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Proverbs 30:33

Proverbs 30:33 is verse 33 of Proverbs chapter 30, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.

Berean Standard Bible

For as the churning of milk yields butter, and the twisting of the nose draws blood, so the stirring of anger brings forth strife.”

Surely the churning of milk bringeth forth butter, and the wringing of the nose bringeth forth blood: so the forcing of wrath bringeth forth strife.

For as the churning of milk produces butter, and the wringing of the nose produces blood, so the forcing of wrath produces strife.”

Proverbs 30:31–33 · Berean Standard Bible

31 a strutting rooster; a he-goat; and a king with his army around him.

32 If you have foolishly exalted yourself or if you have plotted evil, put your hand over your mouth.

33 For as the churning of milk yields butter, and the twisting of the nose draws blood, so the stirring of anger brings forth strife.”

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The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.

Proverbs 15:18
A hot-tempered man stirs up strife, but he who is slow to anger calms dispute.

Proverbs 16:28
A perverse man spreads dissension, and a gossip divides close friends.

Proverbs 17:14
To start a quarrel is to release a flood; so abandon the dispute before it breaks out.

Proverbs 26:21
Like charcoal for embers and wood for fire, so is a quarrelsome man for kindling strife.

Proverbs 28:25
A greedy man stirs up strife, but he who trusts in the LORD will prosper.

Proverbs 29:22
An angry man stirs up dissension, and a hot-tempered man abounds in transgression.