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

¹⁹ Whoever loves a quarrel loves sin;
    whoever builds a high gate invites destruction.

³ It is to one’s honor to avoid strife,
    but every fool^(A) is quick to quarrel.^(B)

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

²¹ As charcoal to embers and as wood to fire,
    so is a quarrelsome person for kindling strife.^(A)

¹⁹ Truthful lips endure forever,
    but a lying tongue lasts only a moment.

²² The Lord detests lying lips,^(A)
    but he delights^(B) in people who are trustworthy.^(C)

²⁰ One whose heart is corrupt does not prosper;
    one whose tongue is perverse falls into trouble.

⁵ A false witness^(A) will not go unpunished,^(B)
    and whoever pours out lies will not go free.^(C)

²² What a person desires is unfailing love^[a];
    better to be poor than a liar.