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

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

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

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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 Only by insolence is strife set up,
    and wisdom is with 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 man who is hot-tempered will stir up strife,
    but he who is slow to anger,[a] he will calm contention.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 15:18 Literally “nostrils”

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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 land of wilderness
    than with a wife of quarrels and provocation.

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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 scoffer and strife will go out;
    quarrel and abuse will cease.

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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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  1. 25.8 Cn: Heb or else

do not hastily bring out to court,
    for[a] what will you do at its end,
    when your neighbor puts you to shame?

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 25:8 Or “lest”