Ecclesiastes 7:8 says “It’s better to be __________ than haughty...”

Naaman had to learn this quality in order to be cured

The principle of Ephesians 4:26, where it says, “...do not let the sun set while you are still angry”.

She helped to diffuse a tense situation so that David would not take revenge on Nabel

The ability to see beneath the surface and discern why another person spoke or acted in a certain way

The haughty one finds it hard to maintain this quality, and so acts rashly

Jehovah’s servant who did not go out to meet Naaman, but sent a messenger instead

We should seek ways to turn aside the anger of others. The secret to doing this successfully is found in Proverbs 15:1

The kind act that David and his men did in behalf of Nabel

When we feel indignant or angry towards someone, endeavouring to understand this about them may help us to dispel negative thoughts and feelings toward him

This bad quality is closely related to one who is quick to take offense

Naaman’s reaction when “the man of the true God” sent out a messenger and told him to go wash in the Jordan river

According to Ecclesiastes 7:9, if we are quick to take offense, then we are this type of person

The reaction David had when he asked Nabal for some provisions and Nabel answered: “Do I have to take my bread and my water and the meat that I butchered for my shearers and give it to men who come from who knows where?”

When we offend others, even if we did not intend to do so, doing this will go a long ways towards remedying the situation

This quality covers a multitude of sins

The result to Naaman’s health had he not listened to his attendants reasoning and bathed in the Jordon

This one is “better than a mighty man” (Proverbs 16:32)

Nabel’s wife helped David to see that if he avenged himself, he would incur this

This is compared to a “a word spoken at the right time for it” (Proverbs 25:11)

A quality which helps us to not be quick to take offense because of imagined or real injuries

The good results that came when Naaman finally humbled himself and bathed in the Jordon river

The theme scripture

Nabel’s wife’s words toward David highlight the importance of these words found at Proverbs 19:11

When we make our expressions tasteful to others, thereby reducing the possibility of giving offense, we are applying the counsel at Colossians 4:6 to “season” with this