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30 Do not quarrel with anyone without cause,
    when no harm has been done to you.(A)

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30 Don’t accuse anyone without cause,(A)
when he has done you no harm.

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12 Hatred stirs up strife,
    but love covers all offenses.(A)

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12 Hatred stirs up conflicts,
but love covers all offenses.(A)

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10 By insolence the empty-headed person makes strife,
    but wisdom is with those who take advice.(A)

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10 Arrogance leads to nothing but strife,(A)
but wisdom is gained by those who take advice.

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18 Those who are hot-tempered stir up strife,
    but those who are slow to anger calm contention.(A)

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18 A hot-tempered person stirs up conflict,(A)
but one slow to anger(B) calms strife.

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28 A perverse person spreads strife,
    and a whisperer separates close friends.(A)

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28 A contrary person spreads conflict,
and a gossip separates close friends.(A)

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14 The beginning of strife is like letting out water,
    so stop before the quarrel breaks out.(A)

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14 To start a conflict is to release a flood;
stop the dispute before it breaks out.(A)

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19 One who loves transgression loves strife;
    one who builds a high threshold invites broken bones.(A)

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19 One who loves to offend loves strife;(A)
one who builds a high threshold invites injury.

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19 An ally offended is stronger than a city;[a]
    such quarreling is like the bars of a castle.

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Footnotes

  1. 18.19 Gk Syr Vg Tg: Meaning of Heb uncertain

19 An offended brother is harder to reach[a]
than a fortified city,
and quarrels are like the bars of a fortress.

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Footnotes

  1. 18:19 LXX, Syr, Tg, Vg read is stronger

It is honorable to refrain from strife,
    but every fool is quick to quarrel.(A)

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Honor belongs to the person who ends a dispute,(A)
but any fool can get himself into a quarrel.(B)

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19 It is better to live in a desert land
    than with a contentious and fretful wife.

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19 Better to live in a wilderness
than with a nagging and hot-tempered wife.(A)

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10 Drive out a scoffer, and strife goes out;
    quarreling and abuse will cease.(A)

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10 Drive out a mocker,(A) and conflict goes too;
then quarreling and dishonor will cease.(B)

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    do not hastily bring into court,
for[a] what will you do in the end,
    when your neighbor puts you to shame?(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 25.8 Cn: Heb or else

Don’t take a matter to court hastily.(A)
Otherwise, what will you do afterward
if your opponent[a] humiliates you?

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Footnotes

  1. 25:8 Or neighbor, also in v. 9