Annoying People

A stone is heavy, and sand is a burden; but a fool’s provocation is heavier than both.

I therefore, the prisoner in the Lord, beg you to walk worthily of the calling with which you were called, — read the full passage →

A fool shows his annoyance the same day, but one who overlooks an insult is prudent.

A fool vents all of his anger, but a wise man brings himself under control.

Flee from youthful lusts; but pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart. — read the full passage →

Better is the end of a thing than its beginning. The patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit. — read the full passage →

With his mouth the godless man destroys his neighbor, but the righteous will be delivered through knowledge.

“But I tell you who hear: love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, — read the full passage →

If anyone sues you to take away your coat, let him have your cloak also.

Let your foot be seldom in your neighbor’s house, lest he be weary of you, and hate you.

James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are in the Dispersion: Greetings. — read the full passage →

Because you kept my command to endure, I also will keep you from the hour of testing, which is to come on the whole world, to test those who dwell on the earth. — read the full passage →

Don’t be afraid of the things which you are about to suffer. Behold, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison, that you may be tested; and you will have oppression for ten days. Be faithful to death, and I will give you the crown of life.

He who is slow to anger has great understanding, but he who has a quick temper displays folly. — read the full passage →

For you need endurance so that, having done the will of God, you may receive the promise.

Here is the patience of the saints, those who keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus.”

Follow after peace with all men, and the sanctification without which no man will see the Lord, — read the full passage →

Let your speech always be with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer each one.

He who sows wickedness reaps trouble, and the rod of his fury will be destroyed. — read the full passage →

but now you also put them all away: anger, wrath, malice, slander, and shameful speaking out of your mouth.

A continual dropping on a rainy day and a contentious wife are alike:

As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, so is the sluggard to those who send him.

Don’t fret because of evildoers, neither be envious against those who work unrighteousness. — read the full passage →

Neither let us test the Lord, as some of them tested, and perished by the serpents. — read the full passage →

Being therefore justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ; — read the full passage →

A stone is heavy, and sand is a burden; but a fool’s provocation is heavier than both. — read the full passage →

As the cold of snow in the time of harvest, so is a faithful messenger to those who send him; for he refreshes the soul of his masters. — read the full passage →

Until I come, pay attention to reading, to exhortation, and to teaching. — read the full passage →

The wicked is a ransom for the righteous; the treacherous for the upright. — read the full passage →

A false balance is an abomination to Yahweh, but accurate weights are his delight. — read the full passage →

The arrogant mock me excessively, but I don’t swerve from your law.

My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Why are you so far from helping me, and from the words of my groaning? — read the full passage →

“Listen to me, you who know righteousness, the people in whose heart is my law; don’t fear the reproach of men, neither be dismayed at their insults.

He who loves pleasure shall be a poor man. He who loves wine and oil shall not be rich. — read the full passage →

Therefore seeing we have this ministry, even as we obtained mercy, we don’t faint. — read the full passage →

One who is slow to anger is better than the mighty; one who rules his spirit, than he who takes a city.

For the word of the cross is foolishness to those who are dying, but to us who are saved it is the power of God. — read the full passage →

For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life. — read the full passage →

When Yahweh was about to take Elijah up by a whirlwind into heaven, Elijah went with Elisha from Gilgal. — read the full passage →

I commanded your judges at that time, saying, “Hear cases between your brothers, and judge righteously between a man and his brother, and the foreigner who is living with him. — read the full passage →

Or who is there among you, who, if his son asks him for bread, will give him a stone? — read the full passage →

Save me, God, for the waters have come up to my neck! — read the full passage →

This is the Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things which must happen soon, which he sent and made known by his angel to his servant, John,

For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.

Jesus said to him, “‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.’

If anyone speaks, let it be as it were the very words of God. If anyone serves, let it be as of the strength which God supplies, that in all things God may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom belong the glory and the dominion forever and ever. Amen.

The same came to him by night, and said to him, “Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher come from God, for no one can do these signs that you do, unless God is with him.”

“Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly are ravening wolves.

“Don’t think that I came to destroy the law or the prophets. I didn’t come to destroy, but to fulfill. — read the full passage →

He said: “Yahweh will roar from Zion, and utter his voice from Jerusalem; and the pastures of the shepherds will mourn, and the top of Carmel will wither.”

The words of Amos, who was among the herdsmen of Tekoa, which he saw concerning Israel in the days of Uzziah king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash king of Israel, two years before the earthquake. — read the full passage →

She doted on their paramours, whose flesh is as the flesh of donkeys, and whose issue is like the issue of horses.

When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and through the rivers, they will not overflow you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be burned, and flame will not scorch you.

He who is slow to anger has great understanding, but he who has a quick temper displays folly.

I exhort therefore, first of all, that petitions, prayers, intercessions, and givings of thanks, be made for all men: — read the full passage →

Peter said to them, “Repent, and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

Don’t strive with a man without cause, if he has done you no harm.

So, then, my beloved brothers, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, and slow to anger; — read the full passage →

“The Kingdom of Heaven is like a certain king, who made a marriage feast for his son,

He opened his mouth and taught them, saying,

The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah. — read the full passage →

The discretion of a man makes him slow to anger. It is his glory to overlook an offense.

for the anger of man doesn’t produce the righteousness of God.

So, then, my beloved brothers, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, and slow to anger;

Now faith is assurance of things hoped for, proof of things not seen. — read the full passage →

If then you were raised together with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated on the right hand of God. — read the full passage →

“Be angry, and don’t sin.” Don’t let the sun go down on your wrath,

Suddenly there came from the sky a sound like the rushing of a mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting.

Peace I leave with you. My peace I give to you; not as the world gives, give I to you. Don’t let your heart be troubled, neither let it be fearful.

For with whatever judgment you judge, you will be judged; and with whatever measure you measure, it will be measured to you.

But I tell you, that everyone who is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment; and whoever shall say to his brother, ‘Raca!’ shall be in danger of the council; and whoever shall say, ‘You fool!’ shall be in danger of the fire of Gehenna.

Hear, heavens, and listen, earth; for Yahweh has spoken: “I have nourished and brought up children, and they have rebelled against me.

Don’t be hasty in your spirit to be angry, for anger rests in the bosom of fools.

A wrathful man stirs up contention, but one who is slow to anger appeases strife.

A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.

A wise man fears, and shuns evil, but the fool is hot headed and reckless.

He who walks in his uprightness fears Yahweh, but he who is perverse in his ways despises him.

Wise men lay up knowledge, but the mouth of the foolish is near ruin.

Trust in Yahweh with all your heart, and don’t lean on your own understanding.

Cease from anger, and forsake wrath. Don’t fret, it leads only to evildoing.

if my people, who are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.

For God didn’t give us a spirit of fear, but of power, love, and self-control.

Haven’t I commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Don’t be afraid, neither be dismayed: for Yahweh your God is with you wherever you go.”