What danger there is in the beginning of strife! Resist its earliest display; and leave it off, if it were possible, before you begin.
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Proverbs 17:14
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commentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Proverbs 17:1-28EXPOSITIONJoseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Proverbs 17:10-15Dark phases of human character We may take Proverbs 17:10 as an introduction to what follows. Exhortations are to be given, and the preacher would prepare us to receive them. On the sensitive mind the censure of the goo…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryMatthew Henry on Proverbs 17:14Here is, 1. The danger that there is in the beginning of strife. One hot word, one peevish reflection, one angry demand, one spiteful contradiction, begets another, and that a third, and so on, till it proves like the c…Matthew HenrycommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Proverbs 17:14The beginning of strife is as when one letteth out water. The small rift in the bank of a reservoir of water, if not immediately secured, is soon enlarged and gets beyond control, occasioning widespread ruin and destruc…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Proverbs 17:14The beginning of strife. I. STRIFE MAY HAVE A SMALL BEGINNING. It is not necessary to intend great mischief if a quarrel is to be started. One word of an unfriendly character may be enough to mar the peace of brethren.…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Proverbs 17:14The growth of strife Experience shows us that— I. STRIFE IS A GROWTH. It is as when one letteth out water; first it is the trickling of a few drops, then a tiny rill, then a stream, etc. So with strife; first it is a di…Joseph S. Exell and contributors