Proverbs 3:30 - Revised Standard Version CI

³⁰ Do not contend with a man for no reason, when he has done you no harm.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³⁰ Strive not with a man without cause, If he have done thee no harm.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³⁰ Contend not with a man for no reason–when he has done you no wrong. [Rom. 12:18.]

American Standard Version (1901)

³⁰ Strive not with a man without cause, If he have done thee no harm.

Common English Bible

³⁰ Don’t accuse anyone without reason, when they haven’t harmed you.

Catholic Public Domain Version

³⁰ Do not contend against a man without cause, even though he has done no evil to you.

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,