Proverbs 30:33

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

For as pressing milk produces curds and pressing the nose produces blood, so pressing anger produces strife.

Then he took curds and milk and the calf that he had prepared and set it before them, and he stood by them under the tree while they ate.

Hatred stirs up strife, but love covers all offenses.

Those who are hot-tempered stir up strife, but those who are slow to anger calm contention.

A perverse person spreads strife, and a whisperer separates close friends.

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

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

The greedy person stirs up strife, but whoever trusts in the Lord will be enriched.

One given to anger stirs up strife, and the hothead causes much transgression.

The words of King Lemuel. An oracle that his mother taught him: