Proverbs 26:4-5
New Living Translation
4 Don’t answer the foolish arguments of fools,
or you will become as foolish as they are.
5 Be sure to answer the foolish arguments of fools,
or they will become wise in their own estimation.
Proverbs 26:4-5
Common English Bible
4 Don’t answer fools according to their folly,
or you will become like them yourself.
5 Answer fools according to their folly,
or they will deem themselves wise.
Proverbs 26:17
New Living Translation
17 Interfering in someone else’s argument
is as foolish as yanking a dog’s ears.
Proverbs 26:17
Common English Bible
17 Like yanking the ears of a dog,
so is one who passes by and gets involved in another person’s fight.
Proverbs 26:20-21
New Living Translation
20 Fire goes out without wood,
and quarrels disappear when gossip stops.
21 A quarrelsome person starts fights
as easily as hot embers light charcoal or fire lights wood.
Proverbs 26:20-21
Common English Bible
20 Without wood a fire goes out;
without gossips, conflict calms down.
21 Like adding charcoal to embers or wood to fire,
quarrelsome people kindle strife.
Proverbs 29:22
New Living Translation
22 An angry person starts fights;
a hot-tempered person commits all kinds of sin.
Proverbs 29:22
Common English Bible
22 Angry people stir up conflict;
hotheads cause much offense.
Proverbs 30:33
New Living Translation
33 As the beating of cream yields butter
and striking the nose causes bleeding,
so stirring up anger causes quarrels.
Proverbs 30:33
Common English Bible
33 because churning milk makes curds,
squeezing the nose brings blood,
and stirring up anger produces strife.
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