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 quarrel with anyone without cause,
    when no harm has been done to you.(A)

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

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12 Hatred stirs up strife,
    but love covers all offenses.(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 By insolence the empty-headed person makes strife,
    but wisdom is with 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 Those who are hot-tempered stir up strife,
    but those who are slow to anger calm contention.(A)

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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 spreads strife,
    and a whisperer separates close friends.(A)

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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 The beginning of strife is like letting out water,
    so stop before the quarrel 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 One who loves transgression loves strife;
    one who builds a high threshold invites broken bones.(A)

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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 An ally offended is stronger than a city;[a]
    such quarreling is like the bars of a castle.

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  1. 18.19 Gk Syr Vg Tg: Meaning of Heb uncertain

(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 honorable to refrain from strife,
    but every fool is quick to quarrel.(A)

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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 It is better to live in a desert land
    than with a contentious and fretful wife.

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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 a scoffer, and strife goes out;
    quarreling and abuse will cease.(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 hastily bring into court,
for[a] what will you do in the end,
    when your neighbor puts you to shame?(A)

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  1. 25.8 Cn: Heb or else