By wisdom a house is built, and through understanding it is established. Proverbs 24:3

The words of the reckless pierce like swords, but the tongue of the wise brings healing. Proverbs 12:18

A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger. Proverbs 15:1

The tongue that brings healing is a tree of life, but a deceitful tongue crushes the spirit. Proverbs 15:4

He who answers before listening, that is his folly and his shame. Proverbs 18:13

The tongue has the power of life and death, and those who love it will eat its fruit. Proverbs 18:21

An honest answer is like a kiss on the lips. Proverbs 24:26

A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity. Proverbs 17:17

A man of many companions may come to ruin, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother. Proverbs 18:24

A person's wisdom yields patience; it is to one's glory to overlook an offense. Proverbs 19:11

Do not gloat when your enemy falls; when they stumble, do not let your heart rejoice, or the Lord will see and disapprove and turn his wrath away from them. Proverbs 24:17-18

Do not say, "I'll do to them as they have done to me; I'll pay them back for what they did." Proverbs 24:29

If your enemy is hungry, give him food to eat, if he is thirsty, give him water to drink. If you do this, you will heap burning coals on his head and the Lord will reward you. Proverbs 25:21-22

By wisdom a house is built, and through understanding it is established. Proverbs 24:3

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An honest answer is like a kiss on the lips. Proverbs 24:26

How can we handle our words? Speak your words well and aim your words true.

An honest answer is like a kiss on the lips. Proverbs 24:26

"When one man meets another, it is easy to see if they are equals, for then, without speaking, they kiss on the lips. If there is a small difference in rank between the two men, it is the cheek that is kissed; if it is a great difference in rank between men, the humbler bows and kneels before the other." Herodotus

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A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity. Proverbs 17:17

Four ways you can love at all times in a multicultural, multigenerational church: - Work at relationships

Four ways you can love at all times in a multicultural, multigenerational church: - Work at relationships "It is to one's glory to overlook an offense." Proverbs 19:11

Four ways you can love at all times in a multicultural, multigenerational church: - Work at relationships - Choose to make a difference, not a point.

Four ways you can love at all times in a multicultural, multigenerational church: - Work at relationships - Choose to make a difference, not a point. "He who answers before listening, that is his folly and his shame." Proverbs 18:13

Four ways you can love at all times in a multicultural, multigenerational church: - Work at relationships - Choose to make a difference, not a point. - Don't fear guilt by association

Four ways you can love at all times in a multicultural, multigenerational church: - Work at relationships - Choose to make a difference, not a point. - Don't fear guilt by association - Talk about race issues to your children "Listen, my son, to your father s instruction and do not forsake your mother s teaching." Proverbs 1:8

Listen, my son, to your father s instruction and do not forsake your mother s teaching. Proverbs 1:8

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If your enemy is hungry, give him food to eat, if he is thirsty, give him water to drink. If you do this, you will heap burning coals on his head and the Lord will reward you. Proverbs 25:21-22

Do not say, "I'll do to them as they have done to me; I'll pay them back for what they did." Proverbs 24:29

"I suspect that one of the reasons why there are so many exhortations in the New Testament for Christians to love other Christians is because this is not an easy thing to do... the church itself is not made up of natural "friends." It is made up of natural enemies. What binds us together is not common education, common race, common income levels, common politics, common nationality, common accents, common jobs, or anything of the sort. D. A. Carson Love In Hard Places

Christians come together, not because they form a natural collocation, but because they have been saved by Jesus Christ and owe him a common allegiance. In the light of this common allegiance, in light of the fact that they have all been loved by Jesus himself, they commit themselves to doing what he says and he commands them to love one another. In this light, they are a band of natural enemies who love one another for Jesus' sake." D. A. Carson Love In Hard Places