Proverbs 3:30
Modern English Version
30 Do not strive with a man without cause,
if he has done you no harm.
Proverbs 10:12
Modern English Version
12 Hatred stirs up strife,
but love covers all sins.
Proverbs 13:10
Modern English Version
10 Only by pride comes contention,
but with the well-advised is wisdom.
Proverbs 15:18
Modern English Version
18 A wrathful man stirs up strife,
but he who is slow to anger appeases strife.
Proverbs 16:28
Modern English Version
28 A perverse man sows strife,
and a whisperer separates the best of friends.
Proverbs 17:14
Modern English Version
14 The beginning of strife is as when one lets out water;
therefore abandon contention before a quarrel starts.
Proverbs 17:19
Modern English Version
19 He loves transgression who loves strife,
and he who exalts his gate seeks destruction.
Proverbs 18:19
Modern English Version
19 A brother offended is harder to be won than a strong city,
and their contentions are like the bars of a castle.
Proverbs 20:3
Modern English Version
3 It is an honor for a man to cease from strife,
but every fool will be meddling.
Proverbs 21:19
Modern English Version
19 It is better to dwell in the wilderness
than with a contentious and angry woman.
Proverbs 22:10
Modern English Version
10 Cast out the scorner, and contention will go out;
yes, strife and reproach will cease.
Proverbs 25:8
Modern English Version
8 Do not go forth hastily to strive;
lest you do not know what to do in the end,
when your neighbor has put you to shame.
Proverbs 26:4-5
Modern English Version
4 Do not answer a fool according to his folly,
lest you also be like unto him.
5 Answer a fool according to his folly,
lest he be wise in his own conceit.
Proverbs 26:17
Modern English Version
17 He who passes by and meddles with strife not belonging to him
is like one who takes a dog by the ears.
Proverbs 26:20-21
Modern English Version
20 Where there is no wood, the fire goes out;
so where there is no talebearer, the strife ceases.
21 As charcoal is to burning coals, and wood to fire,
so is a contentious man to kindle strife.
Proverbs 29:22
Modern English Version
22 An angry man stirs up strife,
and a furious man abounds in transgression.
Proverbs 30:33
Modern English Version
33 Surely the churning of milk brings forth butter,
and the wringing of the nose brings forth blood,
so the forcing of wrath brings forth strife.
The Holy Bible, Modern English Version. Copyright © 2014 by Military Bible Association. Published and distributed by Charisma House.