Podcast E29 - Anger and Strife vs Peace and Love

May 7, 2024

10:12 Hatred stirs up strife, but love covers all offenses.

13:10 By insolence comes nothing but strife, but with those who take advice is wisdom.

15:1 A soft answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.

15:18 A hot-tempered man stirs up strife, but he who is slow to anger quiets contention.

17:14 The beginning of strife is like letting out water, so quit before the quarrel breaks out.

17:19 Whoever loves transgression loves strife; he who makes his door high seeks destruction.

18:6 A fool's lips walk into a fight, and his mouth invites a beating.

18:18 The lot puts an end to quarrels and decides between powerful contenders.

21:14 A gift in secret averts anger, and a concealed bribe, strong wrath.

25:21-22 If your enemy is hungry, give him bread to eat, and if he is thirsty, give him water to drink, for you will heap burning coals on his head, and the LORD will reward you.

25:23 The north wind brings forth rain, and a backbiting tongue, angry looks.

26:20 For lack of wood the fire goes out, and where there is no whisperer, quarreling ceases.

26:21 As charcoal to hot embers and wood to fire, so is a quarrelsome man for kindling strife.

29:22 A man of wrath stirs up strife, and one given to anger causes much transgression.

14:17 A man of quick temper acts foolishly, and a man of evil devices is hated.

14:29 Whoever is slow to anger has great understanding, but he who has a hasty temper exalts folly.

16:32 Whoever is slow to anger is better than the mighty, and he who rules his spirit than he who takes a city.

19:11 Good sense makes one slow to anger, and it is his glory to overlook an offense.

22:24-25 Make no friendship with a man given to anger, nor go with a wrathful man, lest you learn his ways and entangle yourself in a snare.

16:7 When a man's ways please the LORD, he makes even his enemies to be at peace with him.

17:1 Better is a dry morsel with quiet than a house full of feasting with strife.

18:19 A brother offended is more unyielding than a strong city, and quarreling is like the bars of a castle.

19:13 A foolish son is ruin to his father, and a wife's quarreling is a continual dripping of rain.

20:3 It is an honor for a man to keep aloof from strife, but every fool will be quarreling.

21:9 It is better to live in a corner of the housetop than in a house shared with a quarrelsome wife.

21:19 It is better to live in a desert land than with a quarrelsome and fretful woman.

22:10 Drive out a scoffer, and strife will go out, and quarreling and abuse will cease.

25:24 It is better to live in a corner of the housetop than in a house shared with a quarrelsome wife.

26:17 Whoever meddles in a quarrel not his own is like one who takes a passing dog by the ears.

27:15 A continual dripping on a rainy day and a quarrelsome wife are alike;

27:16 to restrain her is to restrain the wind or to grasp oil in one's right hand.