Hatred stirs up strife, but love covers all transgressions.

in purity, in knowledge, in longsuffering, in kindness, in the Holy Spirit, in sincere love,

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faith,

with all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, bearing with one another in love,

strengthened with all might, according to His glorious power, unto all patience and longsuffering with joy;

Therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, put on a heart of compassion, kindness, humility, meekness, longsuffering;

in humility correcting those who are in opposition, if God perhaps will grant them repentance unto a full true knowledge of the truth,

But you have carefully followed my doctrine, manner of life, purpose, faith, longsuffering, love, perseverance,

Preach the Word. Be ready in season and out of season. Convince, rebuke, exhort, with all longsuffering and teaching.

But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, fair, willing to yield, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality and without hypocrisy.

And above all things have fervent love for one another, for love will cover a multitude of sins.

and refused to obey, and they were not mindful of Your wonders that You did among them. But they hardened their necks, and in their rebellion they appointed a leader to return to their bondage. But You are God, ready to pardon, gracious and merciful, slow to anger, abundant in kindness; and did not forsake them.

What is desired of a man is his kindness; and a poor man is better than a liar.

She extends her hand to the poor; yea, she reaches out her hands to the needy.

She opens her mouth with wisdom, and on her tongue is the law of kindness.

But love your enemies, do good, and lend, hoping for nothing in return; and your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High. For He is kind to the unthankful and evil.

Therefore be merciful, just as your Father also is merciful.

And be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, just as God in Christ forgave you.

Therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, put on a heart of compassion, kindness, humility, meekness, longsuffering;

Finally, all of you be of one mind, sympathetic; loving the brothers, be tenderhearted, be kind;

with godliness brotherly affection, and with brotherly affection love.

By this we know the love of God, because He laid down His life for us. And we also ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.

My little children, let us not love in word or in tongue, but in deed and in truth.

Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.

for you are still carnal. For where there are envy, strife, and divisions among you, are you not carnal and behaving like men?

Now when Rachel saw that she bore Jacob no children, Rachel was jealous of her sister, and said to Jacob, Give me sons, or if not I shall die!

And his brothers were jealous of him; but his father treasured up these words.

For he knew that they had delivered Him over because of envy.

being filled with every unrighteousness, sexual perversion, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, depravity; whisperers,

Let us walk decently, as in the day, not in carousings and drunkenness, not in cohabitation and licentiousness, not in strife and envy.

For I fear lest, when I come, I shall not find you such as I wish, and that I shall be found by you such as you do not wish; lest there be contentions, jealousies, outbursts of wrath, selfish ambitions, evil speakings, whisperings, conceits, commotions;

envy, murders, drunkenness, revelries, and the like; of which I tell you beforehand, just as I also told you in time past, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.

Let us not become conceited, provoking one another, envying one another.

Some indeed preach Christ even from envy and strife, and some also from good will:

he is proud, understanding nothing, but is sick with disputes and arguments over words, from which come envy, strife, slander, evil conjecture,

For we ourselves were also once foolish, disobedient, led astray, enslaved to various lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful and hating one another.

But if you have bitter envy and contention in your hearts, do not boast and lie against the truth.

For where envy and contention exist, there is confusion and every evil deed.

Or do you think that the Scripture says in vain, The Spirit who dwells in us yearns to envy?

Therefore, laying aside all malice, all deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and all evil speaking,

Now David had thought to himself, Surely in vain I have protected all that this fellow has in the wilderness, so that nothing has been missing of all that belongs to him. And he has repaid me evil for good.

God do so, and more also, to the enemies of David, if I leave to him by morning light any of those who urinate against a wall.

And blessed is your discernment and blessed are you, because you have kept me this day from coming to blood and from delivering myself with my own hand.

For indeed, as Jehovah the God of Israel lives, who has kept me back from hurting you, unless you had hastened and come to meet me, surely by morning light there would not have been left to Nabal any who urinate against a wall!

And Ben-Hadad sent to him and said, The gods do so to me, and more also, if enough dust is left of Samaria for a handful for each of the people who follow me.

And the king of Israel answered and said, Tell him, Let not the one who puts on his armor boast like the one who takes it off.

His ways are always twisted; Your judgments are high, out of his sight. As for all his enemies, he snorts at them.

By pride comes nothing but strife, but with those who deliberate is wisdom.

The beginning of strife is like letting out water; therefore leave off contention, before it breaks out.

Do not be quick to start a quarrel, lest you know not what to do in the end of it, when your neighbor has put you to shame.

lest he who hears it put you to shame, and your bad reputation never go away.

Better is the end of a thing than the beginning of it; the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.

Do not be hasty in your spirit to be angry; for anger rests in the bosom of fools.

If the spirit of the ruler rises up against you, remain quietly where you are; for quietness heals great offenses.

Then Nebuchadnezzar was filled with wrath, and the form of his face was changed against Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. He spoke and commanded that they heat the furnace seven times more than it was usual to heat it.

Then these men were tied up in their coats, their tunics, and their turbans, and their other clothes, and were thrown into the middle of the burning fiery furnace.

Now these things, brethren, I have figuratively transferred to myself and Apollos for your sakes, that you may learn in us not to think beyond what is written, that none of you may be puffed up one over the other.

Now some are puffed up, as though I were not coming to you.

And you are puffed up, and have not rather mourned, that he who has done this deed might be removed out from among your midst.

Now concerning sacrifices to idols: We know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up.

Let no one condemn you, taking delight in false humility and worship of angels, intruding into those things which he has not seen, being puffed up without cause by his fleshly mind,

Therefore if there is any consolation in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any affection and mercy,

Let nothing be done through selfish ambition or self-glory, but in lowliness of mind let each esteem others as surpassing himself.

Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus,