Quarreling

An honour to a man is cessation from strife, And every fool intermeddleth.

The beginning of contention <FI>is<Fi> a letting out of waters, And before it is meddled with leave the strife.

and the foolish and uninstructed questions be avoiding, having known that they beget strife, — read the full passage →

A man of fury stirreth up contention, And the slow to anger appeaseth strife.

Whence <FI>are<Fi> wars and fightings among you? not thence--out of your passions, that are as soldiers in your members? — read the full passage →

and foolish questions, and genealogies, and contentions, and strivings about law, stand away from--for they are unprofitable and vain. — read the full passage →

and foolish questions, and genealogies, and contentions, and strivings about law, stand away from--for they are unprofitable and vain.

All things do without murmurings and reasonings,

Whence <FI>are<Fi> wars and fightings among you? not thence--out of your passions, that are as soldiers in your members?

and the foolish and uninstructed questions be avoiding, having known that they beget strife,

The lips of a fool enter into strife, And his mouth for stripes calleth.

Laying hold on the ears of a dog, <FI>Is<Fi> a passer-by making himself wrath for strife not his own.

Coal to burning coals, and wood to fire, And a man of contentions to kindle strife.

If possible--so far as in you--with all men being in peace;

Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil-speaking, be put away from you, with all malice, — read the full passage →

And him who is weak in the faith receive ye--not to determinations of reasonings; — read the full passage →

Better to dwell in a wilderness land, Than <FI>with<Fi> a woman of contentions and anger.

These things remind <FI>them<Fi> of, testifying fully before the Lord--not to strive about words to nothing profitable, but to the subversion of those hearing;

And I call upon you, brethren, through the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that the same thing ye may all say, and there may not be divisions among you, and ye may be perfected in the same mind, and in the same judgment,

`Happy the peacemakers--because they shall be called Sons of God.

to him, then, knowing to do good, and not doing, sin it is to him.

Be not led astray; evil communications corrupt good manners;

These things remind <FI>them<Fi> of, testifying fully before the Lord--not to strive about words to nothing profitable, but to the subversion of those hearing; — read the full passage →

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

And I call upon you, brethren, through the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that the same thing ye may all say, and there may not be divisions among you, and ye may be perfected in the same mind, and in the same judgment, — read the full passage →

`And if thy brother may sin against thee, go and show him his fault between thee and him alone, if he may hear thee, thou didst gain thy brother; — read the full passage →

And manifest also are the works of the flesh, which are: Adultery, whoredom, uncleanness, lasciviousness, — read the full passage →

Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil-speaking, be put away from you, with all malice,

A soft answer turneth back fury, And a grievous word raiseth up anger.

`Take heed to yourselves, and, if thy brother may sin in regard to thee, rebuke him, and if he may reform, forgive him,

So, then, the things of peace may we pursue, and the things of building up one another;

An angry man stirreth up contention, And a furious man is multiplying transgression.

Whoso is walking with wise men is wise, And a companion of fools suffereth evil.

let him turn aside from evil, and do good, let him seek peace and pursue it;

if any one be teaching otherwise, and do not consent to sound words--those of our Lord Jesus Christ--and to the teaching according to piety, — read the full passage →

A calamity to his father <FI>is<Fi> a foolish son, And the contentions of a wife <FI>are<Fi> a continual dropping.

each, according as he received a gift, to one another ministering it, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God;

ye desire, and ye have not; ye murder, and are zealous, and are not able to attain; ye fight and war, and ye have not, because of your not asking;

My little children, these things I write to you, that ye may not sin: and if any one may sin, an advocate we have with the Father, Jesus Christ, a righteous one, — read the full passage →

because the mind of the flesh <FI>is<Fi> enmity to God, for to the law of God it doth not subject itself,

My little children, may we not love in word nor in tongue, but in word and in truth!

doth not act unseemly, doth not seek its own things, is not provoked, doth not impute evil,

and if one another ye do bite and devour, see--that ye may not by one another be consumed.

he who hath believed, and hath been baptized, shall be saved; and he who hath not believed, shall be condemned.

Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry, For anger in the bosom of fools resteth.

Without wood is fire going out, And without a tale-bearer, contention ceaseth, — read the full passage →

`But I say to you who are hearing, Love your enemies, do good to those hating you,

for a root of all the evils is the love of money, which certain longing for did go astray from the faith, and themselves did pierce through with many sorrows;

And him who is weak in the faith receive ye--not to determinations of reasonings;

sanctify them in Thy truth, Thy word is truth;

he is proud, knowing nothing, but doting about questions and word-striving, out of which doth come envy, strife, evil-speakings, evil-surmisings,

for I fear lest, having come, not such as I wish I may find you, and I--I may be found by you such as ye do not wish, lest there be strifes, envyings, wraths, revelries, evil-speakings, whisperings, puffings up, insurrections,

A vain man through pride causeth debate, And with the counselled <FI>is<Fi> wisdom.

James, of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ a servant, to the Twelve Tribes who are in the dispersion: Hail! — read the full passage →

ye desire, and ye have not; ye murder, and are zealous, and are not able to attain; ye fight and war, and ye have not, because of your not asking; — read the full passage →

for God did so love the world, that His Son--the only begotten--He gave, that every one who is believing in him may not perish, but may have life age-during. — read the full passage →

Better to sit on a corner of the roof, Than <FI>with<Fi> a woman of contentions and a house of company.

sober, pure, keepers of <FI>their own<Fi> houses, good, subject to their own husbands, that the word of God may not be evil spoken of.

the fathers! vex not your children, lest they be discouraged.

All things do without murmurings and reasonings, — read the full passage →

nothing in rivalry or vain-glory, but in humility of mind one another counting more excellent than yourselves-- — read the full passage →

For the churning of milk bringeth out butter, And the wringing of the nose bringeth out blood, And the forcing of anger bringeth out strife!

Shew not thyself friendly with an angry man, And with a man of fury go not in, — read the full passage →

The wisdom of a man hath deferred his anger, And his glory <FI>is<Fi> to pass over transgression.

Better <FI>is<Fi> the slow to anger than the mighty, And the ruler over his spirit than he who is taking a city.

but I--I say to you, that every one who is angry at his brother without cause, shall be in danger of the judgment, and whoever may say to his brother, Empty fellow! shall be in danger of the sanhedrim, and whoever may say, Rebel! shall be in danger of the gehenna of the fire.

A brother transgressed against is as a strong city, And contentions as the bar of a palace.

`Tremble ye, and do not sin;' Say ye <FI>thus<Fi> in your heart on your bed, And be ye silent. Selah.

The wives! to your own husbands subject yourselves, as to the Lord, — read the full passage →

Lo, the hand of Jehovah Hath not been shortened from saving, Nor heavy his ear from hearing. — read the full passage →

Better to sit on a corner of a roof, Than <FI>with<Fi> a woman of contentions, and a house of company.

One acquainted with knowledge is sparing his words, And the cool of temper <FI>is<Fi> a man of understanding.

Whoso is short of temper doth folly, And a man of wicked devices is hated.

God <FI>is<Fi> a righteous judge, And He is not angry at all times.

in which also ye--ye did walk once, when ye lived in them; — read the full passage →

Every wise woman hath builded her house, And the foolish with her hands breaketh it down.

for where zeal and rivalry <FI>are<Fi> , there is insurrection and every evil matter;

to deliver up such a one to the Adversary for the destruction of the flesh, that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus.

And I call upon you, brethren, through the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that the same thing ye may all say, and there may not be divisions among you, and ye may be perfected in the same mind, and in the same judgment, — read the full passage →

And having called to him his twelve disciples, he gave to them power over unclean spirits, so as to be casting them out, and to be healing every sickness, and every malady.

`If, therefore, thou mayest bring thy gift to the altar, and there mayest remember that thy brother hath anything against thee, — read the full passage →

Balances of deceit <FI>are<Fi> an abomination to Jehovah, And a perfect weight <FI>is<Fi> His delight. — read the full passage →

not giving back evil for evil, or railing for railing, and on the contrary, blessing, having known that to this ye were called, that a blessing ye may inherit;

and if bitter zeal ye have, and rivalry in your heart, glory not, nor lie against the truth; — read the full passage →

Brethren, if a man also may be overtaken in any trespass, ye who <FI>are<Fi> spiritual restore such a one in a spirit of meekness, considering thyself--lest thou also may be tempted;

`And if thy brother may sin against thee, go and show him his fault between thee and him alone, if he may hear thee, thou didst gain thy brother;

The righteous hath perished, And there is none laying <FI>it<Fi> to heart, And men of kindness are gathered, Without any considering that from the face of evil Gathered is the righteous one. — read the full passage →

A continual dropping in a day of rain, And a woman of contentions are alike,

Without wood is fire going out, And without a tale-bearer, contention ceaseth,

Desist from anger, and forsake fury, Fret not thyself only to do evil.

and enmity I put between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; he doth bruise thee--the head, and thou dost bruise him--the heel.'

And there was given to me a reed like to a rod, and the messenger stood, saying, `Rise, and measure the sanctuary of God, and the altar, and those worshipping in it; — read the full passage →

Many teachers become not, my brethren, having known that greater judgment we shall receive, — read the full passage →

Wherefore, putting away the lying, speak truth each with his neighbour, because we are members one of another; — read the full passage →

for yet ye are fleshly, for where <FI>there is<Fi> among you envying, and strife, and divisions, are ye not fleshly, and in the manner of men do walk?

For <FI>an object of<Fi> desire he who is separated doth seek, With all wisdom he intermeddleth. — read the full passage →

A revelation of Jesus Christ, that God gave to him, to shew to his servants what things it behoveth to come to pass quickly; and he did signify <FI>it<Fi> , having sent through his messenger to his servant John,

Adulterers and adulteresses! have ye not known that friendship of the world is enmity with God? whoever, then, may counsel to be a friend of the world, an enemy of God he is set.

there is not here Jew or Greek, there is not here servant nor freeman, there is not here male and female, for all ye are one in Christ Jesus;

Your women in the assemblies let them be silent, for it hath not been permitted to them to speak, but to be subject, as also the law saith; — read the full passage →