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

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30 Don’t accuse anyone without cause,(A)
when he has done you no harm.

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

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12 Hatred stirs up conflicts,
but love covers all offenses.(A)

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

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10 Arrogance leads to nothing but strife,(A)
but wisdom is gained by those who take advice.

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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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18 A hot-tempered person stirs up conflict,(A)
but one slow to anger(B) calms strife.

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

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28 A contrary person spreads conflict,
and a gossip separates close friends.(A)

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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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14 To start a conflict is to release a flood;
stop the dispute before it breaks out.(A)

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

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19 One who loves to offend loves strife;(A)
one who builds a high threshold invites injury.

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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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19 An offended brother is harder to reach[a]
than a fortified city,
and quarrels are like the bars of a fortress.

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Footnotes

  1. 18:19 LXX, Syr, Tg, Vg read is stronger

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

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Honor belongs to the person who ends a dispute,(A)
but any fool can get himself into a quarrel.(B)

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

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19 Better to live in a wilderness
than with a nagging and hot-tempered wife.(A)

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

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10 Drive out a mocker,(A) and conflict goes too;
then quarreling and dishonor will cease.(B)

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    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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Footnotes

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

Don’t take a matter to court hastily.(A)
Otherwise, what will you do afterward
if your opponent[a] humiliates you?

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Footnotes

  1. 25:8 Or neighbor, also in v. 9