Defined as ... Limiting myself by taking the courage to walk away when wronged by an offence and not taking revenge even when it appears to be your right to do so.
“Any man with his fist bald up can fight whether he wins or loses, but a man with an open hand fights better and always wins.”
~ Bruce Lee ~
“Civility does not cost you anything, and yet, it will buy you everything.”
~ Mary Wortley Montagu ~
“How you treat others is a mirror reflection of what you think of yourself.”
~ Maya Angelou ~
1. Isaac Digging the Wells
(Genesis 26:11-22)
2. Joab & Abner
(2 Samuel 2:24-32)
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“For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another.”
Galatians 5:13
“Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord. Therefore if thine enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirst, give him drink: for in so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire on his head. Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good.”
Romans 12:19-21
“Rejoice not when thine enemy falleth, and let not thine heart be glad when he stumbleth: Lest the LORD see it, and it displease him, and he turn away his wrath from him.”
Proverbs 24:17-18
“For he that will love life, and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak no guile: Let him eschew evil, and do good; let him seek peace, and ensue it.”
1 Peter 3:10-11
“For so is the will of God, that with well doing ye may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men.”
1 Peter 2:15