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30 (A)Do not contend with a man without cause,
If he has dealt you no [a]harm.

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  1. Proverbs 3:30 Lit evil

30 Do not accuse anyone for no reason—
    when they have done you no harm.

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12 Hatred stirs up strife,
But (A)love covers all transgressions.

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

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10 With arrogance [a]comes only quarreling,
But with those who receive counsel is wisdom.

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  1. Proverbs 13:10 Lit gives

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

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18 A (A)hot-tempered man stirs up strife,
But the (B)slow to anger (C)quiets a dispute.

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

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28 A perverse man spreads strife,
And a whisperer separates close companions.

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28 A perverse person stirs up conflict,(A)
    and a gossip separates close friends.(B)

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14 The beginning of strife is like letting out water,
So (A)abandon the dispute before it breaks out.

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

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19 He who (A)loves transgression loves quarreling;
He who (B)makes his doorway high seeks destruction.

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

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19 A brother offended is harder to win over than a strong city,
And contentions are like the bars of a citadel.

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19 A brother wronged(A) is more unyielding than a fortified city;
    disputes are like the barred gates of a citadel.

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It is a glory for a man to (A)cease quarreling,
But any ignorant fool will break out in dispute.

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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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19 (A)It is better to live in a desert land
Than with a contentious and vexing woman.

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19 Better to live in a desert
    than with a quarrelsome and nagging wife.(A)

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10 (A)Drive out the scoffer, and strife will go out,
Even contention and disgrace will cease.

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

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Do not go out (A)hastily to plead your case;
Lest, what will you do in [a]the end,
When your neighbor humiliates you?

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  1. Proverbs 25:8 Lit its

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

(A)Do not answer a fool according to his folly,
Lest you yourself also be like him.
(B)Answer a fool according to his folly,
Lest he be (C)wise in his own eyes.

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Do not answer a fool according to his folly,
    or you yourself will be just like him.(A)
Answer a fool according to his folly,
    or he will be wise in his own eyes.(B)

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