Proverbs 17:12-14

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¹² Better to meet a she-bear robbed of its cubs
    than to confront a fool immersed in folly.^(A)
13 Evil will not depart from the house
    of one who returns evil for good.^(B)
14 The beginning of strife is like letting out water,
    so stop before the quarrel breaks out.^(C)