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Proverbs 17:14 KJV
Proverbs · chapter 17 · verse 14
The beginning of strife is as when one letteth out water: therefore leave off contention, before it be meddled with.Proverbs 17:14 · King James Version
Proverbs 17:14 in context
12Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, rather than a fool in his folly.
13Whoso rewardeth evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house.
14The beginning of strife is as when one letteth out water: therefore leave off contention, before it be meddled with.
15He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the just, even they both are abomination to the LORD.
16Wherefore is there a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom, seeing he hath no heart to it?
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- contentionrîyba contestH7379 →
- beginningrêʼshîyththe first, in place, time, order or rankH7225 →
- strifemâdôwna contest or quarrelH4066 →
- beforepânîymthe faceH6440 →
- watermayimwaterH4325 →
- offnâṭashproperly, to poundH5203 →
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Here is, 1. The danger that there is in the beginning of strife. One hot word, one peevish reflection, one angry demand, one spiteful contradiction, begets another, and that a third, and so on, till it proves like the cutting of a dam;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary