Topic

Temper

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James 1:19–20

Wherefore, my beloved brethren, 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 clamour, and evil speaking, 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 mind: but a wise man keepeth it in till afterwards.

Proverbs 15:1

A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger.

Colossians 3:8

But now ye also put off all these; anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy communication out of your mouth.

Proverbs 14:17

He that is soon angry dealeth foolishly: and a man of wicked devices is hated.

Proverbs 15:18

A wrathful man stirreth up strife: but he that is slow to anger appeaseth strife.

Psalms 37:8

Cease from anger, and forsake wrath: fret not thyself in any wise to do evil.

Proverbs 15:1–33

A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger. — read the full passage →

Proverbs 29:22

An angry man stirreth up strife, and a furious 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 have been baptized into Christ have 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 powers in heavenly places might be known by the church the manifold wisdom of God, — read the full passage →

Proverbs 16:7–32

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

1 Corinthians 6:9–11

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 mankind, — read the full passage →

Micah 4:9

Now why dost thou cry out aloud? is there no king in thee? is thy counsellor perished? for pangs have taken thee as a woman in travail.

Genesis 6:1–22

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

Colossians 3:1–4:18

If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God. — read the full passage →

2 Corinthians 13:5–11

Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the faith; prove your own selves. Know ye not your own selves, how that Jesus Christ is in you, except ye be reprobates? — read the full passage →

Luke 24:45–49

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

Micah 3:5

Thus saith the Lord concerning the prophets that make my people err, that bite with their teeth, and cry, Peace; and he that 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 put thee to shame, and thine infamy turn not away. — read the full passage →

Proverbs 22:24–28

Make no friendship with an angry man; and with a furious man thou shalt not go: — read the full passage →

Proverbs 21:19–31

It is better to dwell in the wilderness, than with a contentious and an angry woman. — read the full passage →

Proverbs 14:16

A wise man feareth, and departeth from evil: but the fool rageth, and is confident.

Proverbs 14:1–35

Every wise woman buildeth her house: but the foolish plucketh it down with her hands. — read the full passage →

Proverbs 10:18–32

He that hideth hatred with 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 chariots and horses, and fifty men to run before him. — read the full passage →

1 Samuel 19:2–20:7

But Jonathan Saul’s son delighted much in David: and Jonathan told David, saying, Saul my father seeketh to kill thee: now therefore, I pray thee, take heed to thyself until 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 an 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 every man and his brother, and the stranger that is with him. — read the full passage →

Leviticus 4:1–5:19

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

Genesis 16:1–16

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

Revelation 1:1–22:21

The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants 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 scattered abroad, 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 acknowledging of the truth which is after godliness; — read the full passage →

1 Timothy 3:1–16

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

Acts 2:38

Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.

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