(A)Avoiding strife is an honor for a person,
But any fool will [a]quarrel.

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  1. Proverbs 20:3 Lit burst out

It is to one’s honor to avoid strife,
    but every fool(A) is quick to quarrel.(B)

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Do not go out (A)hastily to [a]argue your case;
[b]Otherwise, what will you do in [c]the end,
When your neighbor humiliates you?

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  1. Proverbs 25:8 Lit contend
  2. Proverbs 25:8 Lit Lest
  3. Proverbs 25:8 Lit its

    do not bring[a] hastily to court,
for what will you do in the end
    if your neighbor puts you to shame?(A)

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  1. Proverbs 25:8 Or nobles / on whom you had set your eyes. / Do not go

11 and to make it your ambition (A)to lead a quiet life and (B)attend to your own business and (C)work with your hands, just as we instructed you,

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11 and to make it your ambition to lead a quiet life: You should mind your own business and work with your hands,(A) just as we told you,

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