Proverbs 15:1

1 aA soft answer turns away wrath,
but ba harsh word stirs up anger.

Acts 11:2-4

2So when Peter went up to Jerusalem, cthe circumcision party
Or  Jerusalem, those of the circumcision
criticized him, saying,
3 e“You went to uncircumcised men and fate with them.” 4But Peter began and explained it to them in order:

1 Corinthians 2:15

15The gspiritual person judges all things, but is himself to be judged by no one.

1 Peter 3:9

9 hDo not repay evil for evil or reviling for reviling, but on the contrary, ibless, for jto this you were called, that you may obtain a blessing.
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