Proverbs 3:30 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

Do not contend with a man for no reason, when he has done you no harm.

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

Strive not with a man without cause, If he have done thee no harm.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

Contend not with a man for no reason–when he has done you no wrong. [Rom. 12:18.]

American Standard Version (1901)

Strive not with a man without cause, If he have done thee no harm.

Common English Bible

Don’t accuse anyone without reason, when they haven’t harmed you.

Catholic Public Domain Version

Do not contend against a man without cause, even though he has done no evil to you.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

Strive not against a man without cause, when he hath done thee no evil.

Proverbs 3:30 Cross References

2 Kings 14:10

You have indeed smitten Edom, and your heart has lifted you up. Be content with your glory, and stay at home; for why should you provoke trouble so that you fall, you and Judah with you?”

Proverbs 17:14

The beginning of strife is like letting out water; so quit before the quarrel breaks out.

Proverbs 18:6

A fool's lips bring strife, and his mouth invites a flogging.

Proverbs 26:17

He who meddles in a quarrel not his own is like one who takes a passing dog by the ears.

Proverbs 29:22

A man of wrath stirs up strife, and a man given to anger causes much transgression.

2 Timothy 2:24

And the Lord's servant must not be quarrelsome but kindly to every one, an apt teacher, forbearing,