Proverbs 3:30
New American Standard Bible
30 (A)Do not contend with a person for no reason,
If he has done you no harm.
Proverbs 3:30
English Standard Version
30 (A)Do not contend with a man for no reason,
when he has done you no harm.
Proverbs 10:12
New American Standard Bible
12 Hatred stirs up strife,
But (A)love covers all offenses.
Proverbs 10:12
English Standard Version
12 Hatred stirs up strife,
but (A)love covers all offenses.
Proverbs 13:10
New American Standard Bible
10 Through overconfidence [a]comes nothing but strife,
But wisdom is with those who receive counsel.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 13:10 Lit gives
Proverbs 13:10
English Standard Version
10 (A)By insolence comes nothing but strife,
but with those who take advice is wisdom.
Proverbs 15:18
New American Standard Bible
Proverbs 15:18
English Standard Version
Proverbs 16:28
New American Standard Bible
28 A perverse person spreads strife,
And a [a]slanderer separates close friends.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 16:28 Or gossip
Proverbs 16:28
English Standard Version
Proverbs 17:14
New American Standard Bible
14 The beginning of strife is like letting out water,
So (A)abandon the quarrel before it breaks out.
Proverbs 17:14
English Standard Version
14 The beginning of strife is like letting out water,
so (A)quit before the quarrel breaks out.
Proverbs 17:19
New American Standard Bible
Proverbs 17:19
English Standard Version
19 Whoever loves transgression loves strife;
he who (A)makes his door high seeks destruction.
Proverbs 18:19
New American Standard Bible
19 A brother who is offended is harder to be won than a strong city,
And quarrels are like the bars of a citadel.
Proverbs 18:19
English Standard Version
19 A brother offended is more unyielding than a strong city,
and quarreling is like the bars of a castle.
Proverbs 20:3
New American Standard Bible
Footnotes
- Proverbs 20:3 Lit burst out
Proverbs 20:3
English Standard Version
3 It is an honor for a man to (A)keep aloof from strife,
but every fool will be quarreling.
Proverbs 21:19
New American Standard Bible
19 (A)It is better to live in a desert land
Than with a contentious and irritating woman.
Proverbs 21:19
English Standard Version
19 It is (A)better to live in a desert land
than with a quarrelsome and fretful woman.
Proverbs 22:10
New American Standard Bible
10 (A)Drive out the scoffer, and strife will leave,
Even quarreling and dishonor will cease.
Proverbs 22:10
English Standard Version
Proverbs 25:8
New American Standard Bible
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 25:8
English Standard Version
8 (A)do not hastily bring into court,[a]
for[b] what will you do in the end,
when your neighbor puts you to shame?
Footnotes
- Proverbs 25:8 Or presence of a noble, as your eyes have seen. 8Do not go hastily out to court
- Proverbs 25:8 Hebrew or else
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