Proverbs 3:30
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30 (A)Do not contend with a man without cause,
If he has done you no harm.
Proverbs 10:12
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12 Hatred stirs up strife,
But (A)love covers all transgressions.
Proverbs 13:10
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10 Through insolence [a]comes nothing but strife,
But wisdom is with those who receive counsel.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 13:10 Lit gives
Proverbs 15:18
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Proverbs 16:28
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28 A perverse man spreads strife,
And a slanderer separates intimate friends.
Proverbs 17:14
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14 The beginning of strife is like letting out water,
So (A)abandon the quarrel before it breaks out.
Proverbs 17:19
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Proverbs 18:19
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19 A brother offended is harder to be won than a strong city,
And contentions are like the bars of a citadel.
Proverbs 20:3
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Footnotes
- Proverbs 20:3 Lit Ceasing
- Proverbs 20:3 Lit burst out
Proverbs 21:19
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19 (A)It is better to live in a desert land
Than with a contentious and vexing woman.
Proverbs 22:10
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10 (A)Drive out the scoffer, and contention will go out,
Even strife and dishonor will cease.
Proverbs 25:8
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8 Do not go out (A)hastily to [a]argue your case;
[b]Otherwise, what will you do in [c]the end,
When your neighbor humiliates you?
Footnotes
- Proverbs 25:8 Lit contend
- Proverbs 25:8 Lit Lest
- Proverbs 25:8 Lit its
Proverbs 26:4-5
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4 (A)Do not answer a fool according to his folly,
Or you will also be like him.
5 (B)Answer a fool as his folly deserves,
That he not be (C)wise in his own eyes.
Proverbs 26:17
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17 Like one who takes a dog by the ears
Is he who passes by and [a]meddles with (A)strife not belonging to him.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 26:17 Lit infuriates himself
Proverbs 26:20-21
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20 For lack of wood the fire goes out,
And where there is no (A)whisperer, (B)contention quiets down.
21 Like charcoal to hot embers and wood to fire,
So is a (C)contentious man to kindle strife.
Proverbs 29:22
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22 An (A)angry man stirs up strife,
And a hot-tempered man abounds in transgression.
Proverbs 30:33
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33 For the [a]churning of milk produces butter,
And pressing the nose brings forth blood;
So the [b]churning of (A)anger produces strife.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 30:33 Lit pressing
- Proverbs 30:33 Lit pressing
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