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Proverbs 17:27
He who has knowledge spares his words, And a man of understanding is of a calm spirit.
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Proverbs 21:23
Whoever guards his mouth and tongue Keeps his soul from troubles.
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Proverbs 10:19
In the multitude of words sin is not lacking, But he who restrains his lips is wise.
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Proverbs 18:13
He who answers a matter before he hears it, It is folly and shame to him.
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Proverbs 14:29
He who is slow to wrath has great understanding, But he who is impulsive exalts folly.
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Proverbs 13:3
He who guards his mouth preserves his life, But he who opens wide his lips shall have destruction.
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Ephesians 4:26
“ Be angry, and do not sin”: do not let the sun go down on your wrath,
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Proverbs 16:32
He who is slow to anger is better than the mighty, And he who rules his spirit than he who takes a city.
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Proverbs 15:18
A wrathful man stirs up strife, But he who is slow to anger allays contention.
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Ecclesiastes 7:8-9
The end of a thing is better than its beginning; The patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.Do not hasten in your spirit to be angry, For anger rests in the bosom of fools.
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Colossians 3:8
But now you yourselves are to put off all these: anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy language out of your mouth.
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Ecclesiastes 5:1-3
Walk prudently when you go to the house of God; and draw near to hear rather than to give the sacrifice of fools, for they do not know that they do evil.Do not be rash with your mouth, And let not your heart utter anything hastily before God. For God is in heaven, and you on earth; Therefore let your words be few.For a dream comes through much activity, And a fool’s voice is known by his many words.
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Proverbs 19:11
The discretion of a man makes him slow to anger, And his glory is to overlook a transgression.
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Ephesians 4:31
Let all bitterness, wrath, anger, clamor, and evil speaking be put away from you, with all malice.
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Colossians 3:15
And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to which also you were called in one body; and be thankful.
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Proverbs 18:21
Death and life are in the power of the tongue, And those who love it will eat its fruit.
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Proverbs 14:17
A quick-tempered man acts foolishly, And a man of wicked intentions is hated.
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Matthew 5:22
But I say to you that whoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment. And whoever says to his brother,‘ Raca!’ shall be in danger of the council. But whoever says,‘ You fool!’ shall be in danger of hell fire.
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Proverbs 25:28
Whoever has no rule over his own spirit Is like a city broken down, without walls.
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Proverbs 15:2
The tongue of the wise uses knowledge rightly, But the mouth of fools pours forth foolishness.
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Proverbs 17:14
The beginning of strife is like releasing water; Therefore stop contention before a quarrel starts.
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Proverbs 8:32-35
“ Now therefore, listen to me, my children, For blessed are those who keep my ways.Hear instruction and be wise, And do not disdain it.Blessed is the man who listens to me, Watching daily at my gates, Waiting at the posts of my doors.For whoever finds me finds life, And obtains favor from the Lord;
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1 Thessalonians 2 13
For this reason we also thank God without ceasing, because when you received the word of God which you heard from us, you welcomed it not as the word of men, but as it is in truth, the word of God, which also effectively works in you who believe.
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Galatians 5:20-21
idolatry, sorcery, hatred, contentions, jealousies, outbursts of wrath, selfish ambitions, dissensions, heresies,envy, murders, drunkenness, revelries, and the like; of which I tell you beforehand, just as I also told you in time past, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.
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Luke 19:48
and were unable to do anything; for all the people were very attentive to hear Him.
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Acts 10:33
So I sent to you immediately, and you have done well to come. Now therefore, we are all present before God, to hear all the things commanded you by God.”
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Proverbs 19:19
A man of great wrath will suffer punishment; For if you rescue him, you will have to do it again.
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Nehemiah 9:17
They refused to obey, And they were not mindful of Your wonders That You did among them. But they hardened their necks, And in their rebellion They appointed a leader To return to their bondage. But You are God, Ready to pardon, Gracious and merciful, Slow to anger, Abundant in kindness, And did not forsake them.
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Acts 17:11
These were more fair-minded than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness, and searched the Scriptures daily to find out whether these things were so.
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Acts 2:42
And they continued steadfastly in the apostles’ doctrine and fellowship, in the breaking of bread, and in prayers.
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James 1:26
If anyone among you thinks he is religious, and does not bridle his tongue but deceives his own heart, this one’s religion is useless.
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1 John 2 21
I have not written to you because you do not know the truth, but because you know it, and that no lie is of the truth.
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Acts 13:42-44
So when the Jews went out of the synagogue, the Gentiles begged that these words might be preached to them the next Sabbath.Now when the congregation had broken up, many of the Jews and devout proselytes followed Paul and Barnabas, who, speaking to them, persuaded them to continue in the grace of God.On the next Sabbath almost the whole city came together to hear the word of God.
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James 3:1-2
My brethren, let not many of you become teachers, knowing that we shall receive a stricter judgment.For we all stumble in many things. If anyone does not stumble in word, he is a perfect man, able also to bridle the whole body.
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Nehemiah 9:3
And they stood up in their place and read from the Book of the Law of the Lord their God for one-fourth of the day; and for another fourth they confessed and worshiped the Lord their God.
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Nehemiah 8:2-3
So Ezra the priest brought the Law before the assembly of men and women and all who could hear with understanding on the first day of the seventh month.Then he read from it in the open square that was in front of the Water Gate from morning until midday, before the men and women and those who could understand; and the ears of all the people were attentive to the Book of the Law.
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Mark 12:37
Therefore David himself calls Him‘ Lord’; how is He then his Son?” And the common people heard Him gladly.
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Nehemiah 8:18
Also day by day, from the first day until the last day, he read from the Book of the Law of God. And they kept the feast seven days; and on the eighth day there was a sacred assembly, according to the prescribed manner.
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Acts 13:48
Now when the Gentiles heard this, they were glad and glorified the word of the Lord. And as many as had been appointed to eternal life believed.
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Mark 2:2
Immediately many gathered together, so that there was no longer room to receive them, not even near the door. And He preached the word to them.
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Luke 15:1
Then all the tax collectors and the sinners drew near to Him to hear Him.
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Nehemiah 8:12-14
And all the people went their way to eat and drink, to send portions and rejoice greatly, because they understood the words that were declared to them.Now on the second day the heads of the fathers’ houses of all the people, with the priests and Levites, were gathered to Ezra the scribe, in order to understand the words of the Law.And they found written in the Law, which the Lord had commanded by Moses, that the children of Israel should dwell in booths during the feast of the seventh month,