Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Thou shalt hide them in the secret of thy presence from the pride of man: thou shalt keep them secretly in a pavilion from the strife of tongues.
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Bible References
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James 4:6
Yet he gives grace more and more: thus it is said, The haughty God opposes, but to the humble he gives grace.
The strife
Romans 13:13
let us live decorously as in the open light of day ??no revelry or bouts of drinking, no debauchery or sensuality, no quarrelling or jealousy.
2 Corinthians 12:20
For I am afraid I may perhaps come and find you are not what I could wish, while you may find I am not what you could wish; I am afraid of finding quarrels, jealousy, temper, rivalry, slanders, gossiping, arrogance, and disorder ??21 afraid that when I come back to you, my God may humiliate me before you, and I may have to mourn for many who sinned some time ago and yet have never repented of the impurity, the sexual vice, and the sensuality which they have practised.
Galatians 5:20
idolatry, magic, quarrels, dissension, jealousy, temper, rivalry, factions, party-spirit,
1 Timothy 6:4
is a conceited, ignorant creature, with a morbid passion for controversy and argument which only leads to envy, dissension, insults, insinuations,
James 3:5
So the tongue is a small member of the body, but it can boast of great exploits. What a forest is set ablaze by a little spark of fire!