Proverbs 3:30
The Voice
30 Avoid fighting with anyone without good reason,
especially when no one has hurt you;
you have nothing to fight about.
Proverbs 10:12
The Voice
12 Hatred fuels dissension,
but love calms all rebellions.
Proverbs 13:10
The Voice
10 Arrogance only produces arguments,
but wisdom accompanies those well advised.
Proverbs 15:18
The Voice
18 A hot-headed person stirs up trouble,
but one with patience settles a fight.
Proverbs 16:28
The Voice
28 Perverse people stir up contention;
gossip makes best friends into enemies.
Proverbs 17:14
The Voice
14 Picking a fight is like leaking water from a crack in a dam,
so walk away from an argument before the outburst.
Proverbs 17:19
The Voice
19 A person who loves sin loves a fight,
and one who builds a grand entrance dares others to tear it down.
Proverbs 18:19
The Voice
19 Winning over an offended brother is harder than breaching a strong city’s defenses;
such fights are as tough as the iron gates of a castle.
Proverbs 20:3
The Voice
3 Honor is due those who refuse to fight at the drop of a hat,
but every fool jumps at an opportunity to quarrel.
Proverbs 21:19
The Voice
19 You would be better off living in the middle of the desert
than with an angry and argumentative wife.
Proverbs 22:10
The Voice
10 Expel a mocker, and watch the wrangling go with him;
rivalry and rude remarks will also stop.
Proverbs 25:8
The Voice
8 doesn’t mean you should be quick to go to court,
For what will you do
when your neighbor disproves the charge and embarrasses you?
Proverbs 26:4-5
The Voice
4 Never answer a fool on his own foolish terms,
or you will become like him;
5 Rather, answer a fool on his own foolish terms,
or he will become wise in his own eyes.
Proverbs 26:17
The Voice
17 Like a man who seizes a wild dog by the ears,
so is anyone who walks by and meddles in someone else’s argument.
Proverbs 26:20-21
The Voice
20 When there is no wood, the fire goes out;
when there is no one to spread gossip, arguing stops.
21 Like charcoal to smoldering embers and dry wood to a fire,
so a hot-tempered man kindles strife.
Proverbs 29:22
The Voice
22 A hot-head provokes quarrels,
and one mastered by anger commits all kinds of sins.
Proverbs 30:33
The Voice
33 For pressing down milk makes butter,
pressing your nose makes it bleed,
and pressing anger makes trouble.
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