For the churningof milkproducesbutter,And pressingthe nosebringsforthblood;So the churningof angerproducesstrife.
He tookcurdsand milkand the calfwhichhe had prepared,and placed[it] beforethem; and he was standingby them underthe treeas they ate.
Hatredstirsup strife,But lovecoversalltransgressions.
A hot-temperedmanstirsup strife,But the slowto angercalmsa dispute.
A perversemanspreadsstrife,And a slandererseparatesintimatefriends.
The beginningof strifeis [like] lettingout water,So abandonthe quarrelbeforeit breaksout.
[Like] charcoalto hotembersand woodto fire,So is a contentiousmanto kindlestrife.
An arrogantman stirsup strife,But he who trustsin the LORDwill prosper.
An angrymanstirsup strife,And a hot-temperedmanaboundsin transgression.
The wordsof KingLemuel,the oraclewhichhis mothertaughthim:
