Sermon
How to be free from bitterness
Proverbs 15:17; 10:12; 17:9; 19:11; 16:32; 29:11; 15:18; 15:1
Bible Passage
Proverbs 15:17 (Listen)
17 Better is a dinner of herbs where love is
than a fattened ox and hatred with it.
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Proverbs 10:12 (Listen)
12 Hatred stirs up strife,
but love covers all offenses.
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Proverbs 17:9 (Listen)
9 Whoever covers an offense seeks love,
but he who repeats a matter separates close friends.
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Proverbs 19:11 (Listen)
11 Good sense makes one slow to anger,
and it is his glory to overlook an offense.
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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.
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Proverbs 29:11 (Listen)
11 A fool gives full vent to his spirit,
but a wise man quietly holds it back.
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Proverbs 15:18 (Listen)
18 A hot-tempered man stirs up strife,
but he who is slow to anger quiets contention.
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Proverbs 15:1 (Listen)
15:1 A soft answer turns away wrath,
but a harsh word stirs up anger.
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