Proverbs 30:33
Milk out milk, and there shall be butter, and if you wing one's nostrils there shall come out blood: so if you extort words, there will come forth quarrels and strifes.
LXX2012 (British)
In The King James Version
In Context
32If you abandon yourself to mirth, and stretch forth your hand in a quarrel, you shall be disgraced.
Cross References
Proverbs 15:18A passionate man stirs up strife; but he that is slow to anger appeases even a + 15:18 Gr. future. rising one. A man slow to anger will extinguish quarrels; but an ungodly man rather stirs them up.
Proverbs 17:14Rightful rule gives power to words; but sedition and strife precede poverty.
Proverbs 28:25An unbelieving man judges rashly: but he that trusts in the Lord will act carefully.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 30:30-33
Four Things Majestic and Stately. 29 There be three things which go well, yea, four are comely in going: 30 A lion which is strongest among beasts, and turneth not away for any; 31 A greyhound; an he goat also; and a king, against whom there is no rising up. 32 If thou hast done foolishly in lifting up thyself, or if thou hast thought evil, lay thine hand upon thy mouth. 33 Surely the churning of milk bringeth forth butter, and the wringing of the nose bringeth forth blood: so the forcing of wrath bringeth forth… Read the whole commentary →