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30 Strive not with a man without cause if he has done thee no harm.

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30 Strive not with a man without cause,
If he have done thee no harm.

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12 Hatred stirreth up strifes, but love covereth all sins.

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12 Hatred stirreth up strifes;
But love covereth all transgressions.

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10 Only by pride cometh contention, but with the welladvised is wisdom.

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10 By pride cometh only contention;
But with the well-advised is wisdom.

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18 A wrathful man stirreth up strife, but he that is slow to anger appeaseth strife.

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18 A wrathful man stirreth up contention;
But he that is slow to anger appeaseth strife.

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28 A froward man soweth strife, and a whisperer separateth closest friends.

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28 A perverse man scattereth abroad strife;
And a whisperer [a]separateth chief friends.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 16:28 Or, alienateth his friend

14 The beginning of strife is like the letting out of water: therefore break off contention before it is meddled with.

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14 The beginning of strife is as when one letteth out water:
Therefore leave off contention, before there is quarrelling.

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19 He loveth transgression that loveth strife, and he that exalteth his gate seeketh destruction.

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19 [a]He loveth transgression that loveth strife:
He that raiseth high his gate seeketh destruction.

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  1. Proverbs 17:19 Or, He that loveth transgression loveth strife

19 An offended brother is harder to be won back than a stronghold city, and his contentions are like the bars of a castle.

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19 A brother [a]offended is harder to be won than a strong city;
And such contentions are like the bars of a castle.

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  1. Proverbs 18:19 Or, injured

It is an honor for a man to cease from strife, but every fool will be meddling.

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It is an honor for a man to [a]keep aloof from strife;
But every fool will be quarrelling.

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  1. Proverbs 20:3 Or, cease

19 It is better to dwell in the wilderness than with a contentious and angry woman.

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19 It is better to dwell in a desert land,
Than with [a]a contentious and fretful woman.

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  1. Proverbs 21:19 Or, a contentious woman and vexation

10 Cast out the scorner, and contention shall go away; yea, strife and reproach shall cease.

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10 Cast out the scoffer, and contention will go out;
Yea, strife and ignominy will cease.

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Go not forth hastily to contend, lest thou know not what to do in the end thereof when thy neighbor hath put thee to shame.

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Go not forth hastily to strive,
[a]Lest thou know not what to do in the end thereof,
When thy neighbor hath put thee to shame.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 25:8 Or, Lest it be said in the end thereof, What wilt thou do? When etc.