³⁰ Strive not with a man without cause if he has done thee no harm.

¹² Hatred stirreth up strifes, but love covereth all sins.

¹⁰ Only by pride cometh contention, but with the welladvised is wisdom.

¹⁸ A wrathful man stirreth up strife, but he that is slow to anger appeaseth strife.

²⁸ A froward man soweth strife, and a whisperer separateth closest friends.

¹⁴ The beginning of strife is like the letting out of water: therefore break off contention before it is meddled with.

¹⁹ He loveth transgression that loveth strife, and he that exalteth his gate seeketh destruction.

¹⁹ An offended brother is harder to be won back than a stronghold city, and his contentions are like the bars of a castle.

³ It is an honor for a man to cease from strife, but every fool will be meddling.

¹⁹ It is better to dwell in the wilderness than with a contentious and angry woman.