14To start a quarrel is to release a flood; so abandon the dispute before it breaks out.
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Proverbs 17:14
Wisdom in Household Peace, Tested Hearts, Just Speech, and Relational Restraint
The chapter moves through household peace, divine heart-testing, speech and poverty, family honor, bribery and love, rebuke and folly, quarrels and justice, friendship and surety, conflict and grief, crooked justice, wandering folly, and restrained speech.
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Verse 14
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To startרֵאשִׁ֣יתH7225Noun - feminine singular constructa quarrelמָד֑וֹןH4066Noun - masculine singularis to releaseפּ֣וֹטֵֽרH6362Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singulara floodמַ֭יִםH4325Noun - masculine pluralso abandonנְטֽוֹשׁ׃H5203Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singularthe disputeהָרִ֥יבH7379Article | Noun - masculine singularbeforeוְלִפְנֵ֥יH6440Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Noun - common plural constructit breaks outהִ֝תְגַּלַּ֗עH1566Verb - Hitpael - Perfect - third person masculine singular