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Proverbs 17:14 (Listen)

14 The beginning of strife is like letting out water,

so gquit before the quarrel breaks out.

Proverbs 20:3 (Listen)

It is an honor for a man to dkeep aloof from strife,

but every fool will be quarreling.

Proverbs 25:8 (Listen)

wdo not hastily bring into court,

for1 what will you do in the end,

when your neighbor puts you to shame?

Footnotes

[1] 25:8 Hebrew or else

2 Thessalonians 3:12 (Listen)

12 Now such persons we command and encourage in the Lord Jesus Christ to do their work quietly and to earn their own living.1

Footnotes

[1] 3:12 Greek to eat their own bread