Proverbs 3:30
Revised Standard Version
30 Do not contend with a man for no reason,
when he has done you no harm.
Proverbs 10:12
Revised Standard Version
12 Hatred stirs up strife,
but love covers all offenses.
Proverbs 13:10
Revised Standard Version
10 By insolence the heedless make strife,
but with those who take advice 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 16:28
Revised Standard Version
28 A perverse man spreads strife,
and a whisperer separates close friends.
Proverbs 17:14
Revised Standard Version
14 The beginning of strife is like letting out water;
so quit before the quarrel breaks out.
Proverbs 17:19
Revised Standard Version
19 He who loves transgression loves strife;
he who makes his door high seeks destruction.
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 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 21:19
Revised Standard Version
19 It is better to live in a desert land
than with a contentious and fretful woman.
Proverbs 22:10
Revised Standard Version
10 Drive out a scoffer, and strife will go out,
and quarreling and abuse 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 26:4-5
Revised Standard Version
4 Answer not a fool according to his folly,
lest you be like him yourself.
5 Answer a fool according to his folly,
lest he be wise in his own eyes.
Proverbs 26:17
Revised Standard Version
17 He who meddles in a quarrel not his own
is like one who takes a passing dog by the ears.
Proverbs 26:20-21
Revised Standard Version
20 For lack of wood the fire goes out;
and where there is no whisperer, quarreling ceases.
21 As charcoal to hot embers and wood to fire,
so is a quarrelsome man for kindling strife.
Proverbs 29:22
Revised Standard Version
22 A man of wrath stirs up strife,
and a man given to anger causes much transgression.
Proverbs 30:33
Revised Standard Version
33 For pressing milk produces curds,
pressing the nose produces blood,
and pressing anger produces strife.
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