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New American Standard Bible (©1995)
The beginning of strife is like letting out water, So abandon the quarrel before it breaks out.GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
Starting a quarrel is like opening a floodgate, so stop before the argument gets out of control. King James Bible
The beginning of strife is as when one letteth out water: therefore leave off contention, before it be meddled with. Jump to Previous Occurrence
Abandon Beginning Blows Breaching Break Breaks Contention Dam Dispute Drop Fighting Leave Matter Quarrel Quarreling Quarrelling Quit Start Starting Stop Strife Vehement Water Waters Withdraw Jump to Next Occurrence
Abandon Beginning Blows Breaching Break Breaks Contention Dam Dispute Drop Fighting Leave Matter Quarrel Quarreling Quarrelling Quit Start Starting Stop Strife Vehement Water Waters Withdraw Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary Verse 14 Here is, 1. The danger that there is in the beginning of strife. One hot word, one peevish reflection, one angry demand, one spiteful contradiction, begets another, and that a third, and so on, till it proves like the cutting of a dam; when the water has got a little passage it does itself widen the breach, bears down all before it, and there is then no stopping it, no reducing it. 2. A good caution inferred thence, to take heed of the first spark of contention and to put it out as soon as ever it appears. Dread the breaking of the ice, for, if once broken, it will break further; therefore leave it off, not only when you see the worst of it, for then it may be too late, but when you see the first of it. Obsta principiis-Resist its earliest display. Leave it off even before it be meddled with; leave it off, if it were possible, before you begin. New American Standard Bible Copyright © 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation, La Habra, Calif. All rights reserved. For Permission to Quote Information visit http://www.lockman.org. GOD'S WORD® is a copyrighted work of God's Word to the Nations. Quotations are used by permission. Copyright 1995 by God's Word to the Nations. All rights reserved. Alphabetical: a abandon before beginning breaching breaks dam dispute drop is it letting like matter of out quarrel so Starting strife the water Bible Browser | 
