Proverbs 15:18

World English Bible (2000)

A wrathful man stirs up contention, but one who is slow to anger appeases strife.

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  • Prov 26:21 : 21 As coals are to hot embers, and wood to fire, so is a contentious man to kindling strife.
  • Prov 29:22 : 22 An angry man stirs up strife, and a wrathful man abounds in sin.
  • Eccl 10:4 : 4 If the spirit of the ruler rises up against you, don't leave your place; for gentleness lays great offenses to rest.
  • Matt 5:9 : 9 Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called children of God.
  • Acts 6:1-5 : 1 Now in those days, when the number of the disciples was multiplying, a complaint arose from the Hellenists against the Hebrews, because their widows were neglected in the daily service. 2 The twelve summoned the multitude of the disciples and said, "It is not appropriate for us to forsake the word of God and serve tables. 3 Therefore select from among you, brothers, seven men of good report, full of the Holy Spirit and of wisdom, whom we may appoint over this business. 4 But we will continue steadfastly in prayer and in the ministry of the word." 5 These words pleased the whole multitude. They chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Spirit, Philip, Prochorus, Nicanor, Timon, Parmenas, and Nicolaus, a proselyte of Antioch;
  • Prov 28:25 : 25 One who is greedy stirs up strife; but one who trusts in Yahweh will prosper.
  • Prov 14:29 : 29 He who is slow to anger has great understanding, but he who has a quick temper displays folly.
  • Prov 15:1 : 1 A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.
  • Prov 16:28 : 28 A perverse man stirs up strife. A whisperer separates close friends.
  • Prov 25:15 : 15 By patience a ruler is persuaded. A soft tongue breaks the bone.
  • Gen 13:8-9 : 8 Abram said to Lot, "Please, let there be no strife between me and you, and between my herdsmen and your herdsmen; for we are relatives. 9 Isn't the whole land before you? Please separate yourself from me. If you go to the left hand, then I will go to the right. Or if you go to the right hand, then I will go to the left."
  • Judg 8:1-3 : 1 The men of Ephraim said to him, "Why have you treated us this way, that you didn't call us, when you went to fight with Midian?" They rebuked him sharply. 2 He said to them, "What have I now done in comparison with you? Isn't the gleaning of the grapes of Ephraim better than the vintage of Abiezer? 3 God has delivered into your hand the princes of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb! What was I able to do in comparison with you?" Then their anger was abated toward him, when he had said that.
  • 1 Sam 25:24-44 : 24 She fell at his feet, and said, "On me, my lord, on me be the iniquity; and please let your handmaid speak in your ears. Hear the words of your handmaid. 25 Please don't let my lord regard this worthless fellow, even Nabal; for as his name is, so is he. Nabal is his name, and folly is with him; but I, your handmaid, didn't see the young men of my lord, whom you sent. 26 Now therefore, my lord, as Yahweh lives, and as your soul lives, since Yahweh has withheld you from blood guiltiness, and from avenging yourself with your own hand, now therefore let your enemies, and those who seek evil to my lord, be as Nabal. 27 Now this present which your servant has brought to my lord, let it be given to the young men who follow my lord. 28 Please forgive the trespass of your handmaid. For Yahweh will certainly make my lord a sure house, because my lord fights the battles of Yahweh; and evil shall not be found in you all your days. 29 Though men may rise up to pursue you, and to seek your soul, yet the soul of my lord shall be bound in the bundle of life with Yahweh your God. He will sling out the souls of your enemies, as from the hollow of a sling. 30 It shall come to pass, when Yahweh has done to my lord according to all the good that he has spoken concerning you, and shall have appointed you prince over Israel, 31 that this shall be no grief to you, nor offense of heart to my lord, either that you have shed blood without cause, or that my lord has avenged himself. When Yahweh has dealt well with my lord, then remember your handmaid." 32 David said to Abigail, "Blessed is Yahweh, the God of Israel, who sent you this day to meet me! 33 Blessed is your discretion, and blessed are you, that have kept me this day from blood guiltiness, and from avenging myself with my own hand. 34 For indeed, as Yahweh, the God of Israel, lives, who has withheld me from hurting you, unless you had hurried and come to meet me, surely there wouldn't have been left to Nabal by the morning light so much as one who urinates on a wall." 35 So David received of her hand that which she had brought him: and he said to her, "Go up in peace to your house. Behold, I have listened to your voice, and have granted your request." 36 Abigail came to Nabal; and behold, he held a feast in his house, like the feast of a king. Nabal's heart was merry within him, for he was very drunken. Therefore she told him nothing, less or more, until the morning light. 37 It happened in the morning, when the wine was gone out of Nabal, that his wife told him these things, and his heart died within him, and he became as a stone. 38 It happened about ten days after, that Yahweh struck Nabal, so that he died. 39 When David heard that Nabal was dead, he said, "Blessed is Yahweh, who has pleaded the cause of my reproach from the hand of Nabal, and has kept back his servant from evil. Yahweh has returned the evildoing of Nabal on his own head." David sent and spoke concerning Abigail, to take her to him as wife. 40 When the servants of David had come to Abigail to Carmel, they spoke to her, saying, "David has sent us to you, to take you to him as wife." 41 She arose, and bowed herself with her face to the earth, and said, "Behold, your handmaid is a servant to wash the feet of the servants of my lord." 42 Abigail hurried, and arose, and rode on a donkey, with five ladies of hers who followed her; and she went after the messengers of David, and became his wife. 43 David also took Ahinoam of Jezreel; and they both became his wives. 44 Now Saul had given Michal his daughter, David's wife, to Palti the son of Laish, who was of Gallim.
  • 2 Sam 19:43-20:1 : 43 The men of Israel answered the men of Judah, and said, "We have ten parts in the king, and we have also more claim to David than you. Why then did you despise us, that our advice should not be first had in bringing back our king?" The words of the men of Judah were fiercer than the words of the men of Israel. 1 There happened to be there a base fellow, whose name was Sheba, the son of Bichri, a Benjamite: and he blew the trumpet, and said, "We have no portion in David, neither have we inheritance in the son of Jesse. Every man to his tents, Israel!"
  • Prov 10:12 : 12 Hatred stirs up strife, but love covers all wrongs.
  • Jas 1:19-20 : 19 So, then, my beloved brothers, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, and slow to anger; 20 for the anger of man doesn't produce the righteousness of God.
  • Jas 3:14-16 : 14 But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your heart, don't boast and don't lie against the truth. 15 This wisdom is not that which comes down from above, but is earthly, sensual, and demonic. 16 For where jealousy and selfish ambition are, there is confusion and every evil deed.

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    22An angry man stirs up strife, and a wrathful man abounds in sin.

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  • Prov 15:1
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  • Prov 14:29
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  • Prov 17:14
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    14The beginning of strife is like breaching a dam, therefore stop contention before quarreling breaks out.

  • Prov 16:32
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    32One who is slow to anger is better than the mighty; one who rules his spirit, than he who takes a city.

  • Prov 16:28-29
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    28A perverse man stirs up strife. A whisperer separates close friends.

    29A man of violence entices his neighbor, and leads him in a way that is not good.

  • Prov 15:17
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    17Better is a dinner of herbs, where love is, than a fattened calf with hatred.

  • Prov 26:21
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    21As coals are to hot embers, and wood to fire, so is a contentious man to kindling strife.

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  • Prov 19:11
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    11The discretion of a man makes him slow to anger. It is his glory to overlook an offense.

  • Prov 28:25
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    25One who is greedy stirs up strife; but one who trusts in Yahweh will prosper.

  • Prov 21:14
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    14A gift in secret pacifies anger; and a bribe in the cloak, strong wrath.

  • Jas 1:19-20
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    19So, then, my beloved brothers, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, and slow to anger;

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    19He who loves disobedience loves strife. One who builds a high gate seeks destruction.

  • Prov 16:14
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    14The king's wrath is a messenger of death, but a wise man will pacify it.

  • Eccl 7:9
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    9Don't be hasty in your spirit to be angry, for anger rests in the bosom of fools.

  • Ps 37:8
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    8Cease from anger, and forsake wrath. Don't fret, it leads only to evildoing.

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    19The way of the sluggard is like a thorn patch, but the path of the upright is a highway.

  • Prov 22:24
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    24Don't befriend a hot-tempered man, and don't associate with one who harbors anger:

  • Prov 17:1
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    1Better is a dry morsel with quietness, than a house full of feasting with strife.

  • Prov 30:33
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    33For as the churning of milk brings forth butter, and the wringing of the nose brings forth blood; so the forcing of wrath brings forth strife."

  • Prov 26:17-18
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    17Like one who grabs a dog's ears is one who passes by and meddles in a quarrel not his own.

    18Like a madman who shoots torches, arrows, and death,

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    19A hot-tempered man must pay the penalty, for if you rescue him, you must do it again.

  • Prov 10:12
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    12Hatred stirs up strife, but love covers all wrongs.

  • Prov 22:10
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    26"Be angry, and don't sin." Don't let the sun go down on your wrath,

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    19A brother offended is more difficult than a fortified city; and disputes are like the bars of a castle.

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    10Pride only breeds quarrels, but with ones who take advice is wisdom.

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    4Wrath is cruel, and anger is overwhelming; but who is able to stand before jealousy?

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    2For resentment kills the foolish man, and jealousy kills the simple.

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    6A fool's lips come into strife, and his mouth invites beatings.

  • Prov 19:13
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    13A foolish son is the calamity of his father. A wife's quarrels are a continual dripping.

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  • Prov 17:27
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    27He who spares his words has knowledge. He who is even tempered is a man of understanding.

  • Prov 25:8
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    8Don't be hasty in bringing charges to court. What will you do in the end when your neighbor shames you?

  • Prov 6:34
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    34For jealousy arouses the fury of the husband. He won't spare in the day of vengeance.

  • Prov 25:15
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    15By patience a ruler is persuaded. A soft tongue breaks the bone.

  • Prov 19:3
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    3The foolishness of man subverts his way; his heart rages against Yahweh.