Dealing With Offense

Proverbs 15:1 (Listen) 15:1   A soft answer turns away wrath,    but a harsh word stirs up anger. (ESV)Proverbs 15:28 (Listen) 28   The heart of the righteous ponders how to answer,    but the mouth of the wicked pours out evil things. (ESV)Proverbs 17:14 (Listen) 14   The beginning of strife is like letting out water,    so quit before the quarrel breaks out. (ESV)Proverbs 14:29 (Listen) 29   Whoever is slow to anger has great understanding,    but he who has a hasty temper exalts folly. (ESV)Proverbs 16:32 (Listen) 32   Whoever is slow to anger is better than the mighty,    and he who rules his spirit than he who takes a city. (ESV)Proverbs 19:11 (Listen) 11   Good sense makes one slow to anger,    and it is his glory to overlook an offense. (ESV)Proverbs 24:29 (Listen) 29   Do not say, “I will do to him as he has done to me;    I will pay the man back for what he has done.” (ESV)Proverbs 25:21–22 (Listen) 21   If your enemy is hungry, give him bread to eat,    and if he is thirsty, give him water to drink,22   for you will heap burning coals on his head,    and the LORD will reward you. (ESV)