Thematic Bible: Contentious
Thematic Bible
Fools » Are » Contentious
A fool's lips are ever brawling, and his mouth provoketh unto battle.
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Ministers » Should not be » Contentious
For a bishop must be faultless, as it becometh the minister of God; not stubborn, not angry, no drunkard, no fighter, not given to filthy lucre:
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not drunken, no fighter, not given to filthy lucre: but gentle, abhorring fighting, abhorring covetousness,
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Women » As queens » Contentious
An indiscreet son is the heaviness of his father; and a brawling wife is like the top of a house, wherethrough it is ever dropping.
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It is better to dwell in a corner under the housetop; than with a brawling woman in a wide house.
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It is better to sit in a corner under the roof, than with a brawling woman in a wide house.
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A brawling woman and the roof of the house dropping in a rainy day, may well be compared together.
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