Proverbs 3:30
Revised Standard Version
30 Do not contend with a man for no reason,
when he has done you no harm.
Proverbs 3:30
American Standard Version
30 Strive not with a man without cause,
If he have done thee no harm.
Proverbs 10:12
Revised Standard Version
12 Hatred stirs up strife,
but love covers all offenses.
Proverbs 10:12
American Standard Version
12 Hatred stirreth up strifes;
But love covereth all transgressions.
Proverbs 13:10
Revised Standard Version
10 By insolence the heedless make strife,
but with those who take advice is wisdom.
Proverbs 13:10
American Standard Version
10 By pride cometh only contention;
But with the well-advised is wisdom.
Proverbs 15:18
Revised Standard Version
18 A hot-tempered man stirs up strife,
but he who is slow to anger quiets contention.
Proverbs 15:18
American Standard Version
18 A wrathful man stirreth up contention;
But he that is slow to anger appeaseth strife.
Proverbs 16:28
Revised Standard Version
28 A perverse man spreads strife,
and a whisperer separates close friends.
Proverbs 16:28
American Standard Version
28 A perverse man scattereth abroad strife;
And a whisperer [a]separateth chief friends.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 16:28 Or, alienateth his friend
Proverbs 17:14
Revised Standard Version
14 The beginning of strife is like letting out water;
so quit before the quarrel breaks out.
Proverbs 17:14
American Standard Version
14 The beginning of strife is as when one letteth out water:
Therefore leave off contention, before there is quarrelling.
Proverbs 17:19
Revised Standard Version
19 He who loves transgression loves strife;
he who makes his door high seeks destruction.
Proverbs 17:19
American Standard Version
19 [a]He loveth transgression that loveth strife:
He that raiseth high his gate seeketh destruction.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 17:19 Or, He that loveth transgression loveth strife
Proverbs 18:19
Revised Standard Version
19 A brother helped is like a strong city,[a]
but quarreling is like the bars of a castle.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 18:19 Gk Syr Vg Tg: The meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain
Proverbs 18:19
American Standard Version
19 A brother [a]offended is harder to be won than a strong city;
And such contentions are like the bars of a castle.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 18:19 Or, injured
Proverbs 20:3
Revised Standard Version
3 It is an honor for a man to keep aloof from strife;
but every fool will be quarreling.
Proverbs 20:3
American Standard Version
3 It is an honor for a man to [a]keep aloof from strife;
But every fool will be quarrelling.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 20:3 Or, cease
Proverbs 21:19
Revised Standard Version
19 It is better to live in a desert land
than with a contentious and fretful woman.
Proverbs 21:19
American Standard Version
19 It is better to dwell in a desert land,
Than with [a]a contentious and fretful woman.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 21:19 Or, a contentious woman and vexation
Proverbs 22:10
Revised Standard Version
10 Drive out a scoffer, and strife will go out,
and quarreling and abuse will cease.
Proverbs 22:10
American Standard Version
10 Cast out the scoffer, and contention will go out;
Yea, strife and ignominy will cease.
Proverbs 25:8
Revised Standard Version
8 do not hastily bring into court;
for[a] what will you do in the end,
when your neighbor puts you to shame?
Footnotes
- Proverbs 25:8 Cn: Heb lest
Proverbs 25:8
American Standard Version
8 Go not forth hastily to strive,
[a]Lest thou know not what to do in the end thereof,
When thy neighbor hath put thee to shame.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 25:8 Or, Lest it be said in the end thereof, What wilt thou do? When etc.
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