14 Starting a quarrel is like breaching a dam;
    so drop the matter before a dispute breaks out.(A)

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It is to one’s honor to avoid strife,
    but every fool(A) is quick to quarrel.(B)

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    do not bring[a] hastily to court,
for what will you do in the end
    if your neighbor puts you to shame?(A)

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 25:8 Or nobles / on whom you had set your eyes. / Do not go

12 Such people we command and urge in the Lord Jesus Christ(A) to settle down and earn the food they eat.(B)

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