THEOSISProverbs 3:30Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
Strive not against a man without cause, when he hath done thee no evil.
אַל־תרוב תָּרִ֣יב עִם־אָדָ֣ם חִנָּ֑ם אִם־לֹ֖א גְמָלְךָ֣ רָעָֽה׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- 2 Tim 2:24But the servant of the Lord must not wrangle: but be mild toward all men, apt to teach, patient,
- Prov 29:22A passionate man provoketh quarrels: and he that is easily stirred up to wrath, shall be more prone to sin.
- Prov 18:6The lips of a fool intermeddle with strife: and his mouth provoketh quarrels.
- Prov 25:8The things which thy eyes have seen, utter not hastily in a quarrel: lest afterward thou mayst not be able to make amends, when thou hast dishonoured thy friend.
- Prov 25:9Treat thy cause with thy friend, and discover not the secret to a stranger:
- Rom 12:18If it be possible, as much as is in you, have peace with all men.
- Rom 12:21Be not overcome by evil: but overcome evil by good.
- Prov 17:14The beginning of quarrels is as when one letteth out water: and before he suffereth reproach, he forsaketh judgment.