The lot causeth contentions to cease, and parteth between the mighty.
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Proverbs 18:18 · retained source text
The lot causeth contentions to cease, and parteth betweene the mighty.
KJV dictionary & concordance
contentions
Meaning of “contentions”
Strifes, disputes, quarrels, or earnest contests.
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6 occurrences6 verses3 booksKJV PCE
First occurrence: Proverbs 18:18
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Every verse containing “contentions”
A brother offended is harder to be won than a strong city: and their contentions are like the bars of a castle.
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Proverbs 18:19 · retained source text
A brother offended is harder to be wonne then a strong citie: and their contentions are like the barres of a castle.
A foolish son is the calamity of his father: and the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Proverbs 19:13 · retained source text
A foolish sonne is the calamity of his father; and the contentions of a wife are a continuall dropping.
1611 marginal noteChap. 10.1. & 15.20. and 17 21. & 25. and chap. 21.9.
1611 marginal noteChap. 27.15.
Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions? who hath babbling? who hath wounds without cause? who hath redness of eyes?
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Proverbs 23:29 · retained source text
Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions? who hath babbling? who hath wounds without cause? who hath rednesse of eyes?
1611 marginal noteIsay.5.11.
For it hath been declared unto me of you, my brethren, by them which are of the house of Chloe, that there are contentions among you.
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 1 Corinthians 1:11 · retained source text
For it hath bene declared vnto me of you, my brethren, by them which are of the house of Cloe, that there are contentions among you.
But avoid foolish questions, and genealogies, and contentions, and strivings about the law; for they are unprofitable and vain.
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Titus 3:9 · retained source text
But auoyd foolish questions, and genealogies, and contentions, and striuings about the lawe; for they are vnprofitable and vaine.
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