Proverbs 17:14
14 The start of fighting is like the letting out of water: so give up before it comes to blows.
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14 The start of fighting is like the letting out of water: so give up before it comes to blows.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Proverbs 17:14
Commentary on Proverbs 17:14
(Read Proverbs 17:14)
What danger there is in the beginning of strife! Resist its earliest display; and leave it off, if it were possible, before you begin.