Proverbs 17:14-16

Jubilee Bible 2000

¹⁴¶ To release the waters (to speak rashly) is the beginning of contention; therefore, leave off strife before it gets started.

¹⁵¶ He that justifies the wicked and he that condemns the just, even they both are abomination to the LORD.

¹⁶¶ Of what good is the price to buy wisdom in the hand of the fool, seeing he has no heart to understand?

Proverbs 17:14-16

New International Version

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

¹⁵Acquitting the guilty and condemning the innocent^(B)—
the Lord detests them both.^(C)

¹⁶Why should fools have money in hand to buy wisdom,
when they are not able to understand it?^(D)

Jubilee Bible 2000 (JUB)

New International Version (NIV)