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Proverbs 17

Prov. 17:14 KJV (With Strong’s)

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The beginning
re'shiyth (Hebrew #7225)
the first, in place, time, order or rank (specifically, a firstfruit)
KJV usage: beginning, chief(-est), first(-fruits, part, time), principal thing.
Pronounce: ray-sheeth'
Origin: from the same as 7218
of strife
madown (Hebrew #4066)
a contest or quarrel
KJV usage: brawling, contention(-ous), discord, strife. Compare 4079, 4090.
Pronounce: maw-dohn'
Origin: from 1777
is as when one letteth out
patar (Hebrew #6362)
to cleave or burst through, i.e. (causatively) to emit, whether literal or figurative (gape)
KJV usage: dismiss, free, let (shoot) out, slip away.
Pronounce: paw-tar'
Origin: a primitive root
water
mayim (Hebrew #4325)
water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen
KJV usage: + piss, wasting, water(-ing, (-course, -flood, -spring)).
Pronounce: mah'-yim
Origin: dual of a primitive noun (but used in a singular sense)
: thereforeo leave off
natash (Hebrew #5203)
properly, to pound, i.e. smite; by implication (as if beating out, and thus expanding) to disperse; also, to thrust off, down, out or upon (inclusively, reject, let alone, permit, remit, etc.)
KJV usage: cast off, drawn, let fall, forsake, join (battle), leave (off), lie still, loose, spread (self) abroad, stretch out, suffer.
Pronounce: naw-tash'
Origin: a primitive root
contention
riyb (Hebrew #7379)
from 7378; a contest (personal or legal)
KJV usage: + adversary, cause, chiding, contend(-tion), controversy, multitude (from the margin), pleading, strife, strive(-ing), suit.
Pronounce: reeb
Origin: or rib {reeb}
, before
paniym (Hebrew #6440)
the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.)
KJV usage: + accept, a-(be- )fore(-time), against, anger, X as (long as), at, + battle, + because (of), + beseech, countenance, edge, + employ, endure, + enquire, face, favour, fear of, for, forefront(-part), form(-er time, -ward), from, front, heaviness, X him(-self), + honourable, + impudent, + in, it, look(-eth) (- s), X me, + meet, X more than, mouth, of, off, (of) old (time), X on, open, + out of, over against, the partial, person, + please, presence, propect, was purposed, by reason of, + regard, right forth, + serve, X shewbread, sight, state, straight, + street, X thee, X them(-selves), through (+ - out), till, time(-s) past, (un-)to(-ward), + upon, upside (+ down), with(- in, + -stand), X ye, X you.
Pronounce: paw-neem'
Origin: plural (but always as singular) of an unused noun (paneh {paw-neh'}; from 6437)
it be meddled
gala` (Hebrew #1566)
to be obstinate
KJV usage: (inter-)meddle (with).
Pronounce: gaw-lah'
Origin: a primitive root
with.
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Prov. 20:3• 3It is an honour for a man to cease from strife; but every fool rusheth into it. (Prov. 20:3)

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Prov. 17:19• 19He loveth transgression that loveth a quarrel; he that maketh high his gate seeketh destruction. (Prov. 17:19)
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Prov. 26:21• 21As coals for hot coals, and wood for fire, so is a contentious man to inflame strife. (Prov. 26:21)
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Prov. 29:22• 22An angry man exciteth contention; and a furious man aboundeth in transgression. (Prov. 29:22)
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Judg. 12:1‑6• 1And the men of Ephraim were called together, and passed over northwards, and said to Jephthah, Why didst thou pass over to fight against the children of Ammon, and didst not call us to go with thee? We will burn thy house upon thee with fire.
 2And Jephthah said to them, I was at great strife, I and my people, with the children of Ammon; and I called you, but ye saved me not out of their hand.
 3And when I saw that ye would not save me, I put my life in my hand, and passed over against the children of Ammon, and Jehovah gave them into my hand. Why then are ye come up to me this day, to fight against me?
 4And Jephthah gathered together all the men of Gilead, and fought with Ephraim; and the men of Gilead smote Ephraim, because they said, Ye, Gilead, ye are fugitives of Ephraim in the midst of Ephraim, and in the midst of Manasseh.
 5And Gilead took the fords of the Jordan before Ephraim; and it came to pass that when the fugitives of Ephraim said, Let me go over, the men of Gilead said to him, Art thou an Ephraimite? and he said, No.
 6Then they said to him, Say now Shibboleth! and he said, Sibboleth, and did not manage to pronounce it rightly. Then they took him, and slaughtered him at the fords of the Jordan. And there fell at that time of Ephraim forty-two thousand. (Judg. 12:1‑6)
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2 Sam. 2:14‑17• 14And Abner said to Joab, Let the young men now arise and make sport before us. And Joab said, Let them arise.
 15And they arose and went over by number, twelve for Benjamin, and for Ishbosheth the son of Saul, and twelve of the servants of David.
 16And they caught every one his fellow by the head, and thrust his sword in his fellow's side, and they fell down together. And that place was called Helkath-hazzurim, which is by Gibeon.
 17And the battle that day was very severe; and Abner and the men of Israel were routed before the servants of David. (2 Sam. 2:14‑17)
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2 Sam. 19:41‑43• 41And behold, all the men of Israel came to the king, and said to the king, Why have our brethren the men of Judah stolen thee away, and have brought the king, and his household, and all David's men with him, over the Jordan?
 42And all the men of Judah answered the men of Israel, Because the king is near of kin to me; and why then are ye angry for this matter? have we eaten anything which came from the king, or has he given us any present?
 43And the men of Israel answered the men of Judah and said, I have ten parts in the king and I have also more right in David than thou; and why didst thou slight me? and was not my advice the first, to bring back my king? And the words of the men of Judah were harsher than the words of the men of Israel. (2 Sam. 19:41‑43)
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2 Sam. 20:1‑22• 1And there happened to be there a man of Belial, whose name was Sheba, the son of Bichri, a Benjaminite; and he blew a trumpet, and said, We have no portion in David, neither have we inheritance in the son of Jesse: every man to his tents, Israel.
 2Then all the men of Israel went up from after David, following Sheba the son of Bichri. But the men of Judah clave to their king, from the Jordan even to Jerusalem.
 3And David came to his house at Jerusalem; and the king took the ten women, concubines, whom he had left to keep the house, and put them in a house of confinement and maintained them, but did not go in to them. So they were shut up unto the day of their death, living in widowhood.
 4And the king said to Amasa, Call me the men of Judah together within three days, and do thou attend here.
 5So Amasa went to call together the men of Judah; but he delayed longer than the set time which he had appointed him.
 6And David said to Abishai, Now shall Sheba the son of Bichri do us more harm than did Absalom. Take thou thy lord's servants, and pursue after him, lest he get him fortified cities and escape our sight.
 7And there went out after him Joab's men, and the Cherethites, and the Pelethites, and all the mighty men; and they went out of Jerusalem, to pursue after Sheba the son of Bichri.
 8When they were at the great stone which is in Gibeon, Amasa came before them. And Joab was girded with his coat, his dress, and upon it was the girdle of the sword which was fastened on his loins in its sheath; and as he went forth it fell out.
 9And Joab said to Amasa, Art thou well, my brother? And Joab took Amasa by the beard with the right hand to kiss him.
 10And Amasa had taken no notice of the sword that was in Joab's hand: so he smote him with it in the belly and shed out his bowels to the ground, and struck him not again; and he died. And Joab and Abishai his brother pursued after Sheba the son of Bichri.
 11And one of Joab's young men stood by Amasa and said, He that favours Joab, and he that is for David, let him follow Joab.
 12Now Amasa wallowed in blood in the midst of the highway. And when the man saw that all the people stood still, he removed Amasa out of the highway into the field, and cast a cloth upon him, when he saw that every one that came by stood still.
 13When he was removed out of the highway, all the people went on after Joab, to pursue after Sheba the son of Bichri,
 14who went through all the tribes of Israel to Abel, and to Beth-Maacah, and all the Berim; and they gathered together, and went also after him.
 15And they came and besieged him in Abel-Beth-Maacah, and they cast up a bank against the city, and it was raised in the trench; and all the people that were with Joab sapped the wall, to throw it down.
 16And a wise woman cried out of the city, Hear, hear: say, I pray you, unto Joab, Come near hither, that I may speak with thee.
 17And he came near to her; and the woman said, Art thou Joab? And he said, I am he. And she said to him, Listen to the words of thy handmaid. And he said, I am listening.
 18And she spoke saying, They were wont to speak in old time saying, Just inquire in Abel; and so they ended.
 19I am peaceable and faithful in Israel: thou seekest to destroy a city and a mother in Israel. Why wilt thou swallow up the inheritance of Jehovah?
 20And Joab answered and said, Far be it, far be it from me, that I should swallow up or destroy.
 21The matter is not so; but a man of mount Ephraim, Sheba the son of Bichri by name, has lifted up his hand against the king, against David: give up him only, and I will depart from the city. And the woman said to Joab, Behold, his head shall be thrown to thee over the wall.
 22Then the woman went to all the people in her wisdom. And they cut off the head of Sheba the son of Bichri, and cast it to Joab. And he blew a trumpet, and they dispersed from the city, every man to his tent. And Joab returned to Jerusalem to the king. (2 Sam. 20:1‑22)
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2 Chron. 10:14‑16• 14and spoke to them according to the advice of the young men, saying, My father made your yoke heavy, but *I* will add to it; my father chastised you with whips, but *I* will chastise you with scorpions.
 15So the king hearkened not to the people; for it was brought about by God, that Jehovah might give effect to his word, which he spoke through Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam the son of Nebat.
 16And all Israel saw that the king hearkened not to them; and the people answered the king saying, What portion have we in David? and we have no inheritance in the son of Jesse: every man to your tents, O Israel. Now see to thine own house, David! And all Israel went to their tents. (2 Chron. 10:14‑16)
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2 Chron. 13:17• 17And Abijah and his people slew them with a great slaughter; and there fell down slain of Israel five hundred thousand chosen men. (2 Chron. 13:17)
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2 Chron. 25:17‑24• 17And Amaziah king of Judah took counsel, and sent to Joash the son of Jehoahaz, the son of Jehu, king of Israel, saying, Come, let us look one another in the face.
 18And Joash king of Israel sent to Amaziah king of Judah, saying, The thorn-bush that is in Lebanon sent to the cedar that is in Lebanon, saying, Give thy daughter to my son as wife; and there passed by the wild beast that is in Lebanon, and trode down the thorn-bush.
 19Thou thinkest, Lo, thou hast smitten Edom; and thy heart has lifted thee up to boast: abide now at home; why shouldest thou contend with misfortune, that thou shouldest fall, thou and Judah with thee?
 20But Amaziah would not hear; for it was of God, that he might deliver them into the enemy's hand, because they had sought after the gods of Edom.
 21And Joash king of Israel went up; and they looked one another in the face, he and Amaziah king of Judah, at Beth-shemesh, which is in Judah.
 22And Judah was routed before Israel; and they fled every man to his tent.
 23And Joash king of Israel took Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Joash the son of Jehoahaz, at Beth-shemesh, and brought him to Jerusalem, and he broke down the wall of Jerusalem from the gate of Ephraim to the corner gate, four hundred cubits.
 24And he took all the gold and the silver, and all the vessels that were found in the house of God with Obed-Edom, and the treasures of the king's house, and hostages, and returned to Samaria. (2 Chron. 25:17‑24)
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2 Chron. 28:6• 6And Pekah the son of Remaliah slew in Judah a hundred and twenty thousand in one day, all valiant men, because they had forsaken Jehovah the God of their fathers. (2 Chron. 28:6)
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Prov. 13:10• 10By pride there only cometh contention; but with the well-advised is wisdom. (Prov. 13:10)
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Prov. 14:29• 29He that is slow to anger is of great understanding; but he that is hasty of spirit exalteth folly. (Prov. 14:29)
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Prov. 15:1• 1A soft answer turneth away fury; but a grievous word stirreth up anger. (Prov. 15:1)
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Prov. 16:32• 32He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty, and he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city. (Prov. 16:32)
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Prov. 19:11• 11The discretion of a man maketh him slow to anger, and it is his glory to pass over a transgression. (Prov. 19:11)
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Prov. 20:3• 3It is an honour for a man to cease from strife; but every fool rusheth into it. (Prov. 20:3)
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Prov. 25:8• 8Go not forth hastily to strive, lest thou know not what to do in the end thereof, when thy neighbour hath put thee to shame. (Prov. 25:8)
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Gen. 13:8‑9• 8And Abram said to Lot, I pray thee let there be no contention between me and thee, and between my herdsmen and thy herdsmen, for we are brethren.
 9Is not the whole land before thee? Separate thyself, I pray thee, from me: if to the left, then I will take the right; and if to the right, then I will take the left. (Gen. 13:8‑9)
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Judg. 8:1‑3• 1And the men of Ephraim said to him, What is this thing thou hast done to us, that thou calledst us not, when thou wentest to fight with Midian? And they disputed with him sharply.
 2And he said to them, What have I done now in comparison with you? Are not the gleanings of Ephraim better than the vintage of Abi-ezer?
 3Into your hands hath God delivered the princes of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb; and what was I able to do in comparison with you? Then their spirit was appeased toward him, when he said that word. (Judg. 8:1‑3)
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Eccl. 7:8‑9• 8Better is the end of a thing than its beginning; better is a patient spirit than a proud spirit.
 9Be not hasty in thy spirit to be vexed; for vexation resteth in the bosom of fools. (Eccl. 7:8‑9)
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Matt. 5:39‑41• 39But *I* say unto you, not to resist evil; but whoever shall strike thee on thy right cheek, turn to him also the other;
 40and to him that would go to law with thee and take thy body coat, leave him thy cloak also.
 41And whoever will compel thee to go one mile, go with him two. (Matt. 5:39‑41)
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Acts 6:1‑5• 1But in those days, the disciples multiplying in number, there arose a murmuring of the Hellenists against the Hebrews because their widows were overlooked in the daily ministration.
 2And the twelve, having called the multitude of the disciples to them, said, It is not right that we, leaving the word of God, should serve tables.
 3Look out therefore, brethren, from among yourselves seven men, well reported of, full of the Holy Spirit and wisdom, whom we will establish over this business:
 4but *we* will give ourselves up to prayer and the ministry of the word.
 5And the saying pleased the whole multitude: and they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and the Holy Spirit, and Philip, and Prochorus, and Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmenas, and Nicolas, a proselyte of Antioch, (Acts 6:1‑5)
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Acts 15:2‑21• 2A commotion therefore having taken place, and no small discussion on the part of Paul and Barnabas against them, they arranged that Paul and Barnabas, and certain others from amongst them, should go up to Jerusalem to the apostles and elders about this question.
 3They therefore, having been set on their way by the assembly, passed through Phoenicia and Samaria, relating the conversion of those of the nations. And they caused great joy to all the brethren.
 4And being arrived at Jerusalem, they were received by the assembly, and the apostles, and the elders, and related all that God had wrought with them.
 5And some of those who were of the sect of the Pharisees, who believed, rose up from among them, saying that they ought to circumcise them and enjoin them to keep the law of Moses.
 6And the apostles and the elders were gathered together to see about this matter.
 7And much discussion having taken place, Peter, standing up, said to them, Brethren, *ye* know that from the earliest days God amongst you chose that the nations by my mouth should hear the word of the glad tidings and believe.
 8And the heart-knowing God bore them witness, giving them the Holy Spirit as to us also,
 9and put no difference between us and them, having purified their hearts by faith.
 10Now therefore why tempt ye God, by putting a yoke upon the neck of the disciples, which neither our fathers nor we have been able to bear?
 11But we believe that we shall be saved by the grace of the Lord Jesus, in the same manner as they also.
 12And all the multitude kept silence and listened to Barnabas and Paul relating all the signs and wonders which God had wrought among the nations by them.
 13And after they had held their peace, James answered, saying, Brethren, listen to me:
 14Simon has related how God first visited to take out of the nations a people for his name.
 15And with this agree the words of the prophets; as it is written:
 16After these things I will return, and will rebuild the tabernacle of David which is fallen, and will rebuild its ruins, and will set it up,
 17so that the residue of men may seek out the Lord, and all the nations on whom my name is invoked, saith the Lord, who does these things
 18known from eternity.
 19Wherefore *I* judge, not to trouble those who from the nations turn to God;
 20but to write to them to abstain from pollutions of idols, and from fornication, and from what is strangled, and from blood.
 21For Moses, from generations of old, has in every city those who preach him, being read in the synagogues every sabbath. (Acts 15:2‑21)
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Rom. 12:18• 18if possible, as far as depends on you, living in peace with all men; (Rom. 12:18)
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1 Thess. 4:11• 11and to seek earnestly to be quiet and mind your own affairs, and work with your own hands, even as we charged you, (1 Thess. 4:11)
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2 Tim. 2:23‑24• 23But foolish and senseless questionings avoid, knowing that they beget contentions.
 24And a bondman of the Lord ought not to contend, but be gentle towards all; apt to teach; forbearing; (2 Tim. 2:23‑24)
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James 3:14‑18• 14but if ye have bitter emulation and strife in your hearts, do not boast and lie against the truth.
 15This is not the wisdom which comes down from above, but earthly, natural, devilish.
 16For where emulation and strife are, there is disorder and every evil thing.
 17But the wisdom from above first is pure, then peaceful, gentle, yielding, full of mercy and good fruits, unquestioning, unfeigned.
 18But the fruit of righteousness in peace is sown for them that make peace. (James 3:14‑18)
• A leak in a dike that could be stopped with a pebble, if noticed at the beginning, will, if neglected, grow greater and greater until, at last, the inrushing waters will carry all before them. So it is with strife. (“Proverbs Seventeen” by H.A. Ironside)

J. N. Darby Translation

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The beginning of contention is as when one letteth out water; therefore leave off strife before it become vehement.