Proverbs 3:30
Do not contend against a man without cause, even though he has done no evil to you.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
Strive not with a man without cause, if he have done thee no harm.
In Context
29Do not undertake evil against your friend, even though he has trust in you.
31Do not rival an unjust man, and do not imitate his ways.
Cross References
Proverbs 17:14Whoever releases the water is the head of the conflict. And just before he suffers contempt, he abandons judgment.
Proverbs 25:8The things that your eyes have seen, do not offer hastily in a quarrel, lest afterward you may not be able to make amends, when you have dishonored your friend.
Matthew 5:39But I say to you, do not resist one who is evil, but if anyone will have struck you on your right cheek, offer to him the other also.
1 Corinthians 6:6Instead, brother contends against brother in court, and this before the unfaithful!
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 3:28-35
Justice and Kindness Recommended; Caution against Envy. 27 Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, when it is in the power of thine hand to do it. 28 Say not unto thy neighbour, Go, and come again, and to morrow I will give; when thou hast it by thee. 29 Devise not evil against thy neighbour, seeing he dwelleth securely by thee. 30 Strive not with a man without cause, if he have done thee no harm. 31 Envy thou not the oppressor, and choose none of his ways. 32 For the froward is abomination to the Lord :… Read the whole commentary →