Proverbs 30:33

Tree of Life Version

For as churning milk produces butter, and twisting the nose produces blood, so stirring up anger produces strife.

Then he took butter and milk and the young ox that he had prepared and set it before them. While he was standing by them under the tree, they ate.

Hatred stirs up strife but love covers up all transgressions.

A hot-tempered man stirs up strife, but one who is slow to anger calms a quarrel.

A perverse person sows strife, and a gossip separates close friends.

The beginning of strife is like letting out water— so stop a quarrel before it breaks out.

As coals are to embers and wood to fire, so is a contentious person to kindling strife.

A greedy soul stirs up strife, but one who trusts in Adonai prospers.

An angry man stirs up dissention, and a hotheaded one commits many transgressions.

The words of King Lemuel, an oracle that his mother taught him: