¹⁹ Ye know `this', my beloved brethren. But let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:

²⁷ He that spareth his words hath knowledge; And he that is of a cool spirit is a man of understanding.

¹⁹ In the multitude of words there wanteth not transgression; But he that refraineth his lips doeth wisely.

²³ Whoso keepeth his mouth and his tongue Keepeth his soul from troubles.

³ He that guardeth his mouth keepeth his life; `But' he that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction.

¹³ He that giveth answer before he heareth, It is folly and shame unto him.

²⁹ He that is slow to anger is of great understanding; But he that is hasty of spirit exalteth folly.

³² He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; And he that ruleth his spirit, than he that taketh a city.

²⁶ Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath:

⁸ but now do ye also put them all away: anger, wrath, malice, railing, shameful speaking out of your mouth:

¹ Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God; for to draw nigh to hear is better than to give the sacrifice of fools: for they know not that they do evil.

² Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thy heart be hasty to utter anything before God; for God is in heaven, and thou upon earth: therefore let thy words be few.

³ For a dream cometh with a multitude of business, and a fool's voice with a multitude of words.

¹⁸ A wrathful man stirreth up contention; But he that is slow to anger appeaseth strife.

¹⁴ The beginning of strife is `as' when one letteth out water: Therefore leave off contention, before there is quarrelling.

⁸ Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof; `and' the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.

⁹ Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry; for anger resteth in the bosom of fools.

² The tongue of the wise uttereth knowledge aright; But the mouth of fools poureth out folly.

¹¹ The discretion of a man maketh him slow to anger; And it is his glory to pass over a transgression.

²⁸ He whose spirit is without restraint Is `like' a city that is broken down and without walls.

³¹ Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamor, and railing, be put away from you, with all malice:

¹⁵ And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to the which also ye were called in one body; and be ye thankful.

¹⁷ He that is soon angry will deal foolishly; And a man of wicked devices is hated.

²¹ Death and life are in the power of the tongue; And they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.

²² but I say unto you, that every one who is angry with his brother shall be in danger of the judgment; and whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council; and whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of the hell of fire.

³³ Forthwith therefore I sent to thee; and thou hast well done that thou art come. Now therefore we are all here present in the sight of God, to hear all things that have been commanded thee of the Lord.

¹³ And for this cause we also thank God without ceasing, that, when ye received from us the word of the message, `even the word' of God, ye accepted `it' not `as' the word of men, but, as it is in truth, the word of God, which also worketh in you that believe.

¹¹ Now these were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of the mind, examining the Scriptures daily, whether these things were so.

¹⁷ and refused to obey, neither were mindful of thy wonders that thou didst among them, but hardened their neck, and in their rebellion appointed a captain to return to their bondage. But thou art a God ready to pardon, gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and abundant in lovingkindness, and forsookest them not.

³² Now therefore, `my' sons, hearken unto me; For blessed are they that keep my ways.

³³ Hear instruction, and be wise, And refuse it not.

³⁴ Blessed is the man that heareth me, Watching daily at my gates, Waiting at the posts of my doors.

³⁵ For whoso findeth me findeth life, And shall obtain favor of Jehovah.

¹ Be not many `of you' teachers, my brethren, knowing that we shall receive heavier judgment.

² For in many things we all stumble. If any stumbleth not in word, the same is a perfect man, able to bridle the whole body also.

² And Ezra the priest brought the law before the assembly, both men and women, and all that could hear with understanding, upon the first day of the seventh month.

³ And he read therein before the broad place that was before the water gate from early morning until midday, in the presence of the men and the women, and of those that could understand; and the ears of all the people were `attentive' unto the book of the law.

¹⁸ Also day by day, from the first day unto the last day, he read in the book of the law of God. And they kept the feast seven days; and on the eighth day was a solemn assembly, according unto the ordinance.

³ And they stood up in their place, and read in the book of the law of Jehovah their God a fourth part of the day; and `another' fourth part they confessed, and worshipped Jehovah their God.

¹⁹ A man of great wrath shall bear the penalty; For if thou deliver `him', thou must do it yet again.

² And many were gathered together, so that there was no longer room `for them', no, not even about the door: and he spake the word unto them.

³⁷ David himself calleth him Lord; and whence is he his son? And the common people heard him gladly.

⁴⁸ and they could not find what they might do; for the people all hung upon him, listening.

⁴² And they continued stedfastly in the apostles' teaching and fellowship, in the breaking of bread and the prayers.

⁴² And as they went out, they besought that these words might be spoken to them the next sabbath.

⁴³ Now when the synagogue broke up, many of the Jews and of the devout proselytes followed Paul and Barnabas; who, speaking to them, urged them to continue in the grace of God.

⁴⁴ And the next sabbath almost the whole city was gathered together to hear the word of God.

⁴⁸ And as the Gentiles heard this, they were glad, and glorified the word of God: and as many as were ordained to eternal life believed.

²⁰ idolatry, sorcery, enmities, strife, jealousies, wraths, factions, divisions, parties,

²¹ envyings, drunkenness, revellings, and such like; of which I forewarn you, even as I did forewarn you, that they who practise such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.

²⁶ If any man thinketh himself to be religious, while he bridleth not his tongue but deceiveth his heart, this man's religion is vain.

²¹ I have not written unto you because ye know not the truth, but because ye know it, and because no lie is of the truth.

¹ Now all the publicans and sinners were drawing near unto him to hear him.

¹² And all the people went their way to eat, and to drink, and to send portions, and to make great mirth, because they had understood the words that were declared unto them.

¹³ And on the second day were gathered together the heads of fathers' `houses' of all the people, the priests, and the Levites, unto Ezra the scribe, even to give attention to the words of the law.

¹⁴ And they found written in the law, how that Jehovah had commanded by Moses, that the children of Israel should dwell in booths in the feast of the seventh month;