Ecclesiasticus 28:9

Ecclesiasticus 28:9 Context

⁶Remember thy end, and let enmity cease; remember corruption and death, and abide in the commandments. ⁷Remember the commandments, and bear no malice to thy neighbour: remember the covenant of the Highest, and wink at ignorance. ⁸Abstain from strife, and thou shalt diminish thy sins: for a furious man will kindle strife, ⁹A sinful man disquieteth friends, and maketh debate among them that be at peace. ¹⁰As the matter of the fire is, so it burneth: and as a man's strength is, so is his wrath; and according to his riches his anger riseth; and the stronger they are which contend, the more they will be inflamed. ¹¹An hasty contention kindleth a fire: and an hasty fighting sheddeth blood. ¹²If thou blow the spark, it shall burn: if thou spit upon it, it shall be quenched: and both these come out of thy mouth.

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