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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-11-06

@The_Wry_Griot @haymes_joshua What makes you believe pastors are hammers? Proverbs 15:1 - "A soft answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.” Colossians 4:6 - "Let your speech always be gracious, seasoned with salt, so that you may...

@The_Wry_Griot @haymes_joshua What makes you believe pastors are hammers? Proverbs 15:1 - "A soft answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.” Colossians 4:6 - "Let your speech alway

Colossians 4:6 Proverbs 15:1 debate
Mike Winger idea 2018-11-14

Proverbs 15:1 — a soft answer turns away wrath; applies both to interpersonal conflict and internal self-talk.

First Proverbs passage; illustrated with a personal story about responding gently to a road-rage driver.

Proverbs 15:1 self-talk conflict resolution wrath
Mike Winger idea 2018-11-14

Proverbs 15:18 — being hot-tempered stirs up strife and is a sin issue, not a personality trait; being slow to anger quiets contention.

Second Proverbs passage applied to people who normalize their hot temper.

Proverbs 15:18 self-control relationships Proverbs 15:18
Mike Winger idea 2018-11-14

Q&A: Applying Proverbs 15:1 inwardly — immediately turning to prayer when angry reorients perspective because addressing God changes the self-talk dynamic.

Q&A on using soft inner speech to de-escalate one's own anger.

Proverbs 15:1 self-talk prayer Q&A
Mike Winger idea 2020-10-19

Jesus answers with a PRINCIPLE rather than yes/no: the coin bears Caesar's image (give it back), but YOU bear God's image (give yourself to God). This is a rabbinic "greater to lesser" argument that deflates their trap.

Analysis of "Render to Caesar" as a principled answer

Proverbs 15:28 image of God image of God papacy