Proverbs 3:30 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

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

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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

Thou hast indeed smitten Edom, and thine heart hath lifted thee up: glory thereof, and abide at home; for why shouldest thou meddle to thy hurt, that thou shouldest fall, even thou, and Judah with thee?

Proverbs 17:14

The beginning of strife is as when one letteth out water: Therefore leave off contention, before there be quarrelling.

Proverbs 18:6

A fool's lips enter into contention, And his mouth calleth for stripes.

Proverbs 26:17

He that passeth by, and vexeth himself with strife belonging not to him, Is like one that taketh a dog by the ears.

Proverbs 29:22

An angry man stirreth up strife, And a wrathful man aboundeth in transgression.

2 Timothy 2:24

And the Lord's servant must not strive, but be gentle towards all, apt to teach, forbearing,