Proverbs 26:4-5
English Standard Version
4 (A)Answer not a fool according to his folly,
lest you be like him yourself.
5 (B)Answer a fool according to his folly,
lest he be (C)wise in his own eyes.
Proverbs 26:4-5
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
4 Do not answer fools according to their folly,
lest you be a fool yourself.(A)
5 Answer fools according to their folly,
lest they be wise in their own eyes.(B)
Proverbs 26:17
English Standard Version
17 Whoever meddles in a quarrel not his own
is like one who takes a passing dog by the ears.
Proverbs 26:17
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
17 Like someone who takes a passing dog by the ears
is one who meddles in the quarrel of another.(A)
Proverbs 26:20-21
English Standard Version
20 For lack of wood the fire goes out,
and where there is no (A)whisperer, (B)quarreling ceases.
21 As charcoal to hot embers and wood to fire,
so is (C)a quarrelsome man for kindling strife.
Proverbs 26:20-21
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
20 For lack of wood the fire goes out,
and where there is no whisperer, quarreling ceases.(A)
21 As charcoal is to hot embers and wood to fire,
so is a quarrelsome person for kindling strife.(B)
Proverbs 29:22
English Standard Version
22 (A)A man of wrath stirs up strife,
and one given to anger causes much transgression.
Proverbs 29:22
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
22 One given to anger stirs up strife,
and the hothead causes much transgression.(A)
Proverbs 30:33
English Standard Version
33 For pressing milk produces curds,
pressing the nose produces blood,
and pressing anger produces strife.
Proverbs 30:33
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
33 For as pressing milk produces curds
and pressing the nose produces blood,
so pressing anger produces strife.(A)
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