Topic

Temper

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James 1:19–20

Ye knowthis, my beloved brethren. But let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath: — read the full passage →

Ephesians 4:31–32

Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamor, and railing, be put away from you, with all malice: — read the full passage →

Proverbs 16:32

He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; And he that ruleth his spirit, than he that taketh a city.

Proverbs 29:11

A fool uttereth all his anger; But a wise man keepeth it back and stilleth it.

Proverbs 15:1

A soft answer turneth away wrath; But a grievous word stirreth up anger.

Colossians 3:8

but now do ye also put them all away: anger, wrath, malice, railing, shameful speaking out of your mouth:

Proverbs 14:17

He that is soon angry will deal foolishly; And a man of wicked devices is hated.

Proverbs 15:18

A wrathful man stirreth up contention; But he that is slow to anger appeaseth strife.

Psalms 37:8

Cease from anger, and forsake wrath: Fret not thyself, it tendeth only to evil-doing.

Proverbs 15:1–33

A soft answer turneth away wrath; But a grievous word stirreth up anger. — read the full passage →

Proverbs 29:22

An angry man stirreth up strife, And a wrathful man aboundeth in transgression.

Ephesians 4:26–27

Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath: — read the full passage →

Galatians 3:27

For as many of you as were baptized into Christ did put on Christ.

Galatians 5:15

But if ye bite and devour one another, take heed that ye be not consumed one of another.

Romans 12:21

Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good.

Ephesians 3:10–5:6

to the intent that now unto the principalities and the powers in the heavenly places might be made known through the church the manifold wisdom of God, — read the full passage →

Proverbs 16:7–32

When a man’s ways please Jehovah, He maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him. — read the full passage →

1 Corinthians 6:9–11

Or know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with men, — read the full passage →

Micah 4:9

Now why dost thou cry out aloud? Is there no king in thee, is thy counsellor perished, that pangs have taken hold of thee as of a woman in travail?

Genesis 6:1–22

And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the ground, and daughters were born unto them, — read the full passage →

Colossians 3:1–4:18

If then ye 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 →

2 Corinthians 13:5–11

Try your own selves, whether ye are in the faith; prove your own selves. Or know ye not as to your own selves, that Jesus Christ is in you? unless indeed ye be reprobate. — read the full passage →

Luke 24:45–49

Then opened he their mind, that they might understand the scriptures; — read the full passage →

Micah 3:5

Thus saith Jehovah concerning the prophets that make my people to err; that bite with their teeth, and cry, Peace; and whoso putteth not into their mouths, they even prepare war against him:

Proverbs 29:1–30:33

He that being often reproved hardeneth his neck Shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy. — read the full passage →

Proverbs 27:1–27

Boast not thyself of to-morrow; For thou knowest not what a day may bring forth. — read the full passage →

Proverbs 25:10–15

Lest he that heareth it revile thee, And thine infamy turn not away. — read the full passage →

Proverbs 22:24–28

Make no friendship with a man that is given to anger; And with a wrathful man thou shalt not go: — read the full passage →

Proverbs 21:19–31

It is better to dwell in a desert land, Than with a contentious and fretful woman. — read the full passage →

Proverbs 14:16

A wise man feareth, and departeth from evil; But the fool beareth himself insolently, and is confident.

Proverbs 14:1–35

Every wise woman buildeth her house; But the foolish plucketh it down with her own hands. — read the full passage →

Proverbs 10:18–32

He that hideth hatred is of lying lips; And he that uttereth a slander is a fool. — read the full passage →

2 Samuel 15:1–37

And it came to pass after this, that Absalom prepared him a chariot and horses, and fifty men to run before him. — read the full passage →

1 Samuel 19:2–20:7

And Jonathan told David, saying, Saul my father seeketh to slay thee: now therefore, I pray thee, take heed to thyself in the morning, and abide in a secret place, and hide thyself: — read the full passage →

1 Samuel 16:23

And it came to pass, when the evil spirit from God was upon Saul, that David took the harp, and played with his hand: so Saul was refreshed, and was well, and the evil spirit departed from him.

Deuteronomy 1:16–35

And I charged your judges at that time, saying, Hear the causes between your brethren, and judge righteously between a man and his brother, and the sojourner that is with him. — read the full passage →

Leviticus 4:1–5:19

And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying, — read the full passage →

Genesis 16:1–16

Now Sarai, Abram’s wife, bare him no children: and she had a handmaid, an Egyptian, whose name was Hagar. — read the full passage →

Revelation 1:1–22:21

The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show unto his servants, even the things which must shortly come to pass: and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John; — read the full passage →

James 1:1–27

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

Titus 1:1–3:15

Paul, a servant of God, and an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the faith of God’s elect, and the knowledge of the truth which is according to godliness, — read the full passage →

1 Timothy 3:1–16

Faithful is the saying, If a man seeketh the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work. — read the full passage →

Acts 2:38

And Peter said unto them, Repent ye, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ unto the remission of your sins; and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

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