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Proverbs 15:1
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A gentle answer turns away wrath,
But a harsh word stirs up anger.
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Proverbs 15:18
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18
A hot‑tempered man stirs up strife,
But the slow to anger quiets a dispute.
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Prov 15
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Proverbs 16:32
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Prov 17 »
32
He who is slow to anger is better than the mighty,
And he who rules his own spirit, than he who captures a city.
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Prov 16
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Prov 17 »
Proverbs 17:1
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Prov 17
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Prov 18 »
Better is a dry morsel and tranquility with it
Than a house full of feasting with strife.
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Prov 17
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Prov 18 »
Proverbs 17:14
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Prov 17
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Prov 18 »
14
The beginning of strife is
like
letting out water,
So abandon the dispute before it breaks out.
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Prov 17
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Prov 18 »
Proverbs 17:19
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Prov 17
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Prov 18 »
19
He who loves transgression loves quarreling;
He who makes his doorway high seeks destruction.
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Prov 17
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Prov 18 »
Proverbs 17:27
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Prov 17
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Prov 18 »
27
He who holds back his words has knowledge,
And he who has a cool spirit is a man of discernment.
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Prov 17
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Prov 18 »
Proverbs 18:18 - 18:19
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Prov 18
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Prov 19 »
18
The
cast
lot puts an end to contentions
And decides between the mighty ones.
19
A brother offended
is harder to win over
than a strong city,
And contentions are like the bars of a citadel.
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Prov 18
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Prov 19 »
Proverbs 19:11 - 19:12
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Prov 19
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Prov 20 »
11
A man’s insight makes him slow to anger,
And it is his honor to overlook a transgression.
12
The king’s wrath is like the roaring of a lion,
But his favor is like dew on the grass.
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Prov 19
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Prov 20 »
Proverbs 19:19
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Prov 19
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Prov 20 »
19
A man of
great wrath will bear the penalty,
For if you deliver
him
, you will only have to do it again.
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Prov 19
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Prov 20 »
Proverbs 20:3
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Prov 20
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Prov 21 »
3
It is a glory for a man to cease quarreling,
But any ignorant fool will break out
in dispute
.
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Prov 20
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Prov 21 »
Proverbs 20:22
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Prov 20
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Prov 21 »
22
Do not say, “I will repay evil”;
Hope in Yahweh, and He will save you.
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Prov 20
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Prov 21 »
Proverbs 24:29
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Prov 24
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Prov 25 »
29
Do not say, “As he did to me so I shall do to him;
I will render to the man according to his work.”
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Prov 24
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Prov 25 »
Proverbs 25:21 - 25:22
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Prov 25
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Prov 26 »
21
If your enemy is hungry, give him food to eat;
And if he is thirsty, give him water to drink;
22
For you will heap burning coals on his head,
And Yahweh will repay you.
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Prov 25
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Prov 26 »
Proverbs 25:28
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Prov 25
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Prov 26 »
28
Like
a city that is broken into
and
without a wall
Is a man without restraint over his spirit.
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Prov 25
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Prov 26 »
Proverbs 27:4
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Prov 27
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Prov 28 »
4
Wrath is cruelty and anger is a flood,
But who can stand before jealousy?
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Prov 27
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Prov 28 »
Proverbs 29:8 - 29:9
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Prov 29
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Prov 30 »
8
Scoffers set a city aflame,
But wise men turn away anger.
9
When a wise man is brought into judgment with a man who is an ignorant fool,
The
ignorant fool
both rages and laughs, and there is no rest.
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Prov 29
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Prov 30 »
Proverbs 29:11
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Prov 29
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Prov 30 »
11
A fool lets out all of his spirit,
But a wise man holds it back.
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Prov 29
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Prov 30 »
Proverbs 29:22
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Prov 29
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Prov 30 »
22
An angry man stirs up strife,
And a hot‑tempered man abounds in transgression.
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Prov 29
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Prov 30 »
Proverbs 30:32 - 30:33
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Prov 30
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Prov 31 »
32
If you have been wickedly foolish in lifting yourself up,
Or if you have schemed
evil
,
put your
hand on your mouth.
33
For pressing milk brings forth butter,
And pressing the nose brings forth blood;
And pressing anger brings forth strife.
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