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Proverbs 17:14

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14 He that letteth (out) water, is the head of strives, (or of arguments); and before that he suffereth wrong, he forsaketh doom (he deserteth judgement).
14 Starting a quarrel is like breaching a dam; so drop the matter before a dispute breaks out.
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