Proverbs 17:14 Cross References - MLV

¹⁴ The beginning of strife is like letting out water. Therefore leave off contention, before there is quarreling.

⁸ And Abram said to Lot, I beseech you, let there be no strife between me and you and between my herdsmen and your herdsmen, in that we are men– brothers. ⁹ Is not the whole land before you? I beseech you, separate yourself from me. If you go to the left hand, then I will go to the right. Or if you go to the right hand, then I will go to the left.

¹ And the men of Ephraim said to him, Why have you done thus to us, that you did not call us when you went to fight with Midian? And they chided with him sharply.
² And he said to them, What have I now done in comparison with you*? Is not the gleaning of the grapes of Ephraim better than the vintage of Abiezer? ³ God has delivered into your* hand the rulers of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb and what was I able to do in comparison with you*? Then their anger was abated toward him when he had said that.

¹ And the men of Ephraim were gathered together and passed northward. And they said to Jephthah, Why did you pass over to fight against the sons of Ammon and did not call us to go with you? We will burn your house upon you with fire.
² And Jephthah said to them, I and my people were at great strife with the sons of Ammon and when I called you*, you* did not save me out of their hand. ³ And when I saw that you* did not save me, I put my life in my hand and passed opposite the sons of Ammon and Jehovah delivered them into my hand. Why then have you* come up to me this day, to fight against me?
⁴ Then Jephthah gathered together all the men of Gilead and fought with Ephraim. And the men of Gilead killed* Ephraim, because they said, You* are fugitives of Ephraim, you* Gileadites, in the midst of Ephraim, and in the midst of Manasseh.
⁵ And the Gileadites took the fords of the Jordan against the Ephraimites. And it was so, that, when any of the fugitives of Ephraim said, Let me go over, the men of Gilead said to him, Are you an Ephraimite? If he said, No, ⁶ then they said to him, Say now Shibboleth and he said Sibboleth, for he could not frame to pronounce it right, then they laid hold on him and killed him at the fords of the Jordan. And there fell at that time of Ephraim forty-two thousand.

¹⁴ And Abner said to Joab, I beseech you, let the young men arise and play before us. And Joab said, Let them arise. ¹⁵ Then they arose and went over by number: twelve for Benjamin and for Ish-bosheth the son of Saul and twelve of the servants of David.
¹⁶ And each man caught his fellow by the head and thrust his sword in his fellow's side, so they fell down together. Therefore that place was called Helkath-hazzurim, which is in Gibeon. ¹⁷ And the battle was very severe that day. And Abner was beaten and the men of Israel, before the servants of David.

⁴¹ And behold, all the men of Israel came to the king and said to the king, Why have our brothers the men of Judah stolen you away and brought the king and his household, over the Jordan and all David's men with him?

¹⁴ and spoke to them after the counsel of the young men, saying, My father made your* yoke heavy, but I will add to it. My father disciplined you* with whips, but I with scorpions.
¹⁵ So the king did not listen to the people. For it was brought about by God, that Jehovah might establish his word, which he spoke by Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam the son of Nebat.
¹⁶ And when all Israel saw that the king did not listen to them, the people answered the king, saying, What portion have we in David? Neither have we inheritance in the son of Jesse. Every man to your* tents, O Israel. Now see to your own house, David. So all Israel departed to their tents.

¹⁷ And Abijah and his people killed them with a great slaughter. So there fell down slain of Israel five hundred thousand chosen men.

¹⁷ Then Amaziah king of Judah took advice and sent to Joash, the son of Jehoahaz the son of Jehu, King of Israel, saying, Come, let us look each other in the face. ¹⁸ And Joash King of Israel sent to Amaziah king of Judah, saying, The thistle that was in Lebanon sent to the cedar that was in Lebanon, saying, Give your daughter to my son as a wife. And there passed by a wild beast that was in Lebanon and trampled down the thistle.
¹⁹ You say, Behold, I have struck Edom. And your heart lifts you up to boast. Remain now at home. Why should you meddle to your hurt, that you should fall, even you and Judah with you?
²⁰ But Amaziah would not hear, for it was of God, that he might deliver them into the hand of their enemies, because they had sought after the gods of Edom. ²¹ So Joash King of Israel went up. And he and Amaziah king of Judah looked each other in the face at Beth-shemesh, which belongs to Judah. ²² And Judah was put to the worse before Israel and they fled every man to his tent.
²³ And Joash King of Israel took Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Joash the son of Jehoahaz, at Beth-shemesh and brought him to Jerusalem and broke down the wall of Jerusalem from the gate of Ephraim to the corner gate, four hundred cubits. ²⁴ And he took all the gold and silver and all the vessels that were found in the house of God with Obed-edom and the treasures of the king's house, also the hostages and returned to Samaria.

⁶ For Pekah the son of Remaliah killed in Judah a hundred and twenty thousand in one day, all of them valiant men, because they had forsaken Jehovah, the God of their fathers.

¹⁰ Through pride a vain man causes contention, but wisdom is with the well-advised.

²⁹ He who is slow to anger is of great understanding, but he who is hasty of spirit exalts folly.

¹ A soft answer turns away wrath, but a grievous word stirs up anger.

³² He who is slow to anger is better than the mighty and he who rules his spirit, than he who takes a city.

¹⁹ He loves transgression who loves strife. He who raises high his gate seeks destruction.

¹¹ The discretion of a man makes him slow to anger and it is his glory to pass over a transgression.

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

⁸ Do not go forth hastily to strive. What will you do in the end of it when your neighbor has put you to shame?

²¹ As coals are to hot embers and wood to fire, so is a contentious man to inflame strife.

²² An angry man stirs up strife and a wrathful man abounds in transgression.

⁸ Better is the end of a thing than the beginning of it. The patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.
⁹ Do not be hasty in your spirit to be angry, because anger rests in the bosom of fools.

³⁹ But I am saying to you, Not to stand against an evil man, but who ever slaps you upon your right jaw, turn also the other to him. ⁴⁰ And to him, who is willing to have a lawsuit against you and wants to take away your tunic, then also allow for him to take your^\'b0 outer garment. ⁴¹ And who ever compels you to go one mile, go with him two.

¹ Now in the days when the disciples were multiplying, there became a murmuring from the Grecian Jews aimed toward the Hebrews, because their widows were being left unattended in the daily service. ² Now the twelve called the multitude of the disciples to them and said, It is not pleasing to God for us to have left the word of God to serve tables. ³ Therefore brethren, elect out of you seven men well testified of, full of the Holy Spirit and of wisdom, whom we might designate over this need. ⁴ But we will be persevering in prayer and in the service of the word. ⁵ And the speech pleased the whole multitude and they themselves chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Spirit and Philip and Prochorus and Nicanor and Timon and Parmenas and Nicolaus a Jewish-convert from Antioch;

² Therefore, when it happened, (not just a small dissension and debate by Paul and Barnabas with them), the brethren appointed Paul and Barnabas, and some others out of them, to go up to Jerusalem to the apostles and elders concerning this debate.
³ Therefore indeed, being sent onward by the congregation, they were going through both Phoenicia and Samaria, describing the turning to God of the Gentiles, and they were producing great joy in all the brethren. ⁴ Now when they came to Jerusalem, they were accepted by the congregation, and the apostles and the elders, and they reported how-much God did with them. ⁵ But there rose up some of the sect of the Pharisees who have believed, saying, It is essential to circumcise them and to command them to keep the Law of Moses.
⁶ Now the apostles and the elders were gathered together to see concerning this word
. ⁷ Now after much debate had happened, Peter standing up, said to them, Brethren, you know that from the days of old among us, God chose through my mouth, that the Gentiles were to hear the word of the good-news and to believe it. ⁸ And God, the knower of hearts, testified of them, having given them the Holy Spirit, just-as he did also to us; ⁹ and he made no distinction between us and them in the faith, having cleansed their hearts.
¹⁰ Therefore now, why are you testing God, that is to place a yoke upon the neck of the disciples, which neither our fathers, nor we were strong-enough to bear? ¹¹ But we believe that we will be saved through the favor of the Lord Jesus, according to what is in the same manner as they are also.
¹² Now all the multitude was silent, and they were hearing Barnabas and Paul describing how-much God did, in signs and wonders, among the Gentiles through them.
¹³ Now after they were silent, James answered, saying, Brethren, hear me. ¹⁴ Symeon has described, just-as how God visited the nations first, to take out of them a people for his name. ¹⁵ And the words of the prophets agree together with this; just-as it has been written, ¹⁶ ‘I will turn back after these things, and I will build the tabernacle of David again, which has fallen. And I will build its ruins again. And I will straighten it, ¹⁷ that the rest of men may seek out the Lord, and all the nations, upon whom my name has been called, says the Lord, the one who is doing all these things,’ ¹⁸ (known to God are all his works from the age.)
¹⁹ Hence, I am deciding not to trouble those who are turning to God from among the Gentiles; ²⁰ but to inform them by letter: to abstain from the pollutions of idols, and from fornication, and from what is strangled, and from blood. ²¹ For Moses has those who preach him in every city, from ancient generations, being read in the synagogues every Sabbath.

¹⁸ If possible, what is from you should be at peace with all men.

¹¹ and that you make it your aim to be living quiet lives and to do your own things, and to work with your own hands (just-as we commanded you),

²³ But renounce foolish and non-instructive debates, knowing that they give-birth to quarrels. ²⁴ But it is essential for the Lord’s bondservant to not quarrel, but to be mild toward all, skilled in teaching, tolerating it when being mistreated,

¹⁴ But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your heart, do not boast and lie against the truth. ¹⁵ This wisdom is not a wisdom coming down from above, but is earthly, physical, demonic. ¹⁶ For where jealousy and selfish ambition are, there is unrest and every evil matter. ¹⁷ But the wisdom which is from above is indeed first pure, thereafter is peaceful, gentle, compliant, full of mercy and good fruits, impartial and non-pretended. ¹⁸ And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace by those who are making peace.