30 (A)Do not contend with a person for no reason,
If he has done you no harm.

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30 Do not accuse anyone for no reason—
    when they have done you no harm.

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12 Hatred stirs up strife,
But (A)love covers all offenses.

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12 Hatred stirs up conflict,
    but love covers over all wrongs.(A)

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10 Through overconfidence [a]comes nothing but strife,
But wisdom is with those who receive counsel.

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  1. Proverbs 13:10 Lit gives

10 Where there is strife, there is pride,
    but wisdom is found in those who take advice.(A)

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18 A (A)hot-tempered person stirs up strife,
But the (B)slow to anger (C)calms a dispute.

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18 A hot-tempered person stirs up conflict,(A)
    but the one who is patient calms a quarrel.(B)

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28 A perverse person spreads strife,
And a [a]slanderer separates close friends.

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  1. Proverbs 16:28 Or gossip

28 A perverse person stirs up conflict,(A)
    and a gossip separates close friends.(B)

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14 The beginning of strife is like letting out water,
So (A)abandon the quarrel before it breaks out.

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14 Starting a quarrel is like breaching a dam;
    so drop the matter before a dispute breaks out.(A)

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19 One who (A)loves wrongdoing loves strife;
One who (B)makes his doorway high seeks destruction.

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19 Whoever loves a quarrel loves sin;
    whoever builds a high gate invites destruction.

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19 A brother who is offended is harder to be won than a strong city,
And quarrels are like the bars of a citadel.

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19 A brother wronged(A) is more unyielding than a fortified city;
    disputes are like the barred gates of a citadel.

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(A)Avoiding strife is an honor for a person,
But any fool will [a]quarrel.

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  1. Proverbs 20:3 Lit burst out

It is to one’s honor to avoid strife,
    but every fool(A) is quick to quarrel.(B)

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19 (A)It is better to live in a desert land
Than with a contentious and irritating woman.

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19 Better to live in a desert
    than with a quarrelsome and nagging wife.(A)

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10 (A)Drive out the scoffer, and strife will leave,
Even quarreling and dishonor will cease.

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10 Drive out the mocker, and out goes strife;
    quarrels and insults are ended.(A)

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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?

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  1. Proverbs 25:8 Lit contend
  2. Proverbs 25:8 Lit Lest
  3. Proverbs 25:8 Lit its

    do not bring[a] hastily to court,
for what will you do in the end
    if your neighbor puts you to shame?(A)

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  1. Proverbs 25:8 Or nobles / on whom you had set your eyes. / Do not go