Proverbs 17:12-15

New International Version - UK

¹² Better to meet a bear robbed of her cubs
    than a fool bent on folly.

¹³ Evil will never leave the house
    of one who pays back evil for good.

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

¹⁵ Acquitting the guilty and condemning the innocent –
    the Lord detests them both.