Proverbs 20:3

Foolproof Instructions

² Roaring like the lion [is the] dreaded anger of a king; he who provokes him forfeits his life. ³ [It is] honorable for the man to refrain from strife, but every fool will be quick to quarrel. ⁴ The lazy person will not plow in season; he will expect at the harvest, but there [will be] nothing.

Refrain From

Proverbs 17:14

[Like] the release of water [is] the beginning of strife; before it breaks out, stop the quarrel.

Proverbs 14:29

[He who is] slow to anger [has] great understanding, but the hasty of spirit exalts folly.

Proverbs 16:32

He who is slow to anger [is] better than him who is mighty, and he who controls his spirit than him who captures a city.

Proverbs 18:6

The lips of a fool will bring strife, and his mouth calls out for a flogging.

Proverbs 19:11

The understanding of a person makes him slow to his {anger}, and his glory overlooks offense.

2 Kings 14:9

So Jehoash the king of Israel sent to Amaziah, saying, "The thornbush which is in Lebanon sent to the cedar which is in Lebanon, saying, 'Give your daughter to my son as wife,' but an animal of the field which [is] in Lebanon passed by and trampled the thornbush.

Proverbs 14:17

He who is short of {temper} will act foolishly, and the man who schemes will be hated.

Proverbs 21:24

The proud, haughty one: "scoffer" [is] his name; he acts with arrogance of pride.

Proverbs 25:8-10

do not hastily bring out to court, for what will you do at its end, when your neighbor puts you to shame?

Ephesians 1:6-8

to the praise of the glory of his grace that he bestowed on us in the beloved,

Ephesians 4:32-1

Become kind toward one another, compassionate, forgiving one another, just as also God in Christ has forgiven you.

James 3:14

But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast and tell lies against the truth.

James 4:1

From where [are] conflicts and from where [are] quarrels among you? [Is it] not from this, from your pleasures that wage war among your members?