Proverbs 17:14

The beginning of strife is like breaching a dam, therefore stop contention before quarreling breaks out.

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The beginning of strife is like breaching a dam, therefore stop contention before quarrelling breaks out.

BSB

To start a quarrel is to release a flood; so abandon the dispute before it breaks out.

KJV

The beginning of strife is as when one letteth out water: therefore leave off contention, before it be meddled with.

ASV

The beginning of strife is [as] when one letteth out water: Therefore leave off contention, before there is quarrelling.

BBE

The start of fighting is like the letting out of water: so give up before it comes to blows.

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Matthew Henry · Verse 14

What danger there is in the beginning of strife! Resist its earliest display; and leave it off, if it were possible, before you begin.

Cross-references: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Hebrew and Greek data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. Library: sources.