Proverbs 3:30
World English Bible
30 Don’t strive with a man without cause,
if he has done you no harm.
Proverbs 3:30
New Living Translation
30 Don’t pick a fight without reason,
when no one has done you harm.
Proverbs 10:12
World English Bible
12 Hatred stirs up strife,
but love covers all wrongs.
Proverbs 10:12
New Living Translation
12 Hatred stirs up quarrels,
but love makes up for all offenses.
Proverbs 13:10
World English Bible
10 Pride only breeds quarrels,
but wisdom is with people who take advice.
Proverbs 13:10
New Living Translation
10 Pride leads to conflict;
those who take advice are wise.
Proverbs 15:18
World English Bible
18 A wrathful man stirs up contention,
but one who is slow to anger appeases strife.
Proverbs 15:18
New Living Translation
18 A hot-tempered person starts fights;
a cool-tempered person stops them.
Proverbs 16:28
World English Bible
28 A perverse man stirs up strife.
A whisperer separates close friends.
Proverbs 16:28
New Living Translation
28 A troublemaker plants seeds of strife;
gossip separates the best of friends.
Proverbs 17:14
World English Bible
14 The beginning of strife is like breaching a dam,
therefore stop contention before quarreling breaks out.
Proverbs 17:14
New Living Translation
14 Starting a quarrel is like opening a floodgate,
so stop before a dispute breaks out.
Proverbs 17:19
World English Bible
19 He who loves disobedience loves strife.
One who builds a high gate seeks destruction.
Proverbs 17:19
New Living Translation
19 Anyone who loves to quarrel loves sin;
anyone who trusts in high walls invites disaster.
Proverbs 18:19
World English Bible
19 A brother offended is more difficult than a fortified city.
Disputes are like the bars of a fortress.
Proverbs 18:19
New Living Translation
19 An offended friend is harder to win back than a fortified city.
Arguments separate friends like a gate locked with bars.
Proverbs 20:3
World English Bible
3 It is an honor for a man to keep aloof from strife,
but every fool will be quarreling.
Proverbs 20:3
New Living Translation
3 Avoiding a fight is a mark of honor;
only fools insist on quarreling.
Proverbs 21:19
World English Bible
19 It is better to dwell in a desert land,
than with a contentious and fretful woman.
Proverbs 21:19
New Living Translation
19 It’s better to live alone in the desert
than with a quarrelsome, complaining wife.
Proverbs 22:10
World English Bible
10 Drive out the mocker, and strife will go out;
yes, quarrels and insults will stop.
Proverbs 22:10
New Living Translation
10 Throw out the mocker, and fighting goes, too.
Quarrels and insults will disappear.
Proverbs 25:8
World English Bible
8 Don’t be hasty in bringing charges to court.
What will you do in the end when your neighbor shames you?
Proverbs 25:8
New Living Translation
8 don’t be in a hurry to go to court.
For what will you do in the end
if your neighbor deals you a shameful defeat?
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