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Proverbs 17:14

Proverbs 16Proverbs 18

Proverbs 17:14 New International Version (NIV)

14 Starting a quarrel is like breaching a dam;
    so drop the matter before a dispute breaks out.

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Proverbs 17:19

Proverbs 16Proverbs 18

Proverbs 17:19 New International Version (NIV)

19 Whoever loves a quarrel loves sin;
    whoever builds a high gate invites destruction.

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Proverbs 20:3

Proverbs 19Proverbs 21

Proverbs 20:3 New International Version (NIV)

3 It is to one’s honor to avoid strife,
    but every fool is quick to quarrel.

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Proverbs 22:10

Proverbs 21Proverbs 23

Proverbs 22:10 New International Version (NIV)

10 Drive out the mocker, and out goes strife;
    quarrels and insults are ended.

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Proverbs 26:21

Proverbs 25Proverbs 27

Proverbs 26:21 New International Version (NIV)

21 As charcoal to embers and as wood to fire,
    so is a quarrelsome person for kindling strife.

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Proverbs 12:19

Proverbs 11Proverbs 13

Proverbs 12:19 New International Version (NIV)

19 Truthful lips endure forever,
    but a lying tongue lasts only a moment.

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Proverbs 12:22

Proverbs 11Proverbs 13

Proverbs 12:22 New International Version (NIV)

22 The Lord detests lying lips,
    but he delights in people who are trustworthy.

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Proverbs 17:20

Proverbs 16Proverbs 18

Proverbs 17:20 New International Version (NIV)

20 One whose heart is corrupt does not prosper;
    one whose tongue is perverse falls into trouble.

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Proverbs 19:5

Proverbs 18Proverbs 20

Proverbs 19:5 New International Version (NIV)

5 A false witness will not go unpunished,
    and whoever pours out lies will not go free.

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Proverbs 19:22

Proverbs 18Proverbs 20

Proverbs 19:22 New International Version (NIV)

22 What a person desires is unfailing love[a];
    better to be poor than a liar.

Footnotes:

  1. Proverbs 19:22 Or Greed is a person’s shame
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Proverbs 21:6

Proverbs 20Proverbs 22

Proverbs 21:6 New International Version (NIV)

6 A fortune made by a lying tongue
    is a fleeting vapor and a deadly snare.[a]

Footnotes:

  1. Proverbs 21:6 Some Hebrew manuscripts, Septuagint and Vulgate; most Hebrew manuscripts vapor for those who seek death
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Proverbs 18:20-21

Proverbs 17Proverbs 19

Proverbs 18:20-21 New International Version (NIV)

20 From the fruit of their mouth a person’s stomach is filled;
    with the harvest of their lips they are satisfied.

21 The tongue has the power of life and death,
    and those who love it will eat its fruit.

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