Proverbs 3:30
Do not strive with a man without cause, || If he has not done you evil.
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
Strive not with a man without cause, if he have done thee no harm.
In Context
29Do not devise evil against your neighbor, || And he sitting confidently with you.
31Do not be envious of a man of violence, || Nor fix on any of his ways.
Cross References
Proverbs 17:14The beginning of contention [is] a letting out of waters, || And leave the strife before it is meddled with.
Proverbs 25:8Do not go forth to strive, hurry, turn, || What do you do in its latter end, || When your neighbor causes you to blush?
Matthew 5:39but I say to you not to resist the evil, but whoever will slap you on your right cheek, turn to him also the other;
1 Corinthians 6:6But brother with brother goes to be judged, and this before unbelievers!
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 →