Proverbs 17:14

New Messianic Version Bible

The beginning of strife [is as] when one lets out water: therefore leave off contention, before it be meddled with.

Cross References

Proverbs 25:8

Go not forth hastily to strive, lest [youi know not] what to do in the end thereof, when youi neighbour has put youi to shame.

Proverbs 20:3

[It is] an honour for a man to cease from strife: but every fool will be meddling.

1 Thessalonians 4:11

And that you2f study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you;

Proverbs 15:1

A soft answer turns away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger.

Romans 12:18

If it be possible, as much as lies in you, live peaceably with all men.

Proverbs 29:22

An angry man stirs up strife, and a furious man abounds in transgression.

Proverbs 26:21

[As] coals [are] to burning coals, and wood to fire; so [is] a contentious (loving to quarrel and angrily debate) man to kindle strife.

Proverbs 17:19

He loves transgression that loves strife: [and] he that exalts his gate seeks destruction.

Proverbs 16:32

[He that is] slow to anger [is] better than the mighty; and he that rules his spirit than he that takes a city.

Proverbs 14:29

[He that is] slow to wrath [is] of great understanding: but [he that is] hasty of spirit exalts folly.

Proverbs 13:10

Only by pride cometh contention: but with the well advised [is] wisdom.

2 Chronicles 28:6

For Pekach [opened] the son of Remalyahu [protected by Yehovah] killed in Y’hudah [Let Him (God) Be Praised] an hundred and twenty thousand in one day, [which were] all valiant men; because they had forsaken the Lord-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) God-Elōhīm (The Living Word) [The Many Powered] of their fathers.

2 Chronicles 13:17

And Aviyah [Yehovah is (my) father] and his people killed them with a great slaughter: so there fell down slain of Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God] five hundred thousand chosen men.

2 Samuel 19:41

And, behold, all the men of Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God] came to the king, and said unto the king, Why have our brethren the men of Y’hudah [Let Him (God) Be Praised] stolen youi away, and have brought the king, and his household, and all David’s [beloved]’s men with him, over Yarden [Descender]?

Proverbs 19:11

The discretion of a man defers his anger; and [it is] his glory to pass over a transgression.