Proverbs 30:33

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

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

Then he took curds, and milk, and the calf which 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.

A hot-tempered man stirs up strife, but he who is slow to anger quiets contention.

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

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

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

A greedy man stirs up strife, but he who trusts in the Lord will be enriched.

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

The words of Lemuel, king of Massa, which his mother taught him: