Topic
Brawler
4 passages cited, from 1 classic reference work.
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The verses
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- Proverbs 21:9ISBE
It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman in a wide house.
- 1 Timothy 3:3ISBE
Not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre; but patient, not a brawler, not covetous;
- Titus 1:7ISBE
For a bishop must be blameless, as the steward of God; not selfwilled, not soon angry, not given to wine, no striker, not given to filthy lucre;
- Titus 3:2ISBE
To speak evil of no man, to be no brawlers, but gentle, shewing all meekness unto all men.
In the reference works
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 4 references
brol'-er (Qere midhyanim; Kethibh midhwanim, "quarrelsomeness"; amachos, "not fighting"): Spoken of the quarrelsome woman; "a contentious (the King James Version "brawling") woman" (Pr 21:9). He who seeks the office of a bishop should be "no brawler" (paroinos the King James Version "given to wine," Tit 1:7); "not contentious" (the King James Version "not a brawler," 1Ti 3:3; Tit 3:2).
Texts: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.