Proverbs 16:32 (GN) "It is better to be patient than powerful. It is better to win control over yourself than over whole cities."

Proverbs 19:2 (GN) "Impatience will get you into trouble."

“The tongue has the power of life and death.” Proverbs 18:21 (NIV)

“A word out of your mouth may seem of no account, but it can accomplish nearly anything ‐ or destroy it!” James 3:5 (MSG)

Matthew 20:20-21 "The wife of Zebedee, the mother of James and John, came to Jesus with her sons. She bowed before Jesus and she asked Him to do something for her. Jesus asked, ‘What do you want?’ She said, 'Promise that one of my sons will sit at Your right side in Your kingdom and promise that the other son will sit at Your left side.'"

Matthew 20:24 “The other ten followers heard this and they were angry at the two brothers.”

Matthew 20:25-27 “He called the followers together. ‘The rulers love to show their power of people. The important leaders love to use all of their authority but it should not be that way among you. If one of you wants to be great then he must serve the rest of you like a servant. If one of you wants to become first then he must serve the rest of you like a slave.’”

Matthew 20:28 “So it is with Me, the Son of man. The Son of man did not come for other people to serve Him. He came to serve others. The Son of man came to give His life as the ransom for many.”

Mark 12:28-31 “One of the teachers of religion asked, ‘Of all the commandments which is the most important?’ Jesus replied, ‘The one that says “Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God is the one and only God. And you must love Him with all your heart and soul and mind and strength. The second is this. You must love others as much as yourself. No other commandments are as great as these.’