Anger
A wrathful man stirs up discord, but one slow to anger calms strife (Proverbs 15:18).
He who is slow to anger is better than the mighty, and he who rules his spirit is better than he who takes a city (Proverbs 16:32).
A stone is heavy and sand is weighty, but a fool's wrath is heavier than both of them. Wrath is cruel and anger a torrent, but who is able to stand before jealousy? (Proverbs 27:3 - 4).
Do not strive with a man without cause, if he has done you no harm (Proverbs 3:30).
Do not correct a scoffer, lest he hate you; Rebuke a wise man, and he will love you (Proverbs 9:8).
Hatred stirs up strife, but love covers all sins (Proverbs 10:12).
The desire of the righteous is only good, but the expectation of the wicked is wrath (Proverbs 11:23).
By pride comes nothing but strife, but with the well-advised is wisdom (Proverbs 13:10).
A quick-tempered man acts foolishly, and a man of wicked intentions is hated (Proverbs 14:17).
A king's wrath is like the roar of a lion; he who angers him forfeits his life (Proverbs 20:2).
If you stay calm, you are wise, but if you have a hot temper, you only show how stupid you are (Proverbs 14:29).
The king's favor is toward a wise servant, but his wrath is against him who causes shame (Proverbs 14:35).
if the fault were only on one side.
but seldom with a good one.
A quick-tempered man acts foolishly, and a man of wicked intentions is hated (Proverbs 14:17).
If you stay calm, you are wise, but if you have a hot temper, you only show how stupid you are (Proverbs 14:29).
Better is a dry morsel with quietness, than a house full of feasting with strife (Proverbs 17:1).
A gift given in secret soothes anger, and a bribe concealed in the cloak pacifies great wrath (Proverbs 21:14)
A fool's lips enter into contention, and his mouth calls for blows (Proverbs 18:6).
Casting lots causes contentions to cease, and keeps the mighty apart (Proverbs 18:18).
A brother offended is harder to win than a strong city, and contentions are like the bars of a castle (Proverbs 18:19).
If someone has a hot temper, let him take the consequences. If you get him out of trouble once, you will have to do it again (Proverbs 19:19).
Better to dwell in a corner of a housetop, than in a house shared with a contentious woman (Proverbs 21:9).
to every question:
my side and
the wrong side.
the truth is always lost.
who always loses his temper
when he is called upon to act
in accordance with the
dictates of reason.
He who sows iniquity will reap sorrow, and the rod of his anger will fail (Proverbs 22:8).
Cast out the scoffer, and contention will leave; Yes, strife and reproach will cease (Proverbs 22:10).
Make no friendship with an angry man, and with a furious man do not go, lest you learn his ways and set a snare for your soul (Proverbs 22:24 - 25).
Seldom set foot in your neighbor's house, lest he become weary of you and hate you (Proverbs 25:17).
The north wind brings forth rain, and a backbiting tongue an angry countenance (Proverbs 25:23).
He who passes by and meddles in a quarrel not his own is like one who takes a dog by the ears (Proverbs 26:17).
Wrath is cruel and anger a torrent, but who is able to stand before jealousy? (Proverbs 27:4).
Where there is no wood, the fire goes out; and where there is no talebearer, strife ceases. As charcoal is to burning coals, and wood to fire, so is a contentious man to kindle strife (Proverbs 26:20 - 21).
He who is of a proud heart stirs up strife, but he who trusts in the Lord will be prospered (Proverbs 28:25).
Scoffers set a city aflame, but wise men turn away wrath (Proverbs 29:8).
If a wise man contends with a foolish man, whether the fool rages or laughs, there is no peace (Proverbs 29:9).
The bloodthirsty hate the blameless, but the upright seek his well-being (Proverbs 29:10).
An angry man stirs up strife, and a furious man abounds in transgression (Proverbs 29:22).
The discretion of a man makes him slow to anger, and his glory is to overlook a transgression (Proverbs 19:11).
He who sows iniquity shall reap vanity, and the rod of his anger shall fail (Proverbs 22:8).