³⁰ Do not quarrel with anyone without cause,
    when he did not do you harm.

¹² Hatred stirs up strife,
    but love covers over all offenses.

¹⁰ Only by insolence is strife set up,
    and wisdom is with those who take advice.

¹⁸ A man who is hot-tempered will stir up strife,
    but he who is slow to anger,^[a] he will calm contention.

²⁸ A person of perversity will spread dissent,
    and he who whispers separates a close friend.

¹⁴ Like the release of water is the beginning of strife;
    before it breaks out, stop the quarrel.

¹⁹ He who loves transgression loves strife;
    he who builds his high thresholds seeks destruction.

¹⁹ A brother who is offended is worse than a city of strength,
    and quarrels are like the bars of a fortification.

³ It is honorable for the man to refrain from strife,
    but every fool will be quick to quarrel.

¹⁹ Better to live in a land of wilderness
    than with a wife of quarrels and provocation.