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30 Do not quarrel with anyone without cause,
    when he did not do you harm.

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30 Don’t strive with a man without cause,
    if he has done you no harm.

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12 Hatred stirs up strife,
    but love covers over all offenses.

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12 Hatred stirs up strife,
    but love covers all wrongs.

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10 Only by insolence is strife set up,
    and wisdom is with those who take advice.

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10 Pride only breeds quarrels,
    but wisdom is with people who take advice.

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18 A man who is hot-tempered will stir up strife,
    but he who is slow to anger,[a] he will calm contention.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 15:18 Literally “nostrils”

18 A wrathful man stirs up contention,
    but one who is slow to anger appeases strife.

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28 A person of perversity will spread dissent,
    and he who whispers separates a close friend.

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28 A perverse man stirs up strife.
    A whisperer separates close friends.

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14 Like the release of water is the beginning of strife;
    before it breaks out, stop the quarrel.

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14 The beginning of strife is like breaching a dam,
    therefore stop contention before quarreling breaks out.

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19 He who loves transgression loves strife;
    he who builds his high thresholds seeks destruction.

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19 He who loves disobedience loves strife.
    One who builds a high gate seeks destruction.

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19 A brother who is offended is worse than a city of strength,
    and quarrels are like the bars of a fortification.

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19 A brother offended is more difficult than a fortified city.
    Disputes are like the bars of a fortress.

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It is honorable for the man to refrain from strife,
    but every fool will be quick to quarrel.

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It is an honor for a man to keep aloof from strife,
    but every fool will be quarreling.

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19 Better to live in a land of wilderness
    than with a wife of quarrels and provocation.

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

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10 Drive out a scoffer and strife will go out;
    quarrel and abuse will cease.

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10 Drive out the mocker, and strife will go out;
    yes, quarrels and insults will stop.

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do not hastily bring out to court,
    for[a] what will you do at its end,
    when your neighbor puts you to shame?

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 25:8 Or “lest”

Don’t be hasty in bringing charges to court.
    What will you do in the end when your neighbor shames you?

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