Thematic Bible: The contentious spirit


Thematic Bible



The person who loves transgression loves strife; the person who builds a high gate invites destruction.

The quickly angered man stirs up contention, but anyone who controls his temper calms a dispute.

Charcoal is to hot coals as wood is to fire; so also a quarrelsome man fuels strife.




Why are you forcing me to look at iniquity and to stare at wickedness? Social havoc and oppression are all around me; there are legal conflicts, and disputes abound.


The person who loves transgression loves strife; the person who builds a high gate invites destruction.

The quickly angered man stirs up contention, but anyone who controls his temper calms a dispute.

Charcoal is to hot coals as wood is to fire; so also a quarrelsome man fuels strife.




Why are you forcing me to look at iniquity and to stare at wickedness? Social havoc and oppression are all around me; there are legal conflicts, and disputes abound.


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