Verse 30

Striue not with any man without a cause, where as he hath done thee no harme.

Referenced Verses

  • Prov 17:14 : 14 The beginning of strife is, as when a man maketh an issue for water: therfore leaue of before the contention be medled with.
  • Prov 18:6 : 6 A fooles lippes come with brawling, and his mouth prouoketh vnto stripes.
  • Prov 25:8-9 : 8 Be not hastie to go to lawe: lest haplye thou knowest not what to do when thy neighbour hath confounded thee. 9 Handle thy matter with thy neighbour himselfe, and discouer not thy secrete to another:
  • Prov 29:22 : 22 An angry man stirreth vp strife, and he that beareth euyll will in his mynde doth much euyll.
  • Matt 5:39-41 : 39 But, I say vnto you, that ye resist not euyll. But, whosoeuer geueth thee a blowe on thy right cheeke, turne to him the other also. 40 And yf any man wyll sue thee at the lawe, and take away thy coate, let him haue thy cloke also. 41 And whosoeuer wyll compell thee to go a myle, go with hym twayne.
  • Rom 12:18-21 : 18 If it be possible, as much as lyeth in you, lyue peaceably with all men. 19 Dearely beloued, auenge not your selues, but rather geue place vnto wrath. For it is written: Uengeaunce is myne, I wyll repay sayth the Lorde. 20 Therfore, yf thyne enemie hunger, feede hym: yf he thyrst, geue him drinke. For in so doyng, thou shalt heape coales of fyre on his head. 21 Be not ouercome of euyll, but ouercome euyll with good.
  • 1 Cor 6:6-8 : 6 But one brother goeth to law with another, and that vnder the vnbeleuers? 7 Nowe therefore there is vtterly a fault among you, because ye go to lawe one with another: Why rather suffer ye not wrong? why rather suffer ye not harme? 8 Nay, ye your selues do wrong, and do harme, and that to your brethren.
  • 2 Tim 2:24 : 24 And the seruaunt of the Lorde must not striue: but be gentle vnto all men, apt to teache, sufferyng euyll in mekenesse,