If you stay calm, you are wise, but if you have a hot temper, you only show how stupid you are.

It is better to be patient than powerful. It is better to win control over yourself than over whole cities.

The start of an argument is like the first break in a dam; stop it before it goes any further.

If you are sensible, you will control your temper. When someone wrongs you, it is a great virtue to ignore it.

Don't be too quick to go to court about something you have seen. If another witness later proves you wrong, what will you do then?

Otherwise everyone will learn that you can't keep a secret, and you will never live down the shame.

Let us praise God for his glorious grace, for the free gift he gave us in his dear Son!

which he gave to us in such large measure! In all his wisdom and insight

Instead, be kind and tender-hearted to one another, and forgive one another, as God has forgiven you through Christ.

Since you are God's dear children, you must try to be like him.

People with a hot temper do foolish things; wiser people remain calm.

When some fool starts an argument, he is asking for a beating.

Show me a conceited person and I will show you someone who is arrogant, proud, and inconsiderate.

But King Jehoash sent back the following reply: "Once a thorn bush on the Lebanon Mountains sent a message to a cedar: 'Give your daughter in marriage to my son.' A wild animal passed by and trampled the bush down.

But if in your heart you are jealous, bitter, and selfish, don't sin against the truth by boasting of your wisdom.

Where do all the fights and quarrels among you come from? They come from your desires for pleasure, which are constantly fighting within you.