30 Don’t accuse anyone without cause,(A)
when he has done you no harm.

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30 Do not bring a lawsuit against a person for no reason,
    when he has done you no harm.

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12 Hatred stirs up conflicts,
but love covers all offenses.(A)

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12 Hatred awakens contention,
    but love covers all transgressions.

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10 Arrogance leads to nothing but strife,(A)
but wisdom is gained by those who take advice.

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10 Arrogance only brings quarreling,
    but those receiving advice are wise.

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18 A hot-tempered person stirs up conflict,(A)
but one slow to anger(B) calms strife.

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18 The quickly angered man stirs up contention,
    but anyone who controls his temper calms a dispute.

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28 A contrary person spreads conflict,
and a gossip separates close friends.(A)

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28 A deceitful man stirs dissension,
    and anyone who gossips separates friends.

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14 To start a conflict is to release a flood;
stop the dispute before it breaks out.(A)

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14 Starting a quarrel is like spilling water—
    so drop the dispute before it escalates.

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19 One who loves to offend loves strife;(A)
one who builds a high threshold invites injury.

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19 The person who loves transgression loves strife;
    the person who builds a high gate invites destruction.

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19 An offended brother is harder to reach[a]
than a fortified city,
and quarrels are like the bars of a fortress.

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Footnotes

  1. 18:19 LXX, Syr, Tg, Vg read is stronger

19 An offended brother is more unyielding than a fortified city,
    and his disputes are like the bars of a fortress.

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Honor belongs to the person who ends a dispute,(A)
but any fool can get himself into a quarrel.(B)

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Avoiding strife brings a man honor,
    but every fool is quarrelsome.

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19 Better to live in a wilderness
than with a nagging and hot-tempered wife.(A)

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19 It’s better to live in the wilderness
    than to live with a contentious and irritable woman.

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10 Drive out a mocker,(A) and conflict goes too;
then quarreling and dishonor will cease.(B)

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10 Throw out the mocker and strife departs, too;[a]
    furthermore, quarrels[b] and discord will end.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 22:10 The Heb. lacks too
  2. Proverbs 22:10 Or litigation

Don’t take a matter to court hastily.(A)
Otherwise, what will you do afterward
if your opponent[a] humiliates you?

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Footnotes

  1. 25:8 Or neighbor, also in v. 9

don’t be in a hurry to argue in court.
Otherwise, what will you do later on
    when your neighbor humiliates you?

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