Ecclesiastes 9:17
The words of the wise heard in quiet are better than the cry of him who rules among fools.
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- James 3:17–18 But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceful, gentle, reasonable, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy. Now the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace by those who make peace.
- Proverbs 28:23 One who rebukes a man will afterward find more favor than one who flatters with the tongue.
- James 1:20 for the anger of man doesn’t produce the righteousness of God.