Bible Dictionary: Strife: Fools Engage In

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Torrey's Topical Textbook

Proverbs 18:6
A fool's lips enter into contention, and his mouth calls for strokes.
Torrey's Topical Textbook

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"But if Ye have Bitter Envying and Strife in Your Hearts, Glory ...
... disputings of men, whereof cometh envy, strife, malice, evil ... but anger rests in the
bosoms of fools, it cannot ... what that is, that will most engage the hearts ...
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Against Rash and Vain Swearing.
... an oath for confirmation is to them an end of all strife.". ... the use of rash swearing
will often engage a man ... pay it; for He hath no pleasure in fools: pay that ...
/.../sermons on evil-speaking by isaac barrow/against rash and vain swearing.htm

To Pammachius against John of Jerusalem.
... or the lust of glory which leads me to engage in this ... of zeal for the faith, we are
sowing strife, framing a ... and, as if you were speaking to fools, hide the ...
/.../jerome/the principal works of st jerome/to pammachius against john of.htm

Against Foolish Talking and Jesting.
... he further telleth us) the property of fools to delight ... wrath, and breed tough hatred;
to engage one's self consequently very far in strife, danger, and ...
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The Complaint: Or, Night Thoughts.
... than gold more sacred; more a load. Than lead to fools; and fools reputed wise. ... O
the soft enmity! endearing strife! ... By what his glowing passions can engage; ...
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Christian Behavior
... God, his worship, and good works.5 Thus you see how wise men and fools, saints and ...
heir of the grace of life (1 Peter 3:7). This, I say, should engage thee to ...
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Second Sunday after Epiphany
... For instance, some readily and very zealously engage in a good work ... as they do, a
stern look, are fools and sinners ... The clumsy, booted peasant enters the strife. ...
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Book ii. Jerome Answers the Second, Third, and Fourth Propositions ...
... how Moses and Aaron [4708] offended God at the water of strife, and did ... we languish,
grow angry, throw ourselves about with joy, indulge envy, engage in rivalry ...
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Seasonable Counsel: Or, Advice to Sufferers.
... namely, to carry their soul to God, and leave it with him while they engage for
his ... to fall; thy want of wit he can supply."He can say to the fools, be wise ...
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A Holy Life the Beauty of Christianity: Or, an Exhortation to ...
... and vain babbling, for fear of the ungodliness that attends it; he will walk with
wise men that he may be wise, knowing that 'a companion of fools shall be ...
/.../bunyan/the works of john bunyan volumes 1-3/a holy life the beauty.htm

Subtopics

Strife

Strife: A Work of the Flesh

Strife: Abimelech's

Strife: An Evidence of a Carnal Spirit

Strife: Appeased by Slowness to Anger

Strife: Between Abraham and Lot's Herdsmen

Strife: Christ, an Example of Avoiding

Strife: Christians at Antioch (In Syria), About Circumcision

Strife: Corinthians

Strife: Danger of Joining In--Illustrated

Strife: Difficulty of Stopping, a Reason for Avoiding It