Proverbs 17:12-14

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¹² It is ·better [safer] to meet a bear robbed of her cubs
than to meet a fool doing foolish things.

¹³ Whoever gives evil in return for good
will always have trouble at home.

¹⁴ Starting a quarrel is like ·a leak in a dam [^Lletting out water],
so ·stop it [hold back an accusation] before a fight breaks out.