Proverbs 17:14-16

Amplified Bible

¹⁴ 
The beginning of strife is like letting out water [as from a small break in a dam; first it trickles and then it gushes];
Therefore ^[a]abandon the quarrel before it breaks out and tempers explode.
¹⁵ 
He who justifies the wicked, and he who condemns the righteous
Are both repulsive to the Lord.^(A)
16 
Why is there money in the hand of a fool to buy wisdom,
When he has no common sense or even a heart for it?