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Avoid Needless Conflict
Commentators explain that this verse warns against two types of baseless conflict: petty verbal arguments and unnecessary lawsuits. The wisdom here is to avoid being quarrelsome or litigious when no real, substantive harm has been done to your person or property.
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Albert Barnes
On Proverbs 3:27–35
18th Century
Theologian
A marked change in style. The continuous exhortation is replaced by a series of maxims.
From them to whom it is due – litera…
John Gill
On Proverbs 3:30
17th Century
Pastor
Strive not with a man without cause ,
Either by words, in a wrangling, quarrelsome, and contentious way, for mere tr…
Matthew Henry
On Proverbs 3:27–35
17th Century
Minister
Our duty is to observe the precepts of Christ and to copy his example. We are to do justice, to love mercy, and to beware of covetousness. We are a…