Proverbs 3:30

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

Strive not with a man without cause, If he have not done thee evil.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 17:14 : 14 The beginning of contention `is' a letting out of waters, And before it is meddled with leave the strife.
  • Prov 18:6 : 6 The lips of a fool enter into strife, And his mouth for stripes calleth.
  • Prov 25:8-9 : 8 Go not forth to strive, haste, turn, What dost thou in its latter end, When thy neighbour causeth thee to blush? 9 Thy cause plead with thy neighbour, And the secret counsel of another reveal not,
  • Prov 29:22 : 22 An angry man stirreth up contention, And a furious man is multiplying transgression.
  • Matt 5:39-41 : 39 but I -- I say to you, not to resist the evil, but whoever shall slap thee on thy right cheek, turn to him also the other; 40 and whoever is willing to take thee to law, and thy coat to take -- suffer to him also the cloak. 41 `And whoever shall impress thee one mile, go with him two,
  • Rom 12:18-21 : 18 If possible -- so far as in you -- with all men being in peace; 19 not avenging yourselves, beloved, but give place to the wrath, for it hath been written, `Vengeance `is' Mine, 20 I will recompense again, saith the Lord;' if, then, thine enemy doth hunger, feed him; if he doth thirst, give him drink; for this doing, coals of fire thou shalt heap upon his head; 21 Be not overcome by the evil, but overcome, in the good, the evil.
  • 1 Cor 6:6-8 : 6 but brother with brother doth go to be judged, and this before unbelievers! 7 Already, indeed, then, there is altogether a fault among you, that ye have judgments with one another; wherefore do ye not rather suffer injustice? wherefore be ye not rather defrauded? 8 but ye -- ye do injustice, and ye defraud, and these -- brethren!
  • 2 Tim 2:24 : 24 and a servant of the Lord it behoveth not to strive, but to be gentle unto all, apt to teach, patient under evil,

Similar Verses (AI)

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    27Withhold not good from its owners, When thy hand `is' toward God to do `it'.

    28Say not thou to thy friend, `Go, and return, and to-morrow I give,' And substance with thee.

    29Devise not against thy neighbour evil, And he sitting confidently with thee.

  • Prov 3:31
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    31Be not envious of a man of violence, Nor fix thou on any of his ways.

  • Prov 25:8-9
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    76%

    8Go not forth to strive, haste, turn, What dost thou in its latter end, When thy neighbour causeth thee to blush?

    9Thy cause plead with thy neighbour, And the secret counsel of another reveal not,

  • Prov 24:28-29
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    76%

    28Be not a witness for nought against thy neighbour, Or thou hast enticed with thy lips.

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  • Ps 37:7-8
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    7Be silent for Jehovah, and stay thyself for Him, Do not fret because of him Who is making prosperous his way, Because of a man doing wicked devices.

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  • Ps 15:3
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    3He hath not slandered by his tongue, He hath not done to his friend evil; And reproach he hath not lifted up Against his neighbour.

  • Prov 25:17
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    17Withdraw thy foot from thy neighbour's house, Lest he be satiated `with' thee, and have hated thee.

  • Ps 37:1
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    1By David. Do not fret because of evil doers, Be not envious against doers of iniquity,

  • Prov 24:18-19
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    18Lest Jehovah see, and `it be' evil in His eyes, And He hath turned from off him His anger.

    19Fret not thyself at evil doers, Be not envious at the wicked,

  • Ps 7:4
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    4If I have done my well-wisher evil, And draw mine adversary without cause,

  • Prov 24:1
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    1Be not envious of evil men, And desire not to be with them.

  • Rom 12:17-18
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    17giving back to no one evil for evil; providing right things before all men.

    18If possible -- so far as in you -- with all men being in peace;

  • 1 Pet 3:9-11
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    9not giving back evil for evil, or railing for railing, and on the contrary, blessing, having known that to this ye were called, that a blessing ye may inherit;

    10for `he who is willing to love life, and to see good days, let him guard his tongue from evil, and his lips -- not to speak guile;

    11let him turn aside from evil, and do good, let him seek peace and pursue it;

  • Titus 3:2
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    2of no one to speak evil, not to be quarrelsome -- gentle, showing all meekness to all men,

  • Prov 20:3
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    3An honour to a man is cessation from strife, And every fool intermeddleth.

  • Ps 28:3
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    3Draw me not with the wicked, And with workers of iniquity, Speaking peace with their neighbours, And evil in their heart.

  • Prov 22:24
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    24Shew not thyself friendly with an angry man, And with a man of fury go not in,

  • Prov 24:15
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    15Lay not wait, O wicked one, At the habitation of the righteous. Do not spoil his resting-place.

  • Job 31:29-30
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    72%

    29If I rejoice at the ruin of my hater, And stirred up myself when evil found him,

    30Yea, I have not suffered my mouth to sin, To ask with an oath his life.

  • 1 Pet 3:13
    72%

    13and who `is' he who will be doing you evil, if of Him who is good ye may become imitators?

  • Hos 4:4
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    4Only, let no one strive, nor reprove a man, And thy people `are' as those striving with a priest.

  • Lev 19:33
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    33`And when a sojourner sojourneth with thee in your land, thou dost not oppress him;

  • Lev 19:17-18
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    17`Thou dost not hate thy brother in thy heart; thou dost certainly reprove thy fellow, and not suffer sin on him.

    18`Thou dost not take vengeance, nor watch the sons of thy people; and thou hast had love to thy neighbour as thyself; I `am' Jehovah.

  • Lev 24:19
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    19`And when a man putteth a blemish in his fellow, as he hath done so it is done to him;

  • Num 35:22-23
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    22`And if, in an instant, without enmity, he hath thrust him through, or hath cast at him any instrument, without lying in wait;

    23or with any stone wherewith he dieth, without seeing, and causeth `it' to fall upon him, and he dieth, and he `is' not his enemy, nor seeking his evil;

  • Prov 17:13-14
    2 verses
    71%

    13Whoso is returning evil for good, Evil moveth not from his house.

    14The beginning of contention `is' a letting out of waters, And before it is meddled with leave the strife.

  • Prov 16:29
    71%

    29A violent man enticeth his neighbour, And hath causeth him to go in a way not good.

  • 1 Thess 5:15
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    15see no one evil for evil may render to any one, but always that which is good pursue ye, both to one another and to all;

  • Job 33:13
    71%

    13Wherefore against Him hast thou striven, When `for' all His matters He answereth not?

  • Prov 15:18
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    18A man of fury stirreth up contention, And the slow to anger appeaseth strife.

  • Ps 34:14
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    14Turn aside 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 hath not approved.

  • Ps 35:19
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    19Mine enemies rejoice not over me `with' falsehood, Those hating me without cause wink the eye.

  • Rom 12:21
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    21Be not overcome by the evil, but overcome, in the good, the evil.

  • Prov 17:26
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    26Also, to fine the righteous is not good, To smite nobles for uprightness.

  • Job 22:21
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    21Acquaint thyself, I pray thee, with Him, And be at peace, Thereby thine increase `is' good.

  • Prov 30:10
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    10Accuse not a servant unto his lord, Lest he disesteem thee, and thou be found guilty.