Verse 18

A wrathful{H2534} man{H376} stirreth up{H1624} contention;{H4066} But he that is slow{H750} to anger{H639} appeaseth{H8252} strife.{H7379}

Referenced Verses

  • Prov 26:21 : 21 [ As] coals{H6352} are to hot embers,{H1513} and wood{H6086} to fire,{H784} So is a contentious{H4079} man{H376} to inflame{H2787} strife.{H7379}
  • Prov 29:22 : 22 An angry{H639} man{H376} stirreth up{H1624} strife,{H4066} And a wrathful{H2534} man{H1167} aboundeth in{H7227} transgression.{H6588}
  • Eccl 10:4 : 4 If the spirit{H7307} of the ruler{H4910} rise up{H5927} against thee, leave{H3240} not thy place;{H4725} for gentleness{H4832} allayeth{H3240} great{H1419} offences.{H2399}
  • Matt 5:9 : 9 Blessed{G3107} are the peacemakers:{G1518} for{G3754} they{G846} shall be called{G2564} sons{G5207} of God.{G2316}
  • Acts 6:1-5 : 1 Now{G1161} in{G1722} these{G3778} days,{G2250} when the number{G4129} of the disciples{G3101} was multiplying,{G4129} there arose{G1096} a murmuring{G1112} of the Grecian{G1675} Jews against{G4314} the Hebrews,{G1445} because{G3754} their{G846} widows{G5503} were neglected{G3865} in{G1722} the daily{G2522} ministration.{G1248} 2 And{G1161} the twelve{G1427} called{G4341} the multitude{G4128} of the disciples{G3101} unto them, and{G1161} said,{G2036} It is{G2076} not{G3756} fit{G701} that{G2641} we{G2248} should forsake{G2641} the word{G3056} of God,{G2316} and serve{G1247} tables.{G5132} 3 Look ye out{G1980} therefore,{G3767} brethren,{G80} from among you{G5216} seven{G2033} men{G435} of{G1537} good report,{G3140} full{G4134} of the {G40} Spirit{G4151} and{G2532} of wisdom,{G4678} whom{G3739} we may appoint{G2525} over{G1909} this{G5026} business.{G5532} 4 But{G1161} we{G2249} will continue stedfastly{G4342} in prayer,{G4335} and{G2532} in the ministry{G1248} of the word.{G3056} 5 And{G2532} the saying{G3056} pleased{G700} {G1799} the whole{G3956} multitude:{G4128} and{G2532} they chose{G1586} Stephen,{G4736} a man{G435} full{G4134} of faith{G4102} and{G2532} of the Holy{G40} Spirit,{G4151} and{G2532} Philip,{G5376} and{G2532} Prochorus,{G4402} and{G2532} Nicanor,{G3527} and{G2532} Timon,{G5096} and{G2532} Parmenas,{G3937} and{G2532} Nicolaus{G3532} a proselyte{G4339} of Antioch;{G491}
  • Prov 28:25 : 25 He that is of a greedy{H7342} spirit{H5315} stirreth up{H1624} strife;{H4066} But he that putteth his trust{H982} in Jehovah{H3068} shall be made fat.{H1878}
  • Prov 14:29 : 29 He that is slow{H750} to anger{H639} is of great{H7227} understanding;{H8394} But he that is hasty{H7116} of spirit{H7307} exalteth{H7311} folly.{H200}
  • Prov 15:1 : 1 A soft{H7390} answer{H4617} turneth{H7725} away wrath;{H2534} But a grievous{H6089} word{H1697} stirreth up{H5927} anger.{H639}
  • Prov 16:28 : 28 A perverse{H8419} man{H376} scattereth{H7971} abroad strife;{H4066} And a whisperer{H5372} separateth{H6504} chief friends.{H441}
  • Prov 25:15 : 15 By long{H753} forbearing{H639} is a ruler{H7101} persuaded,{H6601} And a soft{H7390} tongue{H3956} breaketh{H7665} the bone.{H1634}
  • Gen 13:8-9 : 8 And Abram{H87} said{H559} unto Lot,{H3876} Let there be{H1961} no{H408} strife,{H4808} I pray thee, between me and thee, and between my herdsmen{H7462} and thy herdsmen;{H7462} for we{H582} are brethren.{H251} 9 Is not the whole land{H776} before thee?{H6440} separate thyself,{H6504} I pray thee, from me: if [thou wilt take] the left hand,{H8040} then I will go to the right;{H3231} or if [thou take] the right hand,{H3225} then I will go to the left.{H8041}
  • Judg 8:1-3 : 1 And the men{H376} of Ephraim{H669} said{H559} unto him, Why hast thou{H4100} served{H6213} us thus,{H1697} that thou calledst{H7121} us not, when thou wentest{H1980} to fight{H3898} with Midian?{H4080} And they did chide{H7378} with him sharply.{H2394} 2 And he said{H559} unto them, What have I now done{H6213} in comparison with you? Is not the gleaning{H5955} of the grapes of Ephraim{H669} better{H2896} than the vintage{H1210} of Abiezer?{H44} 3 God{H430} hath delivered{H5414} into your hand{H3027} the princes{H8269} of Midian,{H4080} Oreb{H6159} and Zeeb:{H2062} and what was I able{H3201} to do{H6213} in comparison with you? Then their anger{H7307} was abated{H7503} toward him, when he had said{H1697} that.{H1696}
  • 1 Sam 25:24-44 : 24 And she fell{H5307} at his feet,{H7272} and said,{H559} Upon me, my lord,{H113} upon me be the iniquity;{H5771} and let thy handmaid,{H519} I pray thee, speak{H1696} in thine ears,{H241} and hear{H8085} thou the words{H1697} of thy handmaid.{H589} 25 Let{H7760} not my lord,{H113} I pray thee, regard{H3820} this worthless{H1100} fellow,{H376} even Nabal;{H5037} for as his name{H8034} is, so is he; Nabal{H5037} is his name,{H8034} and folly{H5039} is with him: but I thy handmaid{H519} saw{H7200} not the young men{H5288} of my lord,{H113} whom thou didst send.{H7971} 26 Now therefore, my lord,{H113} as Jehovah{H3068} liveth,{H2416} and as thy soul{H5315} liveth,{H2416} seeing Jehovah{H3068} hath withholden{H4513} thee from{H935} bloodguiltiness,{H1818} and from avenging{H3467} thyself with thine own hand,{H3027} now therefore let thine enemies,{H341} and them that seek{H1245} evil{H7451} to my lord,{H113} be as Nabal.{H5037} 27 And now this present{H1293} which thy servant{H8198} hath brought{H935} unto my lord,{H113} let it be given{H5414} unto the young men{H5288} that follow{H1980} my lord.{H113} 28 Forgive,{H5375} I pray thee, the trespass{H6588} of thy handmaid:{H519} for Jehovah{H3068} will certainly{H6213} make{H6213} my lord{H3068} a sure{H539} house,{H1004} because my lord{H113} fighteth{H3898} the battles{H4421} of Jehovah;{H113} and evil{H7451} shall not be found{H4672} in thee all thy days.{H3117} 29 And though men{H120} be risen{H6965} up to pursue{H7291} thee, and to seek{H1245} thy soul,{H5315} yet the soul{H5315} of my lord{H113} shall be bound{H6887} in the bundle{H6872} of life{H2416} with Jehovah{H3068} thy God;{H430} and the souls{H5315} of thine enemies,{H341} them shall he sling out,{H7049} as from the hollow{H8432} of a sling.{H7050} 30 And it shall come to pass, when Jehovah{H3068} shall have done{H6213} to my lord{H3068} according to all the good{H2896} that he hath spoken{H1696} concerning thee, and shall have appointed{H6680} thee prince{H5057} over Israel,{H3478} 31 that this shall be no grief{H6330} unto thee, nor offence{H4383} of heart{H3820} unto my lord,{H113} either that thou hast shed{H8210} blood{H1818} without cause,{H2600} or that my lord{H113} hath avenged{H3467} himself. And when Jehovah{H3068} shall have dealt well{H3190} with my lord,{H113} then remember{H2142} thy handmaid.{H519} 32 And David{H1732} said{H559} to Abigail,{H26} Blessed{H1288} be Jehovah,{H3068} the God{H430} of Israel,{H3478} who sent{H7971} thee this day{H3117} to meet{H7125} me: 33 and blessed{H1288} be thy discretion,{H2940} and blessed{H1288} be thou, that hast kept{H3607} me this day{H3117} from{H935} bloodguiltiness,{H1818} and from avenging{H3467} myself with mine own hand.{H3027} 34 For in very deed,{H199} as Jehovah,{H3068} the God{H430} of Israel,{H3478} liveth,{H2416} who hath withholden{H4513} me from hurting{H7489} thee, except{H3884} thou hadst hasted{H4116} and come{H935} to meet{H7125} me, surely there had not been left{H3498} unto Nabal{H5037} by the morning{H1242} light{H216} so much as one {H8366} man-child.{H7023} 35 So David{H1732} received{H3947} of her hand{H3027} that which she had brought{H935} him: and he said{H559} unto her, Go up{H5927} in peace{H7965} to thy house;{H1004} see,{H7200} I have hearkened{H8085} to thy voice,{H6963} and have accepted{H5375} thy person.{H6440} 36 And Abigail{H26} came{H935} to Nabal;{H5037} and, behold, he held a feast{H4960} in his house,{H1004} like the feast{H4960} of a king;{H4428} and Nabal's{H5037} heart{H3820} was merry{H2896} within him, for he was very{H3966} drunken:{H7910} wherefore she told{H5046} him nothing,{H1697} less{H6996} or more,{H1419} until the morning{H1242} light.{H216} 37 And it came to pass in the morning,{H1242} when the wine{H3196} was gone out{H3318} of Nabal,{H5037} that his wife{H802} told{H5046} him these things,{H1697} and his heart{H3820} died{H4191} within{H7130} him, and he became as a stone.{H68} 38 And it came to pass about ten{H6235} days{H3117} after, that Jehovah{H3068} smote{H5062} Nabal,{H5037} so that he died.{H4191} 39 And when David{H1732} heard{H8085} that Nabal{H5037} was dead,{H4191} he said,{H559} Blessed{H1288} be Jehovah,{H3068} that hath pleaded{H7378} the cause{H7379} of my reproach{H2781} from the hand{H3027} of Nabal,{H5037} and hath kept{H2820} back his servant{H5650} from evil:{H7451} and the evil-doing{H7451} of Nabal{H5037} hath Jehovah{H3068} returned{H7725} upon his own head.{H7218} And David{H1732} sent{H7971} and spake{H1696} concerning Abigail,{H26} to take{H3947} her to him to wife.{H802} 40 And when the servants{H5650} of David{H1732} were come{H935} to Abigail{H26} to Carmel,{H3760} they spake{H1696} unto her, saying,{H559} David{H1732} hath sent{H7971} us unto thee, to take{H3947} thee to him to wife.{H802} 41 And she arose,{H6965} and bowed{H7812} herself with her face{H639} to the earth,{H776} and said,{H559} Behold, thy handmaid{H519} is a servant{H8198} to wash{H7364} the feet{H7272} of the servants{H8198} of my lord.{H113} 42 And Abigail{H26} hasted,{H4116} and arose,{H6965} and rode{H7392} upon an ass,{H2543} with five{H2568} damsels{H5291} of hers that{H1980} followed{H7272} her; and she went{H1980} after{H7272} the messengers{H4397} of David,{H1732} and became his wife.{H802} 43 David{H1732} also took{H3947} Ahinoam{H293} of Jezreel;{H3157} and they became both{H8147} of them his wives.{H802} 44 Now Saul{H7586} had given{H5414} Michal{H4324} his daughter,{H1323} David's{H1732} wife,{H802} to Palti{H6406} the son{H1121} of Laish,{H3919} who was of Gallim.{H1554}
  • 2 Sam 19:43-20:1 : 43 And the men{H376} of Israel{H3478} answered{H6030} the men{H376} of Judah,{H3063} and said,{H559} We have ten{H6235} parts{H3027} in the king,{H4428} and we{H589} have also more [right] in David{H1732} than ye: why then did ye despise{H7043} us, that our advice{H1697} should not be first{H7223} had in bringing back{H7725} our king?{H4428} And the words{H1697} of the men{H376} of Judah{H3063} were fiercer{H7185} than the words{H1697} of the men{H376} of Israel.{H3478} 1 And there happened{H7122} to be there a base{H1100} fellow,{H376} whose name{H8034} was Sheba,{H7652} the son{H1121} of Bichri,{H1075} a Benjamite:{H1145} and he blew{H8628} the trumpet,{H7782} and said,{H559} We have no portion{H2506} in David,{H1732} neither have we inheritance{H5159} in the son{H1121} of Jesse:{H3448} every{H376} man{H376} to his tents,{H168} O Israel.{H3478}
  • Prov 10:12 : 12 Hatred{H8135} stirreth up{H5782} strifes;{H4090} But love{H160} covereth{H3680} all transgressions.{H6588}
  • Jas 1:19-20 : 19 Ye know{G5620} [this], my{G3450} beloved{G27} brethren.{G80} But let every{G3956} man{G444} be{G2077} swift{G5036} to{G1519} hear,{G191} slow{G1021} to{G1519} speak,{G2980} slow{G1021} to{G1519} wrath:{G3709} 20 for{G1063} the wrath{G3709} of man{G435} worketh{G2716} not{G3756} the righteousness{G1343} of God.{G2316}
  • Jas 3:14-16 : 14 But{G1161} if{G1487} ye have{G2192} bitter{G4089} jealousy{G2205} and{G2532} faction{G2052} in{G1722} your{G5216} heart,{G2588} glory{G2620} not{G3361} and{G2532} lie{G5574} not against{G2596} the truth.{G225} 15 This{G3778} wisdom{G4678} is{G2076} not{G3756} [a wisdom] that cometh down{G2718} from above,{G509} but{G235} is earthly,{G1919} sensual,{G5591} devilish.{G1141} 16 For{G1063} where{G3699} jealousy{G2205} and{G2532} faction{G2052} are, there{G1563} is confusion{G181} and{G2532} every{G3956} vile{G5337} deed.{G4229}