³⁰ Don’t strive with a man without cause,
    if he has done you no harm.

¹² Hatred stirs up strife,
    but love covers all wrongs.

¹⁰ Pride only breeds quarrels,
    but wisdom is with people who take advice.

¹⁸ A wrathful man stirs up contention,
    but one who is slow to anger appeases strife.

²⁸ A perverse man stirs up strife.
    A whisperer separates close friends.

¹⁴ The beginning of strife is like breaching a dam,
    therefore stop contention before quarreling breaks out.

¹⁹ He who loves disobedience loves strife.
    One who builds a high gate seeks destruction.

¹⁹ A brother offended is more difficult than a fortified city.
    Disputes are like the bars of a fortress.

³ It is an honor for a man to keep aloof from strife,
    but every fool will be quarreling.

¹⁹ It is better to dwell in a desert land,
    than with a contentious and fretful woman.