Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Adjudication at law » To be avoided
So
But any fool will
Do not go out hastily to argue your case; Otherwise, what will you do in the end, When your neighbor humiliates you? Argue your case with your neighbor, And do not reveal the secret of another, Or he who hears it will reproach you, And the evil report about you will not pass away.
Strife » Causes of » Forbidden
So
But any fool will
Is he who passes by and
When your neighbor humiliates you?
Do nothing from selfishness or empty conceit, but with humility of mind regard one another as more important than yourselves;
Verse Concepts
But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your heart, do not be arrogant and so lie against the truth.
Verse Concepts
If he has done you no harm.
Remind them of these things, and solemnly charge them in the presence of God not to wrangle about words, which is useless and leads to the ruin of the hearers.
Verse Concepts
Strife » Avoiding strife
So
But any fool will
Do not go out hastily to argue your case; Otherwise, what will you do in the end, When your neighbor humiliates you? Argue your case with your neighbor, And do not reveal the secret of another, Or he who hears it will reproach you, And the evil report about you will not pass away.
Let us behave properly as in the day, not in carousing and drunkenness, not in sexual promiscuity and sensuality, not in strife and jealousy.
Do nothing from selfishness or empty conceit, but with humility of mind regard one another as more important than yourselves;
Verse Concepts
If he has done you no harm.
Strife » Strength and violence of--illustrated
So
And contentions are like the bars of a citadel.
Strife » The beginning of strife
So
Strife » Difficulty of stopping, a reason for avoiding it
So
Water » Illustrative » (difficulty of stopping,) of strife and contention
So