Proverbs 15:18 A wrathful man stirs up strife: but he that is slow to anger appeases strife.
‘A wrathful man stirs up strife: but he that is slow to anger appeases strife.’ A fiery-tempered man causes trouble, but a man slow to anger promotes peace.
Wrath [Greek: thumos, Turbulent passions; domestic and civil turmoils; rage; determined and lasting anger.] Wrath (Gal. 5:20; Luk. 4:28; Acts 19:28; 2Cor. 12:20; Eph. 4:31; Col. 3:8; Heb. 11:27; Rev. 12:12; 14:8, 10, 19; 15:1, 7; 16:1; 18:3); indignation (Rom. 2:8); and fierceness (Rev. 16:19; 19:15).
Strife [Greek: eritheia] Disputations; jangling; strife about words; angry contentions; contest for superiority or advantage; strenuous endeavour to equal or pay back in kind the wrongs done to one. “Strife” (Gal. 5:20; 2Cor. 12:20; Php. 2:3; Jas. 3:14, 16); “contention” (Php. 1:16; Rom. 2:8).
Three sources of sin (1Cor. 3:3): Thoughts: envying, state of the soul. Words: strife, contention in words. Deeds: divisions, sin in conduct.
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