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The Book of Proverbs by Topic
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Proverbs 3:30
Strive not with a man without cause, if he have done thee no harm.
Proverbs 10:12
Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins.
Proverbs 13:10
Only by pride cometh contention: but with the well advised is wisdom.
Proverbs 15:16
Better is little with the fear of the LORD than great treasure and trouble therewith.
Proverbs 15:18
A wrathful man stirreth up strife: but he that is slow to anger appeaseth strife.
Proverbs 16:26
He that laboureth laboureth for himself; for his mouth craveth it of him.
Proverbs 17:1
Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, than an house full of sacrifices with strife.
Proverbs 17:14
The beginning of strife is as when one letteth out water: therefore leave off contention,
before it be meddled with.
Proverbs 17:19
He loveth transgression that loveth strife: and he that exalteth his gate seeketh destruction.
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Proverbs 18:6
A fool's lips enter into contention, and his mouth calleth for strokes.
Proverbs 18:18
The lot causeth contentions to cease, and parteth between the mighty.
Proverbs 18:19
A brother offended is harder to be won than a strong city: and their contentions are like the
bars of a castle.
Proverbs 19:19
A man of great wrath shall suffer punishment: for if thou deliver him, yet thou must do it
again.
Proverbs 20:3
It is an honour for a man to cease from strife: but every fool will be meddling.
Proverbs 21:9
It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman in a wide house.
Proverbs 21:19
It is better to dwell in the wilderness, than with a contentious and an angry woman.
Proverbs 22:10
Cast out the scorner, and contention shall go out; yea, strife and reproach shall cease.
Proverbs 23:29
Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions? who hath babbling? who hath wounds without cause? who hath redness of eyes?
Proverbs 25:8
Go not forth hastily to strive, lest thou know not what to do in the end thereof, when thy neighbour hath put thee to shame.
Proverbs 26:17
He that passeth by, and meddleth with strife belonging not to him, is like one that taketh a dog by the ears.
Proverbs 26:20
Where no wood is, there the fire goeth out: so where there is no talebearer, the strife ceaseth.
Proverbs 26:21
As coals are to burning coals, and wood to fire; so is a contentious man to kindle strife.
Proverbs 27:15
A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike. 16 Whosoever
hideth her hideth the wind, and the ointment of his right hand, which bewrayeth itself.
Proverbs 28:4
They that forsake the law praise the wicked: but such as keep the law contend with them.
Proverbs 28:25
He that is of a proud heart stirreth up strife: but he that putteth his trust in the LORD shall
be made fat.
Proverbs 29:9
If a wise man contendeth with a foolish man, whether he rage or laugh, there is no rest.
Proverbs 29:22
An angry man stirreth up strife, and a furious man aboundeth in transgression.
Proverbs 30:21-23
For three things the earth is disquieted, and for four which it cannot bear: For a servant
when he reigneth; and a fool when he is filled with meat; For an odious woman when she is
married; and an handmaid that is heir to her mistress.
Proverbs 30:33
Surely the churning of milk bringeth forth butter, and the wringing of the nose bringeth forth
blood: so the forcing of wrath bringeth forth strife.
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