14 To 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 start רֵאשִׁ֣ית H7225 Noun - feminine singular construct a quarrel מָד֑וֹן H4066 Noun - masculine singular is to release פּ֣וֹטֵֽר H6362 Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular a flood מַ֭יִם H4325 Noun - masculine plural so abandon נְטֽוֹשׁ׃ H5203 Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular the dispute הָרִ֥יב H7379 Article | Noun - masculine singular before וְלִפְנֵ֥י H6440 Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Noun - common plural construct it breaks out הִ֝תְגַּלַּ֗ע H1566 Verb - Hitpael - Perfect - third person masculine singular