¹² Hatred stirs up conflict,
    but love covers over all wrongs.^(A)

¹⁰ Where there is strife, there is pride,
    but wisdom is found in those who take advice.^(A)

¹⁸ A hot-tempered person stirs up conflict,^(A)
    but the one who is patient calms a quarrel.^(B)

17 Better a dry crust with peace and quiet
    than a house full of feasting, with strife.^(A)

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

¹⁰ Drive out the mocker, and out goes strife;
    quarrels and insults are ended.^(A)

²⁰ Without wood a fire goes out;
    without a gossip a quarrel dies down.^(A)

²⁵ The greedy stir up conflict,^(A)
    but those who trust in the Lord^(B) will prosper.

²² An angry person stirs up conflict,
    and a hot-tempered person commits many sins.^(A)