Proverbs 17:14 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹⁴ The beginning of strife is like letting out water, so stop before the quarrel breaks out.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁴ The beginning of strife is as when one letteth out water: Therefore leave off contention, before it be meddled with.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁴ 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)

¹⁴ The beginning of strife is as when one letteth out water: Therefore leave off contention, before there is quarrelling.

Common English Bible

¹⁴ The start of a quarrel is like letting out water, so drop the dispute before it breaks out.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁴ 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

¹⁴ The beginning of quarrels is as when one letteth out water: before he suffereth reproach he forsaketh judgment.

Proverbs 17:14 Cross References

2 Samuel 19:41

Then all the people of Israel came to the king and said to him, “Why have our kindred the people of Judah stolen you away and brought the king and his household over the Jordan and all David’s men with him?”

2 Chronicles 13:17

Abijah and his army defeated them with great slaughter; five hundred thousand picked men of Israel fell slain.

2 Chronicles 28:6

Pekah son of Remaliah killed one hundred twenty thousand in Judah in one day, all of them valiant warriors, because they had abandoned the Lord, the God of their ancestors.

Proverbs 13:10

By insolence the empty-headed person makes strife, but wisdom is with those who take advice.

Proverbs 14:29

Whoever is slow to anger has great understanding, but one who has a hasty temper exalts folly.

Proverbs 15:1

A soft answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.

Proverbs 16:32

One who is slow to anger is better than the mighty, and one whose temper is controlled than one who captures a city.

Proverbs 17:19

One who loves transgression loves strife; one who builds a high threshold invites broken bones.

Proverbs 19:11

Those with good sense are slow to anger, and it is their glory to overlook an offense.

Proverbs 20:3

It is honorable to refrain from strife, but every fool is quick to quarrel.

Proverbs 25:8

do not hastily bring into court, for what will you do in the end, when your neighbor puts you to shame?

Proverbs 26:21

As charcoal is to hot embers and wood to fire, so is a quarrelsome person for kindling strife.

Proverbs 29:22

One given to anger stirs up strife, and the hothead causes much transgression.

Romans 12:18

If it is possible, so far as it depends on you, live peaceably with all.

1 Thessalonians 4:11

to aspire to live quietly, to mind your own affairs, and to work with your hands, as we directed you,