Proverbs 17:14

English Standard Version 2016

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

Cross References

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 20:3

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

1 Thessalonians 4:11

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

Proverbs 15:1

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

Romans 12:18

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

Proverbs 29:22

A man of wrath stirs up strife, and one given to anger causes much transgression.

Proverbs 26:21

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

Proverbs 17:19

Whoever loves transgression loves strife; he who makes his door high seeks destruction.

Proverbs 16:32

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

Proverbs 14:29

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

Proverbs 13:10

By insolence comes nothing but strife, but with those who take advice is wisdom.

2 Chronicles 28:6

For Pekah the son of Remaliah killed 120,000 from Judah in one day, all of them men of valor, because they had forsaken the Lord, the God of their fathers.

2 Chronicles 13:17

Abijah and his people struck them with great force, so there fell slain of Israel 500,000 chosen men.

2 Samuel 19:41

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

Proverbs 19:11

Good sense makes one slow to anger, and it is his glory to overlook an offense.