TSK · Proverbs 17:14

Then sayde Abram vnto Lot: let there be no strife I pray thee betweene thee and me, and betweene my heardmen and thyne, for we be brethren.

And the men of Ephraim gathered them selues together, & went northwarde, & sayd vnto Iephthah: Wherfore wentest thou to fight against the children of Ammon, and dyddest not call vs to go with thee? we will therfore burne thine house vpon thee with fire.

And there was an exceeding cruell battel that same day: For Abner and the men of Israel fell before the seruauntes of Dauid.

And aunswered them after the aduise of the young men, saying: My father made your yoke greeuous, and I wyll adde thereto: my father chastised you with whyppes, but I wyll chastise you with scourges.

Then Amaziahu king of Iuda toke aduise, and sent to Ioas the sonne of Iehoahaz the sonne of Iehu king of Israel, and said: Come, that we way see either other.

Among the proude there is euer strife: but with the well aduised is wisdome.

A soft aunswere appeaseth wrath: but rough wordes stirre vp anger.

He that delighteth in sinne, loueth strife: and who so setteth his doore to hye, seeketh destruction.

It is a mans honour to kepe him selfe from strife: but euery foole wyll be medling.

As coles kindle heate, and wood the fire: euen so doth a brawling felowe stirre vp variaunce.

Better is it to consider the ende of a thing then the beginning: The pacient of spirite, is better then the hye minded.

And in those dayes, when the number of ye disciples grewe, there arose a grudge among the Grekes agaynst ye Hebrues, because their wydowes were despysed in the dayly ministerie.

If it be possible, as much as lyeth in you, lyue peaceably with all men.

But foolishe & vnlearned questions put from thee, knowyng that they do but gender strife.