Proverbs 17:14

To start a quarrel is to release a flood; so abandon the dispute before it breaks out.

Berean Standard Bible, public domain. Read all of Proverbs 17

2 songs meet this passage

  • “I don't care who's wrong or right”

    I Don't Wanna Fight · Tina Turner

    resonates with Proverbs 17:14

    Choosing to stop arguing before it escalates matches the wisdom of walking away from a quarrel before it breaks out.

  • “Now this ain't the time to make a scene”

    Here We Go Again! · Portrait

    resonates with Proverbs 17:14

    The singer's instinct to avoid starting a public fight lines up with the wisdom of stopping a quarrel before it erupts.

Elsewhere in Proverbs 17