Proverbs 17:14
14 The beginning of contention 'is' a letting out of waters, And before it is meddled with leave the strife.
Young's Literal Translation is in the public domain.
14 The beginning of contention 'is' a letting out of waters, And before it is meddled with leave the strife.
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.