Proverbs 3:30
New American Standard Bible
30 (A)Do not contend with a person for no reason,
If he has done you no harm.
Proverbs 3:30
New Living Translation
30 Don’t pick a fight without reason,
when no one has done you harm.
Proverbs 10:12
New American Standard Bible
12 Hatred stirs up strife,
But (A)love covers all offenses.
Proverbs 10:12
New Living Translation
12 Hatred stirs up quarrels,
but love makes up for all offenses.
Proverbs 13:10
New American Standard Bible
10 Through overconfidence [a]comes nothing but strife,
But wisdom is with those who receive counsel.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 13:10 Lit gives
Proverbs 13:10
New Living Translation
10 Pride leads to conflict;
those who take advice are wise.
Proverbs 15:18
New American Standard Bible
Proverbs 15:18
New Living Translation
18 A hot-tempered person starts fights;
a cool-tempered person stops them.
Proverbs 16:28
New American Standard Bible
28 A perverse person spreads strife,
And a [a]slanderer separates close friends.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 16:28 Or gossip
Proverbs 16:28
New Living Translation
28 A troublemaker plants seeds of strife;
gossip separates the best of friends.
Proverbs 17:14
New American Standard Bible
14 The beginning of strife is like letting out water,
So (A)abandon the quarrel before it breaks out.
Proverbs 17:14
New Living Translation
14 Starting a quarrel is like opening a floodgate,
so stop before a dispute breaks out.
Proverbs 17:19
New American Standard Bible
Proverbs 17:19
New Living Translation
19 Anyone who loves to quarrel loves sin;
anyone who trusts in high walls invites disaster.
Proverbs 18:19
New American Standard Bible
19 A brother who is offended is harder to be won than a strong city,
And quarrels are like the bars of a citadel.
Proverbs 18:19
New Living Translation
19 An offended friend is harder to win back than a fortified city.
Arguments separate friends like a gate locked with bars.
Proverbs 20:3
New American Standard Bible
Footnotes
- Proverbs 20:3 Lit burst out
Proverbs 20:3
New Living Translation
3 Avoiding a fight is a mark of honor;
only fools insist on quarreling.
Proverbs 21:19
New American Standard Bible
19 (A)It is better to live in a desert land
Than with a contentious and irritating woman.
Proverbs 21:19
New Living Translation
19 It’s better to live alone in the desert
than with a quarrelsome, complaining wife.
Proverbs 22:10
New American Standard Bible
10 (A)Drive out the scoffer, and strife will leave,
Even quarreling and dishonor will cease.
Proverbs 22:10
New Living Translation
10 Throw out the mocker, and fighting goes, too.
Quarrels and insults will disappear.
Proverbs 25:8
New American Standard Bible
8 Do not go out (A)hastily to [a]argue your case;
[b]Otherwise, what will you do in [c]the end,
When your neighbor humiliates you?
Footnotes
- Proverbs 25:8 Lit contend
- Proverbs 25:8 Lit Lest
- Proverbs 25:8 Lit its
Proverbs 25:8
New Living Translation
8 don’t be in a hurry to go to court.
For what will you do in the end
if your neighbor deals you a shameful defeat?
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