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Proverbs 15:18

Quick anger is like adding wood to a fire — it grows the conflict. Slowness to anger is like water — it douses the fire of strife. This is a call to self-control, and it is one of the clearest marks of wisdom in all of Proverbs.

Memory phrase: Be slow to anger.

Talk about it: How can one person's anger spread to a whole room?

Prayer: God, make me slow to anger.

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