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Wednesday, May 22nd, 2024
the Week of Proper 2 / Ordinary 7
the Week of Proper 2 / Ordinary 7
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Passage Lookup: Proverbs 3:30; Proverbs 10:12; Proverbs 13:10; Proverbs 15:18; Proverbs 16:28; Proverbs 17:14; Proverbs 17:19; Proverbs 18:19; Proverbs 20:3; Proverbs 21:19; Proverbs 22:10; Proverbs 25:8; Proverbs 26:4-5; Proverbs 26:17; Proverbs 26:20-21; Proverbs 29:22; Proverbs 30:33
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18 verses
Do not contend with a person for no reason, If he has done you no harm.
Proverbs 3:30
Strive not with a man without cause, if he have done thee no harm.
Hatred stirs up strife, But love covers all offenses.
Proverbs 10:12
Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins.
Through overconfidence comes nothing but strife, But wisdom is with those who receive counsel.
Proverbs 13:10
Only by pride cometh contention: but with the well advised is wisdom.
A hot-tempered person stirs up strife, But the slow to anger calms a dispute.
Proverbs 15:18
A wrathful man stirreth up strife: but he that is slow to anger appeaseth strife.
A perverse person spreads strife, And a slanderer separates close friends.
Proverbs 16:28
A froward man soweth strife: and a whisperer separateth chief friends.
The beginning of strife is like letting out water, So abandon the quarrel before it breaks out.
Proverbs 17:14
The beginning of strife is as when one letteth out water: therefore leave off contention, before it be meddled with.
One who loves wrongdoing loves strife; One who makes his doorway high seeks destruction.
Proverbs 17:19
He loveth transgression that loveth strife: and he that exalteth his gate seeketh destruction.
A brother who is offended is harder to be won than a strong city, And quarrels are like the bars of a citadel.
Proverbs 18:19
A brother offended is harder to be won than a strong city: and their contentions are like the bars of a castle.
Avoiding strife is an honor for a person, But any fool will quarrel.
Proverbs 20:3
It is an honour for a man to cease from strife: but every fool will be meddling.
It is better to live in a desert land Than with a contentious and irritating woman.
Proverbs 21:19
It is better to dwell in the wilderness, than with a contentious and an angry woman.
Drive out the scoffer, and strife will leave, Even quarreling and dishonor will cease.
Proverbs 22:10
Cast out the scorner, and contention shall go out; yea, strife and reproach shall cease.
Do not go out hastily to argue your case; Otherwise, what will you do in the end, When your neighbor humiliates you?
Proverbs 25:8
Go not forth hastily to strive, lest thou know not what to do in the end thereof, when thy neighbour hath put thee to shame.
Do not answer a fool according to his foolishness, Or you will also be like him.
Proverbs 26:4
Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like unto him.
Answer a fool as his foolishness deserves, So that he will not be wise in his own eyes.
Proverbs 26:5
Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit.
Like one who takes a dog by the ears, So is one who passes by and meddles with strife not belonging to him.
Proverbs 26:17
He that passeth by, and meddleth with strife belonging not to him, is like one that taketh a dog by the ears.
For lack of wood the fire goes out, And where there is no gossiper, quarreling quiets down.
Proverbs 26:20
Where no wood is, there the fire goeth out: so where there is no talebearer, the strife ceaseth.
Like charcoal to hot embers and wood to fire, So is a contentious person to kindle strife.
Proverbs 26:21
As coals are to burning coals, and wood to fire; so is a contentious man to kindle strife.
An angry person stirs up strife, And a hot-tempered person abounds in wrongdoing.
Proverbs 29:22
An angry man stirreth up strife, and a furious man aboundeth in transgression.
For the churning of milk produces butter, And pressing the nose produces blood; So the churning of anger produces strife.
Proverbs 30:33
Surely the churning of milk bringeth forth butter, and the wringing of the nose bringeth forth blood: so the forcing of wrath bringeth forth strife.
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