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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 honor for a man to cease from strife: but every fool will be meddling. (Prov. 20:3)

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Prov. 17:19• 19He loveth transgression that loveth strife: and he that exalteth his gate seeketh destruction. (Prov. 17:19)
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Prov. 26:21• 21As coals are to burning coals, and wood to fire; so is a contentious man to kindle strife. (Prov. 26:21)
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Prov. 29:22• 22An angry man stirreth up strife, and a furious man aboundeth in transgression. (Prov. 29:22)
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Judg. 12:1‑6• 1And the men of Ephraim gathered themselves together, and went northward, and said unto Jephthah, Wherefore passedst thou over to fight against the children of Ammon, and didst not call us to go with thee? we will burn thine house upon thee with fire.
 2And Jephthah said unto them, I and my people were at great strife with the children of Ammon; and when I called you, ye delivered me not out of their hands.
 3And when I saw that ye delivered me not, I put my life in my hands, and passed over against the children of Ammon, and the Lord delivered them into my hand: wherefore then are ye come up unto me this day, to fight against me?
 4Then Jephthah gathered together all the men of Gilead, and fought with Ephraim: and the men of Gilead smote Ephraim, because they said, Ye Gileadites are fugitives of Ephraim among the Ephraimites, and among the Manassites.
 5And the Gileadites took the passages of Jordan before the Ephraimites: and it was so, that when those Ephraimites which were escaped said, Let me go over; that the men of Gilead said unto him, Art thou an Ephraimite? If he said, Nay;
 6Then said they unto him, Say now Shibboleth: and he said Sibboleth: for he could not frame to pronounce it right. Then they took him, and slew him at the passages of Jordan: and there fell at that time of the Ephraimites forty and 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 play before us. And Joab said, Let them arise.
 15Then there arose and went over by number twelve of Benjamin, which pertained to Ish-bosheth 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; so they fell down together: wherefore that place was called Helkath-hazzurim, which is in Gibeon.
 17And there was a very sore battle that day; and Abner was beaten, and the men of Israel, 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 unto 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 Jordan?
 42And all the men of Judah answered the men of Israel, Because the king is near of kin to us: wherefore then be ye angry for this matter? have we eaten at all of the king's cost? or hath he given us any gift?
 43And the men of Israel answered the men of Judah, and said, We have ten parts in the king, and we have also more right in David than ye: why then did ye despise us, that our advice should not be first had in bringing back our king? And the words of the men of Judah were fiercer 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 Benjamite: and he blew a trumpet, and said, We have no part in David, neither have we inheritance in the son of Jesse: every man to his tents, O Israel.
 2So every man of Israel went up from after David, and followed Sheba the son of Bichri: but the men of Judah clave unto their king, from Jordan even to Jerusalem.
 3And David came to his house at Jerusalem; and the king took the ten women his concubines, whom he had left to keep the house, and put them in ward, and fed them, but went not in unto them. So they were shut up unto the day of their death, living in widowhood.
 4Then said the king to Amasa, Assemble me the men of Judah within three days, and be thou here present.
 5So Amasa went to assemble the men of Judah: but he tarried 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 fenced cities, and escape us.
 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 went before them. And Joab's garment that he had put on was girded unto him, and upon it a girdle with a sword fastened upon his loins in the sheath thereof; and as he went forth it fell out.
 9And Joab said to Amasa, Art thou in health, my brother? And Joab took Amasa by the beard with the right hand to kiss him.
 10But Amasa took no heed to the sword that was in Joab's hand: so he smote him therewith in the fifth rib, and shed out his bowels to the ground, and struck him not again; and he died. So Joab and Abishai his brother pursued after Sheba the son of Bichri.
 11And one of Joab's men stood by him, and said, He that favoreth Joab, and he that is for David, let him go after Joab.
 12And 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 him 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.
 14And he went through all the tribes of Israel unto Abel, and to Beth-maachah, and all the Berites: and they were gathered together, and went also after him.
 15And they came and besieged him in Abel of Beth-maachah, and they cast up a bank against the city, and it stood in the trench: and all the people that were with Joab battered the wall, to throw it down.
 16Then cried a wise woman out of the city, Hear, hear; say, I pray you, unto Joab, Come near hither, that I may speak with thee.
 17And when he was come near unto her, the woman said, Art thou Joab? And he answered, I am he. Then she said unto him, Hear the words of thine handmaid. And he answered, I do hear.
 18Then she spake, saying, They were wont to speak in old time, saying, They shall surely ask counsel at Abel: and so they ended the matter.
 19I am one of them that are peaceable and faithful in Israel: thou seekest to destroy a city and a mother in Israel: why wilt thou swallow up the inheritance of the Lord?
 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, hath lifted up his hand against the king, even against David: deliver him only, and I will depart from the city. And the woman said unto Joab, Behold, his head shall be thrown to thee over the wall.
 22Then the woman went unto all the people in her wisdom. And they cut off the head of Sheba the son of Bichri, and cast it out to Joab. And he blew a trumpet, and they retired from the city, every man to his tent. And Joab returned to Jerusalem unto the king. (2 Sam. 20:1‑22)
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2 Chron. 10:14‑16• 14And answered them after the advice of the young men, saying, My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add thereto: my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.
 15So the king hearkened not unto the people: for the cause was of God, that the Lord might perform his word, which he spake by the hand of Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam the son of Nebat.
 16And when all Israel saw that the king would not hearken unto them, the people answered the king, saying, What portion have we in David? and we have none inheritance in the son of Jesse: every man to your tents, O Israel: and now, David, see to thine own house. So 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: so there fell down slain of Israel five hundred thousand chosen men. (2 Chron. 13:17)
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2 Chron. 25:17‑24• 17Then Amaziah king of Judah took advice, and sent to Joash, the son of Jehoahaz, the son of Jehu, king of Israel, saying, Come, let us see one another in the face.
 18And Joash king of Israel sent to Amaziah king of Judah, saying, The thistle that was in Lebanon sent to the cedar that was in Lebanon, saying, Give thy daughter to my son to wife: and there passed by a wild beast that was in Lebanon, and trode down the thistle.
 19Thou sayest, Lo, thou hast smitten the Edomites; and thine heart lifteth thee up to boast: abide now at home; why shouldest thou meddle to thine hurt, that thou shouldest fall, even thou, and Judah with thee?
 20But Amaziah would not hear; for it came of God, that he might deliver them into the hand of their enemies, because they sought after the gods of Edom.
 21So Joash the king of Israel went up; and they saw one another in the face, both he and Amaziah king of Judah, at Beth-shemesh, which belongeth to Judah.
 22And Judah was put to the worse before Israel, and they fled every man to his tent.
 23And Joash the 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 brake 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, the hostages also, and returned to Samaria. (2 Chron. 25:17‑24)
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2 Chron. 28:6• 6For Pekah the son of Remaliah slew in Judah an hundred and twenty thousand in one day, which were all valiant men; because they had forsaken the Lord God of their fathers. (2 Chron. 28:6)
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Prov. 13:10• 10Only by pride cometh contention: but with the well advised is wisdom. (Prov. 13:10)
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Prov. 14:29• 29He that is slow to wrath 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 wrath: but grievous words stir 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 deferreth his anger; and it is his glory to pass over a transgression. (Prov. 19:11)
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Prov. 20:3• 3It is an honor for a man to cease from strife: but every fool will be meddling. (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 neighbor hath put thee to shame. (Prov. 25:8)
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Gen. 13:8‑9• 8And Abram said unto Lot, Let there be no strife, I pray thee, between me and thee, and between my herdmen and thy herdmen; for we be brethren.
 9Is not the whole land before thee? separate thyself, I pray thee, from me: if thou wilt take the left hand, then I will go to the right; or if thou depart to the right hand, then I will go to the left. (Gen. 13:8‑9)
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Judg. 8:1‑3• 1And the men of Ephraim said unto him, Why hast thou served us thus, that thou calledst us not, when thou wentest to fight with the Midianites? And they did chide with him sharply.
 2And he said unto them, What have I done now in comparison of you? Is not the gleaning of the grapes of Ephraim better than the vintage of Abiezer?
 3God hath delivered into your hands the princes of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb: and what was I able to do in comparison of you? Then their anger was abated toward him, when he had said that. (Judg. 8:1‑3)
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Eccl. 7:8‑9• 8Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof: and the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.
 9Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry: for anger resteth in the bosom of fools. (Eccl. 7:8‑9)
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Matt. 5:39‑41• 39But I say unto you, That ye resist not evil: but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also.
 40And if any man will sue thee at the law, and take away thy coat, let him have thy cloke also.
 41And whosoever shall compel thee to go a mile, go with him twain. (Matt. 5:39‑41)
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Acts 6:1‑5• 1And in those days, when the number of the disciples was multiplied, there arose a murmuring of the Grecians against the Hebrews, because their widows were neglected in the daily ministration.
 2Then the twelve called the multitude of the disciples unto them, and said, It is not reason that we should leave the word of God, and serve tables.
 3Wherefore, brethren, look ye out among you seven men of honest report, full of the Holy Ghost and wisdom, whom we may appoint over this business.
 4But we will give ourselves continually to prayer, and to the ministry of the word.
 5And the saying pleased the whole multitude: and they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Ghost, 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• 2When therefore Paul and Barnabas had no small dissension and disputation with them, they determined that Paul and Barnabas, and certain other of them, should go up to Jerusalem unto the apostles and elders about this question.
 3And being brought on their way by the church, they passed through Phenice and Samaria, declaring the conversion of the Gentiles: and they caused great joy unto all the brethren.
 4And when they were come to Jerusalem, they were received of the church, and of the apostles and elders, and they declared all things that God had done with them.
 5But there rose up certain of the sect of the Pharisees which believed, saying, That it was needful to circumcise them, and to command them to keep the law of Moses.
 6And the apostles and elders came together for to consider of this matter.
 7And when there had been much disputing, Peter rose up, and said unto them, Men and brethren, ye know how that a good while ago God made choice among us, that the Gentiles by my mouth should hear the word of the gospel, and believe.
 8And God, which knoweth the hearts, bare them witness, giving them the Holy Ghost, even as he did unto us;
 9And put no difference between us and them, purifying their hearts by faith.
 10Now therefore why tempt ye God, to put a yoke upon the neck of the disciples, which neither our fathers nor we were able to bear?
 11But we believe that through the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ we shall be saved, even as they.
 12Then all the multitude kept silence, and gave audience to Barnabas and Paul, declaring what miracles and wonders God had wrought among the Gentiles by them.
 13And after they had held their peace, James answered, saying, Men and brethren, hearken unto me:
 14Simeon hath declared how God at the first did visit the Gentiles, to take out of them a people for his name.
 15And to this agree the words of the prophets; as it is written,
 16After this I will return, and will build again the tabernacle of David, which is fallen down; and I will build again the ruins thereof, and I will set it up:
 17That the residue of men might seek after the Lord, and all the Gentiles, upon whom my name is called, saith the Lord, who doeth all these things.
 18Known unto God are all his works from the beginning of the world.
 19Wherefore my sentence is, that we trouble not them, which from among the Gentiles are turned to God:
 20But that we write unto them, that they abstain from pollutions of idols, and from fornication, and from things strangled, and from blood.
 21For Moses of old time hath in every city them that preach him, being read in the synagogues every sabbath day. (Acts 15:2‑21)
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Rom. 12:18• 18If it be possible, as much as lieth in you, live peaceably with all men. (Rom. 12:18)
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1 Thess. 4:11• 11And that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you; (1 Thess. 4:11)
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2 Tim. 2:23‑24• 23But foolish and unlearned questions avoid, knowing that they do gender strifes.
 24And the servant of the Lord must not strive; but be gentle unto all men, apt to teach, patient, (2 Tim. 2:23‑24)
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James 3:14‑18• 14But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth.
 15This wisdom descendeth not from above, but is earthly, sensual, devilish.
 16For where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every evil work.
 17But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be entreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.
 18And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace of 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.