Proverbs 3:30
Strive not with a man without cause, if he have done you no harm.
Updated King James Version
In The King James Version
Strive not with a man without cause, if he have done thee no harm.
In Context
29Devise not evil against your neighbour, seeing he dwells securely by you.
31Envy you not the oppressor, and choose none of his ways.
Cross References
Proverbs 17:14The beginning of strife is as when one lets out water: therefore leave off contention, before it be meddled with.
Proverbs 25:8Go not forth hastily to strive, lest you know not what to do in the end thereof, when your neighbour has put you to shame.
Matthew 5:39But I say unto you, That all of you resist not evil: but whosoever shall strike you on your right cheek, turn to him the other also.
1 Corinthians 6:6But brother goes to law with brother, and that before the 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 →