30 (A)Do not strive with a man without cause,
If he has done you no harm.

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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 sins.

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

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10 By pride comes nothing but (A)strife,
But with the well-advised is wisdom.

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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 wrathful man stirs up strife,
But he who is slow to anger allays contention.

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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 sows strife,
And (A)a whisperer separates the best of friends.

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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 releasing water;
Therefore (A)stop contention before a quarrel starts.

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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 loves transgression loves strife,
And (A)he who exalts his gate 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 than a strong city,
And contentions are like the bars of a castle.

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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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(A)It is honorable for a man to stop striving,
Since any fool can start a quarrel.

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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 Better to dwell [a]in the wilderness,
Than with a contentious and angry woman.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 21:19 Lit. in the land of the desert

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

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10 (A)Cast out the scoffer, and contention will leave;
Yes, strife and reproach 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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(A)Do not go hastily to [a]court;
For what will you do in the end,
When your neighbor has put you to shame?

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 25:8 Lit. contend or bring a lawsuit

    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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Footnotes

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

Do not answer a fool according to his folly,
Lest you also be like him.
(A)Answer a fool according to his folly,
Lest he be 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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