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Proverbs 29:11
A fool lets fly with all his temper, but a wise person keeps it back.
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James 1:19
Understand this, my dear brothers and sisters! Let every person be quick to listen, slow to speak, slow to anger.
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Proverbs 10:12
Hatred stirs up dissension, but love covers all transgressions.
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Proverbs 17:9
The one who forgives an offense seeks love, but whoever repeats a matter separates close friends.
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Proverbs 25:28
Like a city that is broken down and without a wall, so is a person who cannot control his temper.
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1 Kings 19 1-1 Kings 19 2
Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done, including a detailed account of how he killed all the prophets with the sword.Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah with this warning,“ May the gods judge me severely if by this time tomorrow I do not take your life as you did theirs!”
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1 Samuel 20 30-1 Samuel 20 34
Saul became angry with Jonathan and said to him,“ You stupid traitor! Don’t I realize that to your own disgrace and to the disgrace of your mother’s nakedness you have chosen this son of Jesse?For as long as this son of Jesse is alive on the earth, you and your kingdom will not be established. Now, send some men and bring him to me. For he is as good as dead!”Jonathan responded to his father Saul,“ Why should he be put to death? What has he done?”Then Saul threw his spear at Jonathan in order to strike him down. So Jonathan was convinced that his father had decided to kill David.Jonathan got up from the table enraged. He did not eat any food on that second day of the new moon, for he was upset that his father had humiliated David.
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Proverbs 16:22
Insight is like a life-giving fountain to the one who possesses it, but folly leads to the discipline of fools.
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Proverbs 14:33
Wisdom rests in the heart of the discerning; it is known even in the heart of fools.