Proverbs 17:14 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

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

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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.

Proverbs 17:14 Cross References

Proverbs 25:8

Go not forth hastily to strive, Lest thou know not what to do in the end thereof, When thy neighbour hath put thee to shame.

Proverbs 20:3

It is an honour for a man to keep aloof from strife: But every fool will be quarrelling.

1 Thessalonians 4:11

and that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your hands, even as we charged you;

Proverbs 15:1

A soft answer turneth away wrath: But a grievous word stirreth up anger.

Romans 12:18

If it be possible, as much as in you lieth, be at peace with all men.

Proverbs 29:22

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

Proverbs 26:21

As coals are to hot embers, and wood to fire; So is a contentious man to inflame strife.

Proverbs 17:19

He loveth transgression that loveth strife: He that raiseth high his gate seeketh destruction.

Proverbs 16:32

He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; And he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city.

Proverbs 14:29

He that is slow to anger is of great understanding: But he that is hasty of spirit exalteth folly.

Proverbs 13:10

By pride cometh only contention: But with the well advised is wisdom.

2 Chronicles 28:6

For Pekah the son of Remaliah slew in Judah an hundred and twenty thousand in one day, all of them valiant men; because they had forsaken the LORD, the God of their fathers.

2 Chronicles 13:17

And Abijah and his people slew them with a great slaughter: so there fell down slain of Israel five hundred thousand chosen men.

2 Samuel 19:41

And, behold, all the men of Israel came to the king; and said unto the king, Why have our brethren the men of Judah stolen thee away, and brought the king, and his household, over Jordan, and all David's men with him?

Proverbs 19:11

The discretion of a man maketh him slow to anger; And it is his glory to pass over a transgression.