Strive thou not against a man without cause, when he doeth none evil to thee.
Thou hast smitten Edom, and haddest the mastery upon it, and thine heart hath raised thee; be thou satisfied with this glory, and sit in thine house; why excitest, or stirrest up, thou evil, so that thou fall, and Judah with thee?
He that letteth out water, is the head of strives; and before that he suffereth wrong, he forsaketh doom.
The lips of a fool meddle [or mingle] themselves with chidings; and his mouth stirreth strives.
As he that taketh a dog by the ears; so he that passeth, and is unpatient, and is meddled [or mingled] with the chiding of another man.
A wrathful man stirreth chidings; and he that is light to have indignation, shall be more inclined to sins.
But it behooveth the servant of the Lord to chide not; but to be mild to all men, able to teach, patient,