¹⁷ Laying hold on the ears of a dog, `Is' a passer-by making himself wrath for strife not his own.

¹¹ An evil man seeketh only rebellion, And a fierce messenger is sent against him.

⁶ The lips of a fool enter into strife, And his mouth for stripes calleth.

³ An honour to a man is cessation from strife, And every fool intermeddleth.

¹⁴ And he said to him, `Man, who set me a judge or a divider over you?'

²³ and the foolish and uninstructed questions be avoiding, having known that they beget strife,

²⁴ and a servant of the Lord it behoveth not to strive, but to be gentle unto all, apt to teach, patient under evil,