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³Honor is for the man who separates himself from contentions. But all the foolish meddle in altercations.

²¹Just as charcoals are to burning coals, and wood is to fire, so also is an angry man who stirs up quarrels.

¹⁴Whoever releases the water is the head of the conflict. And just before he suffers contempt, he abandons judgment.

⁶The lips of the foolish meddle in disputes. And his mouth provokes conflicts.

²³But avoid foolish and undisciplined questions, for you know that these produce strife. ²⁴For the servant of the Lord must not be contentious, but instead he must be meek toward everyone, teachable, patient,

¹Where do wars and contentions among you come from? Is it not from this: from your own desires, which battle within your members?

³not a drunkard, not combative but restrained, not quarrelsome, not covetous;

²²A short-tempered man provokes quarrels. And whoever is easily angered is more likely to sin.

¹⁹It is better to live in a deserted land, than with a quarrelsome and emotional woman.

¹⁸A short-tempered man provokes conflicts. Whoever is patient tempers those who are stirred up.

²⁴For the servant of the Lord must not be contentious, but instead he must be meek toward everyone, teachable, patient,

⁹But avoid foolish questions, and genealogies, and contentions, as well as arguments against the law. For these are useless and empty.

¹⁰Cast out the one who ridicules, and conflict will go out with him, and accusations and insults will cease.

¹⁵A roof leaking on a cold day, and an argumentative woman, are comparable.

¹⁷Just like one who takes hold of a dog by the ears, so also is he who crosses impatiently and meddles in the quarrels of another.

¹Where do wars and contentions among you come from? Is it not from this: from your own desires, which battle within your members? ²You desire, and you do not have. You envy and you kill, and you are unable to obtain. You argue and you fight, and you do not have, because you do not ask.

²to speak evil of no one, not to be litigious, but to be reserved, displaying all meekness toward all men.

²⁴It is better to sit in a corner of the attic, than with an argumentative woman and in a shared house.

¹⁴And do everything without murmuring or hesitation.

¹³Let us walk honestly, as in the daylight, not in carousing and drunkenness, not in promiscuity and sexual immorality, not in contention and envy.

²⁴For the servant of the Lord must not be contentious, but instead he must be meek toward everyone, teachable, patient, ²⁵correcting with self-restraint those who resist the truth. For at any time God may give them repentance, so as to recognize the truth, ²⁶and then they may recover from the snares of the devil, by whom they are held captive at his will.