The verse that jumped out at me today was verse 18, A hot-tempered man stirs up dissension, but a patient man calms a quarrel. This is the very thing I’ve been working on lately. My first instinct is to get fired up about something. However, my first response should be to gain understanding and patiently address the issue. Being hot-tempered does nothing to stop a quarrel, it simply escalates to the point where nothing can be resolved.