1 Timothy 6:4
he is proud, knowing nothing, but doting about questions and word-striving, out of which doth come envy, strife, evil-speakings, evil-surmisings,
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Proverbs 13:7There is who is making himself rich, and hath nothing, Who is making himself poor, and wealth [is] abundant.
Proverbs 26:12Thou hast seen a man wise in his own eyes, More hope of a fool than of him!
Acts 8:9And a certain man, by name Simon, was before in the city using magic, and amazing the nation of Samaria, saying himself to be a certain great one,
Acts 15:2there having been, therefore, not a little dissension and disputation to Paul and Barnabas with them, they arranged for Paul and Barnabas, and certain others of them, to go up unto the apostles and elders to Jerusalem about this question,
Romans 2:8and to those contentious, and disobedient, indeed, to the truth, and obeying the unrighteousness — indignation and wrath,
Romans 13:13as in day-time, let us walk becomingly; not in revellings and drunkennesses, not in chamberings and lasciviousnesses, not in strife and emulation;
Matthew Henry on 1 Timothy 6:2-6
The Duty of Servants. ( a. d. 64.) 1 Let as many servants as are under the yoke count their own masters worthy of all honour, that the name of God and his doctrine be not blasphemed. 2 And they that have believing masters, let them not despise them, because they are brethren; but rather do them service, because they are faithful and beloved, partakers of the benefit. These things teach and exhort. 3 If any man teach otherwise, and consent not to wholesome words, even the words of our Lord Jesus Christ, and to the… Read the whole commentary →