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Proverbs 17:14

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

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  1. Proverbs 17:12

    Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, rather than a fool in his folly.

  2. Proverbs 17:13

    Whoso rewardeth evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house.

  3. Proverbs 17:15

    He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the just, even they both are abomination to the Lord.

  4. Proverbs 17:16

    Wherefore is there a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom, seeing he hath no heart to it?

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Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.