It is honorable for a man to resolve a dispute, but any fool will quarrel.
He who is slow to anger is better than a warrior, and he who controls his temper is greater than one who captures a city
To start a quarrel is to release a flood; so abandon the dispute before it breaks out.
A man’s insight gives him patience, and his virtue is to overlook an offense.
Be kind and tenderhearted to one another, forgiving each other just as in Christ God forgave you.
A fool’s lips bring him strife, and his mouth invites a beating.
A patient man has great understanding, but a quick-tempered man promotes folly.
What causes conflicts and quarrels among you? Don’t they come from the passions at war within you?
A quick-tempered man acts foolishly, and a devious man is hated.
to the praise of His glorious grace, which He has freely given us in the Beloved One.
Mocker is the name of the proud and arrogant man—of him who acts with excessive pride.
But if you harbor bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast in it or deny the truth.
do not bring hastily to court. Otherwise, what will you do in the end when your neighbor puts you to shame?
But Jehoash king of Israel replied to Amaziah king of Judah: “A thistle in Lebanon sent a message to a cedar in Lebanon,