Proverbs 17:14
“The beginning of strife is as when one letteth out water: therfore leaue off contention, before it be medled with.”
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Proverbs 17:14 Context
12Let a beare robbed of her whelps meet a man, rather then a foole in his folly. 13Whoso rewardeth euill for good, euill shall not depart from his house. 14The beginning of strife is as when one letteth out water: therfore leaue off contention, before it be medled with. 15He that iustifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the iust: euen they both are abomination to the Lord. 16Wherfore is there a price in the hand of a foole to get wisedome, seeing he hath no heart to it?
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The beginning of strife [is as] when one letteth out water: therefore leave off contention, before it be meddled with.
- King James Version
The beginning of strife is {like} letting out water, So abandon the quarrel before it breaks out.
- New American Standard Version (1995)