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Proverbs 21:24
Show me a conceited person and I will show you someone who is arrogant, proud, and inconsiderate.
Judges 12:1-6
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The men of Ephraim prepared for battle; they crossed the Jordan River to Zaphon and said to Jephthah, "Why did you cross the border to fight the Ammonites without calling us to go with you? We'll burn the house down over your head!"
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But Jephthah told them, "My people and I had a serious quarrel with the Ammonites. I did call you, but you would not rescue me from them.
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When I saw that you were not going to, I risked my life and crossed the border to fight them, and the LORD gave me victory over them. So why are you coming up to fight me now?"
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Then Jephthah brought all the men of Gilead together, fought the men of Ephraim and defeated them. (The Ephraimites had said, "You Gileadites in Ephraim and Manasseh, you are deserters from Ephraim!")
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In order to keep the Ephraimites from escaping, the Gileadites captured the places where the Jordan could be crossed. When any Ephraimite who was trying to escape would ask permission to cross, the men of Gilead would ask, "Are you an Ephraimite?" If he said, "No,"
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they would tell him to say "Shibboleth." But he would say "Sibboleth," because he could not pronounce it correctly. Then they would grab him and kill him there at one of the Jordan River crossings. At that time forty-two thousand of the Ephraimites were killed.
1 Kings 12:10
They replied, "This is what you should tell them: 'My little finger is thicker than my father's waist!'
1 Kings 12:11
Tell them, 'My father placed heavy burdens on you; I will make them even heavier. He beat you with whips; I'll flog you with bullwhips!' "
1 Kings 12:16
When the people saw that the king would not listen to them, they shouted, "Down with David and his family! What have they ever done for us? People of Israel, let's go home! Let Rehoboam look out for himself !" So the people of Israel rebelled,
2 Kings 14:10
Now Amaziah, you have defeated the Edomites, and you are filled with pride. Be satisfied with your fame and stay at home. Why stir up trouble that will only bring disaster on you and your people?"
Luke 22:24
An argument broke out among the disciples as to which one of them should be thought of as the greatest.
1 Timothy 6:4
is swollen with pride and knows nothing. He has an unhealthy desire to argue and quarrel about words, and this brings on jealousy, disputes, insults, evil suspicions,
James 3:14-16
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But if in your heart you are jealous, bitter, and selfish, don't sin against the truth by boasting of your wisdom.
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Such wisdom does not come down from heaven; it belongs to the world, it is unspiritual and demonic.
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Where there is jealousy and selfishness, there is also disorder and every kind of evil.
James 4:1
Where do all the fights and quarrels among you come from? They come from your desires for pleasure, which are constantly fighting within you.
James 4:5
Don't think that there is no truth in the scripture that says, "The spirit that God placed in us is filled with fierce desires."
James 4:6
But the grace that God gives is even stronger. As the scripture says, "God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble."
3 John 1:9
I wrote a short letter to the church; but Diotrephes, who likes to be their leader, will not pay any attention to what I say.
3 John 1:10
When I come, then, I will bring up everything he has done: the terrible things he says about us and the lies he tells! But that is not enough for him; he will not receive the Christians when they come, and even stops those who want to receive them and tries to drive them out of the church!
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Proverbs 12:15
Stupid people always think they are right. Wise people listen to advice.
Proverbs 12:16
When a fool is annoyed, he quickly lets it be known. Smart people will ignore an insult.
Proverbs 17:14
The start of an argument is like the first break in a dam; stop it before it goes any further.
Proverbs 19:20
If you listen to advice and are willing to learn, one day you will be wise.
Proverbs 20:18
Get good advice and you will succeed; don't go charging into battle without a plan.
Proverbs 25:8
Don't be too quick to go to court about something you have seen. If another witness later proves you wrong, what will you do then?
Judges 8:1-3
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Then the people of Ephraim said to Gideon, "Why didn't you call us when you went to fight the Midianites? Why did you treat us like this?" They complained bitterly about it.
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But he told them, "What I was able to do is nothing compared with what you have done. Even the little that you people of Ephraim did is worth more than what my whole clan has done.
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After all, through the power of God you killed the two Midianite chiefs, Oreb and Zeeb. What have I done to compare with that?" When he said this, they were no longer so angry.
Luke 14:28-32
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If one of you is planning to build a tower, you sit down first and figure out what it will cost, to see if you have enough money to finish the job.
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If you don't, you will not be able to finish the tower after laying the foundation; and all who see what happened will make fun of you.
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'You began to build but can't finish the job!' they will say.
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If a king goes out with ten thousand men to fight another king who comes against him with twenty thousand men, he will sit down first and decide if he is strong enough to face that other king.
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If he isn't, he will send messengers to meet the other king to ask for terms of peace while he is still a long way off.
Acts 6:1-5
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Some time later, as the number of disciples kept growing, there was a quarrel between the Greek-speaking Jews and the native Jews. The Greek-speaking Jews claimed that their widows were being neglected in the daily distribution of funds.
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So the twelve apostles called the whole group of believers together and said, "It is not right for us to neglect the preaching of God's word in order to handle finances.
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So then, friends, choose seven men among you who are known to be full of the Holy Spirit and wisdom, and we will put them in charge of this matter.
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We ourselves, then, will give our full time to prayer and the work of preaching."
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The whole group was pleased with the apostles' proposal, so they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and the Holy Spirit, and Philip, Prochorus, Nicanor, Timon, Parmenas, and Nicolaus, a Gentile from Antioch who had earlier been converted to Judaism.