Proverbs 17:14

A Conservative Version

The beginning of strife is [like] letting out water. Therefore leave off contention, before there is quarrelling.

Cross References

Proverbs 25:8

Go not forth hastily to strive. What will thou do in the end of it when thy neighbor has put thee to shame?

Proverbs 20:3

It is an honor for a man to keep aloof from strife, but every fool will be quarrelling.

1 Thessalonians 4:11

and to aspire to live quietly, and to do your own things, and to work with your own hands, just as we commanded you,

Proverbs 15:1

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

Romans 12:18

If possible from you, keeping peace with all men,

Proverbs 29:22

An angry man stirs up strife, and a wrathful man abounds 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 loves transgression who loves strife. He who raises high his gate seeks destruction.

Proverbs 16:32

He who is slow to anger is better than the mighty, and he who rules his spirit, than he who takes a city.

Proverbs 14:29

He who is slow to anger is of great understanding, but he who is hasty of spirit exalts folly.

Proverbs 13:10

Through pride a vain man causes contention, but wisdom is with the well-advised.

2 Chronicles 28:6

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

2 Chronicles 13:17

And Abijah and his people killed 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 to the king, Why have our brothers the men of Judah stolen thee away, and brought the king, and his household, over the Jordan, and all David's men with him?

Proverbs 19:11

The discretion of a man makes him slow to anger, and it is his glory to pass over a transgression.