Verses
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- Do not pay attention to every word that is spoken, or you may hear your servant cursing you.
- For you know in your heart that many times you yourself have cursed others.
- A man’s insight gives him patience, and his virtue is to overlook an offense.
- My beloved brothers, understand this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to anger,
- Blessed is the one who does not fall away on account of Me.”
- If your brother sins against you, go and confront him privately. If he listens to you, you have won your brother over. …
- Blessed is the man who perseveres under trial, because when he has stood the test, he will receive the crown of life that God has promised to those who love Him.
- And a servant of the Lord must not be quarrelsome, but must be kind to everyone, able to teach, and forbearing.
- Blessed are you when people hate you, and when they exclude you and insult you and reject your name as evil because of the Son of Man.
- Rejoice in that day and leap for joy, because great is your reward in heaven. For their fathers treated the prophets in the same way.
- The LORD will fight for you; you need only to be still.”
- An offended brother is harder to win than a fortified city, and disputes are like the bars of a castle.