Proverbs 17:12-14

New American Standard Bible 1995

¹² Let a ^(A)man meet a ^(B)bear robbed of her cubs,
Rather than a fool in his folly.
¹³ He who ^(C)returns evil for good,
^(D)Evil will not depart from his house.
¹⁴ The beginning of strife is like letting out water,
So ^(E)abandon the quarrel before it breaks out.