Quarrelsome

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

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

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

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

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

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

not given to wine, not a striker, not given to filthy lucre, but gentle, not contentious, not a lover of money,

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

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

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

and a servant of the Lord it behoveth not to strive, but to be gentle unto all, apt to teach, patient under evil,

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

Cast out a scorner--and contention goeth out, And strife and shame cease.

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

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

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 →

of no one to speak evil, not to be quarrelsome--gentle, showing all meekness to all men,

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

All things do without murmurings and reasonings,

and a servant of the Lord it behoveth not to strive, but to be gentle unto all, apt to teach, patient under evil, — read the full passage →

as in day-time, let us walk becomingly; not in revellings and drunkennesses, not in chamberings and lasciviousnesses, not in strife and emulation;

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

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

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

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,

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

it behoveth, therefore, the overseer to be blameless, of one wife a husband, vigilant, sober, decent, a friend of strangers, apt to teach,

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;

for it was signified to me concerning you, my brethren, by those of Chloe, that contentions are among you;

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

Stedfast <FI>is<Fi> the word: If any one the oversight doth long for, a right work he desireth; — read the full passage →

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,

I wish, therefore, that men pray in every place, lifting up kind hands, apart from anger and reasoning; — read the full passage →

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

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

Stedfast <FI>is<Fi> the word: If any one the oversight doth long for, a right work he desireth; — read the full passage →

nothing in rivalry or vain-glory, but in humility of mind one another counting more excellent than yourselves--

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

Without covetousness the behaviour, being content with the things present, for He hath said, `No, I will not leave, no, nor forsake thee,'

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

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

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

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 →

and be not drunk with wine, in which is dissoluteness, but be filled in the Spirit,

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 →

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

And thou--be speaking what doth become the sound teaching;

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

Ministrants--let them be of one wife husbands; the children leading well, and their own houses,

The well-leading elders of double honour let them be counted worthy, especially those labouring in word and teaching,

Stedfast <FI>is<Fi> the word: If any one the oversight doth long for, a right work he desireth;

for kings, and all who are in authority, that a quiet and peaceable life we may lead in all piety and gravity,

Wine <FI>is<Fi> a scorner--strong drink <FI>is<Fi> noisy, And any going astray in it is not wise.

Whoso is despising his neighbour sinneth, Whoso is favouring the humble, O his happiness.

From the fruit of the mouth <FI>is<Fi> one satisfied <FI>with<Fi> good, And the deed of man's hands returneth to him.

and if bitter zeal ye have, and rivalry in your heart, glory not, nor lie against the truth;

Many teachers become not, my brethren, having known that greater judgment we shall receive,

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

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;

it behoveth, therefore, the overseer to be blameless, of one wife a husband, vigilant, sober, decent, a friend of strangers, apt to teach, — read the full passage →

and she shall be saved through the child-bearing, if they remain in faith, and love, and sanctification, with sobriety.

who doth will all men to be saved, and to come to the full knowledge of the truth;

whoso is stealing let him no more steal, but rather let him labour, working the thing that is good with the hands, that he may have to impart to him having need.

let us not become vain-glorious--one another provoking, one another envying!

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

For God did not send His Son to the world that he may judge the world, but that the world may be saved through him;

`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 →

Let another praise thee, and not thine own mouth, A stranger, and not thine own lips.

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

A revealer of secret counsels is the busybody, And for a deceiver <FI>with<Fi> his lips make not thyself surety.

Whoso is loving transgression is loving debate, Whoso is making high his entrance is seeking destruction.

And God prepareth the man in His image; in the image of God He prepared him, a male and a female He prepared them.

Be obedient to those leading you, and be subject, for these do watch for your souls, as about to give account, that with joy they may do this, and not sighing, for this <FI>is<Fi> unprofitable to you.

no longer be drinking water, but a little wine be using, because of thy stomach and of thine often infirmities;

I wish, therefore, younger ones to marry, to bear children, to be mistress of the house, to give no occasion to the opposer to reviling;

An aged person thou mayest not rebuke, but be entreating as a father; younger persons as brethren; — read the full passage →

Ministrants--in like manner grave, not double-tongued, not given to much wine, not given to filthy lucre,

not a new convert, lest having been puffed up he may fall to a judgment of the devil;

in like manner also the women, in becoming apparel, with modesty and sobriety to adorn themselves, not in braided hair, or gold, or pearls, or garments of great price, — read the full passage →

for this <FI>is<Fi> right and acceptable before God our Saviour,

And working together also we call upon <FI>you<Fi> that ye receive not in vain the grace of God-- — read the full passage →

And I make known to you, brethren, the good news that I proclaimed to you, which also ye did receive, in which also ye have stood, — read the full passage →

salute one another in a holy kiss; the assemblies of Christ do salute you.

And I commend you to Phebe our sister--being a ministrant of the assembly that <FI>is<Fi> in Cenchrea--

And questioning him also were those warring, saying, `And we, what shall we do?' and he said unto them, `Do violence to no one, nor accuse falsely, and be content with your wages.'

`None is able to serve two lords, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will hold to the one, and despise the other; ye are not able to serve God and Mammon.

Also these are Proverbs of Solomon, that men of Hezekiah king of Judah transcribed: -- — read the full passage →

Labour not to make wealth, From thine own understanding cease, Dost thou cause thine eyes to fly upon it? Then it is not.

The desirableness of a man <FI>is<Fi> his kindness, And better <FI>is<Fi> the poor than a liar.

And the heavens and the earth are completed, and all their host; — read the full passage →

Be mindful of those leading you, who did speak to you the word of God, whose faith--considering the issue of the behaviour--be imitating,

if any one is blameless, of one wife a husband, having children stedfast, not under accusation of riotous living or insubordinate--

For this cause left I thee in Crete, that the things lacking thou mayest arrange, and mayest set down in every city elders, as I did appoint to thee; — read the full passage →

for ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that because of you he became poor--being rich, that ye by that poverty may become rich.

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 →