, just as God also forgave you in Christ.
Ephesians 5:1
Therefore, be imitators of God, as dearly loved children.
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Proverbs 14:17 A quick-tempered man acts foolishly,
and a man who schemes is hated.
and a man who schemes is hated.
Proverbs 18:6 A fool’s lips lead to strife,
and his mouth provokes a beating.
and his mouth provokes a beating.
Proverbs 21:24 The proud and arrogant person, named “Mocker,”
acts with excessive pride.
acts with excessive pride.
2 Kings 14:9
King Jehoash of Israel sent word to Amaziah king of Judah, saying, “The thistle that was in Lebanon once sent a message to the cedar that was in Lebanon, saying, ‘Give your daughter to my son as a wife.’ Then a wild animal that was in Lebanon passed by and trampled the thistle.
James 3:14
But if you have bitter envy and selfish ambition in your heart, don’t brag and deny the truth.
James 4:1
What is the source of wars and fights among you? Don’t they come from the cravings that are at war within you?