2. Self-Control Is Better Than Taking a City
• Proverbs 15:18 - A wrathful man stirs up strife,
But he who is slow to anger allays contention.
• Proverbs 16:32 - He who is slow to anger is better
than the mighty, And he who rules his spirit than
he who takes a city.
• Proverbs 20:3 - It is honorable for a man to stop
striving, Since any fool can start a quarrel.
• Ecclesiastes 7:5-9
3. Do Not Take The Bait!
•Matthew 5:22
–You will be judged for your speech
while angry
•Titus 2:6-8
–People are going to make judgments
about the gospel based on your speech
4. Do Not Take The Bait!
•1 Tim. 1:3-7
–Do not talk about what you do not
know about
–1 Tim. 4:13
•You are going to have to read
•Jesus does not need you to take
vengeance for Him
–2 Peter 2
5. Learning to Correct and Walk Away
•2 Tim. 2:23-26
–I am going to gentle, able, and patient
–I am going to correct those with humility
–Desiring for them to escape the Devil
•Titus 3:9
–I am going to reject a divisive man after the
second admonition
–I will leave the door open, but I am going to
walk away