Proverbs 3:30

KJV1611 – Modern English

Do not strive with a man without cause, if he has done you no harm.

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  • Prov 17:14 : 14 The beginning of strife is as when one lets out water, therefore leave off contention before it is meddled with.
  • Prov 18:6 : 6 A fool's lips enter into contention, and his mouth calls for blows.
  • Prov 25:8-9 : 8 Do not go forth hastily to contend, lest you know not what to do in the end thereof, when your neighbor has put you to shame. 9 Debate your cause with your neighbor himself; and do not disclose a secret to another;
  • Prov 29:22 : 22 An angry man stirs up strife, and a furious man abounds in transgression.
  • Matt 5:39-41 : 39 But I say to you, do not resist an evil person: but whoever slaps you on your right cheek, turn the other to him also. 40 If anyone wants to sue you and take away your tunic, let him have your cloak also. 41 And whoever compels you to go one mile, go with him two.
  • Rom 12:18-21 : 18 If it is possible, as much as depends on you, live peaceably with all men. 19 Beloved, do not avenge yourselves, but rather give place to wrath; for it is written, 'Vengeance is mine; I will repay,' says the Lord. 20 Therefore if your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him a drink: for in so doing you will heap coals of fire on his head. 21 Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.
  • 1 Cor 6:6-8 : 6 But brother goes to law with brother, and that before the unbelievers. 7 Now therefore there is utterly a fault among you, because you go to law one with another. Why do you not rather accept wrong? Why do you not rather allow yourselves to be defrauded? 8 No, you do wrong and defraud, and that your brethren.
  • 2 Tim 2:24 : 24 And a servant of the Lord must not quarrel but be gentle to all, able to teach, patient,

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 3:27-29
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    27Do not withhold good from those to whom it is due, when it is in the power of your hand to do it.

    28Do not say to your neighbor, 'Go, and come again, and tomorrow I will give,' when you have it with you.

    29Do not devise evil against your neighbor, seeing he dwells securely by you.

  • Prov 3:31
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    31Do not envy the oppressor, and choose none of his ways.

  • Prov 25:8-9
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    76%

    8Do not go forth hastily to contend, lest you know not what to do in the end thereof, when your neighbor has put you to shame.

    9Debate your cause with your neighbor himself; and do not disclose a secret to another;

  • Prov 24:28-29
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    76%

    28Do not be a witness against your neighbor without cause, and do not deceive with your lips.

    29Do not say, I will do to him as he has done to me; I will pay the man back for his work.

  • Ps 37:7-8
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    7Rest in the LORD, and wait patiently for him: do not fret because of him who prospers in his way, because of the man who brings wicked schemes to pass.

    8Cease from anger and forsake wrath; do not fret—it only leads to evil.

  • Ps 15:3
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    3He who does not slander with his tongue, nor do evil to his neighbor, nor take up a reproach against his neighbor.

  • Prov 25:17
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    17Withdraw your foot from your neighbor's house, lest he become weary of you and so hate you.

  • Ps 37:1
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    1Do not worry because of evildoers, nor be envious of those who work iniquity.

  • Prov 24:18-19
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    18Lest the LORD see it, and it displease him, and he turn away his wrath from him.

    19Do not fret because of evil men, neither be envious of the wicked.

  • Ps 7:4
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    4If I have rewarded evil to him who was at peace with me; (yes, I have delivered him who without cause is my enemy:)

  • Prov 24:1
    73%

    1Do not be envious of evil men, nor desire to be with them.

  • Rom 12:17-18
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    17Repay no one evil for evil. Provide things honest in the sight of all men.

    18If it is possible, as much as depends on you, live peaceably with all men.

  • 1 Pet 3:9-11
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    72%

    9Not returning evil for evil or reviling for reviling, but on the contrary blessing, knowing that you were called to this, that you may inherit a blessing.

    10For he who would love life and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips from speaking deceit.

    11Let him turn away from evil and do good; let him seek peace and pursue it.

  • Titus 3:2
    72%

    2To speak evil of no one, to be peaceable, gentle, showing all humility to all men.

  • Prov 20:3
    72%

    3It is an honor for a man to cease from strife, but every fool will be meddling.

  • Ps 28:3
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    3Do not draw me away with the wicked, and with the workers of iniquity, who speak peace to their neighbors, but mischief is in their hearts.

  • Prov 22:24
    72%

    24Make no friendship with an angry man, and with a furious man do not go,

  • Prov 24:15
    72%

    15Do not lie in wait, O wicked man, against the dwelling of the righteous; do not spoil his resting place.

  • Job 31:29-30
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    72%

    29If I rejoiced at the destruction of him that hated me, or lifted myself up when evil found him;

    30Neither have I allowed my mouth to sin by wishing a curse upon his soul.

  • 1 Pet 3:13
    72%

    13And who is he who will harm you if you are followers of what is good?

  • Hos 4:4
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    4Yet let no one strive, nor reprove another, for your people are like those who contend with the priest.

  • Lev 19:33
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    33And if a stranger sojourns with you in your land, you shall not mistreat him.

  • Lev 19:17-18
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    17You shall not hate your brother in your heart; you shall surely rebuke your neighbor, and not suffer sin upon him.

    18You shall not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the children of your people, but you shall love your neighbor as yourself: I am the LORD.

  • Lev 24:19
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    19And if a man causes a blemish in his neighbor, as he has done, so shall it be done to him:

  • Num 35:22-23
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    71%

    22But if he pushes him suddenly without enmity, or throws anything upon him without lying in wait,

    23Or with any stone, by which a man may die, seeing him not, and throw it upon him, so that he dies, and was not his enemy, nor sought his harm:

  • Prov 17:13-14
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    13Whoever rewards evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house.

    14The beginning of strife is as when one lets out water, therefore leave off contention before it is meddled with.

  • Prov 16:29
    71%

    29A violent man entices his neighbor, and leads him into a way that is not good.

  • 1 Thess 5:15
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    15See that no one renders evil for evil to anyone; but always pursue what is good, both for yourselves and for all.

  • Job 33:13
    71%

    13Why do you strive against Him? For He does not give account of any of His matters.

  • Prov 15:18
    71%

    18A wrathful man stirs up strife, but he who is slow to anger calms strife.

  • Ps 34:14
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    14Depart from evil and do good; seek peace and pursue it.

  • Lam 3:36
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    36To subvert a man in his cause, the Lord does not approve.

  • Ps 35:19
    70%

    19Let not my enemies wrongfully rejoice over me; neither let those who hate me without cause wink with the eye.

  • Rom 12:21
    70%

    21Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.

  • Prov 17:26
    70%

    26Also, to punish the just is not good, nor to strike princes for their uprightness.

  • Job 22:21
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    21Acquaint yourself with Him now and be at peace; thereby good will come to you.

  • Prov 30:10
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    10Do not accuse a servant to his master, lest he curse you, and you be found guilty.