Then all the men of Israel came to the king, and said to the king, “Why have our brethren the men of Judah stolen you away, and brought the king and his household over the Jordan, and all David's men with him?”
Proverbs 17:14 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI) The beginning of strife is like letting out water; so quit before the quarrel breaks out. Flere versionerKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 The beginning of strife is as when one letteth out water: Therefore leave off contention, before it be meddled with. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition The beginning of strife is as when water first trickles [from a crack in a dam]; therefore stop contention before it becomes worse and quarreling breaks out. American Standard Version (1901) The beginning of strife is as when one letteth out water: Therefore leave off contention, before there is quarrelling. Common English Bible The start of a quarrel is like letting out water, so drop the dispute before it breaks out. Catholic Public Domain Version Whoever releases the water is the head of the conflict. And just before he suffers contempt, he abandons judgment. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version The beginning of quarrels is as when one letteth out water: before he suffereth reproach he forsaketh judgment. |
Then all the men of Israel came to the king, and said to the king, “Why have our brethren the men of Judah stolen you away, and brought the king and his household over the Jordan, and all David's men with him?”
Abijah and his people slew them with a great slaughter; so there fell slain of Israel five hundred thousand picked men.
For Pekah the son of Remaliah slew a hundred and twenty thousand in Judah in one day, all of them men of valor, because they had forsaken the Lord, the God of their fathers.
By insolence the heedless make strife, but with those who take advice is wisdom.
He who is slow to anger has great understanding, but he who has a hasty temper exalts folly.
He who is slow to anger is better than the mighty, and he who rules his spirit than he who takes a city.
He who loves transgression loves strife; he who makes his door high seeks destruction.
Good sense makes a man slow to anger, and it is his glory to overlook an offense.
It is an honor for a man to keep aloof from strife; but every fool will be quarreling.
do not hastily bring into court; for what will you do in the end, when your neighbor puts you to shame?
As charcoal to hot embers and wood to fire, so is a quarrelsome man for kindling strife.
A man of wrath stirs up strife, and a man given to anger causes much transgression.
to aspire to live quietly, to mind your own affairs, and to work with your hands, as we charged you;