Proverbs 17:14-16

New Century Version

¹⁴ Starting a quarrel is like a leak in a dam,
    so stop it before a fight breaks out.

¹⁵ The Lord hates both of these things:
    freeing the guilty and punishing the innocent.

¹⁶ It won’t do a fool any good to try to buy wisdom,
    because he doesn’t have the ability to be wise.