KJV:
Cast out the scorner, and contention shall go out; yea, strife and reproach shall cease.
NASB:
Drive out the scoffer, and contention will go out, Even strife and dishonor will cease.
KJV:
Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions? who hath babbling? who hath wounds without cause? who hath redness of eyes?
NASB:
Who has woe? Who has sorrow? Who has contentions? Who has complaining? Who has wounds without cause? Who has redness of eyes?
KJV:
It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman and in a wide house.
NASB:
It is better to live in a corner of the roof Than in a house shared with a contentious woman.
KJV:
Where no wood is, there the fire goeth out: so where there is no talebearer, the strife ceaseth.
NASB:
For lack of wood the fire goes out, And where there is no whisperer, contention quiets down.
KJV:
As coals are to burning coals, and wood to fire; so is a contentious man to kindle strife.
NASB:
Like charcoal to hot embers and wood to fire, So is a contentious man to kindle strife.
KJV:
A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike.
NASB:
A constant dripping on a day of steady rain And a contentious woman are alike;
KJV:
He that is of a proud heart stirreth up strife: but he that putteth his trust in the LORD shall be made fat.
NASB:
An arrogant man stirs up strife, But he who trusts in the LORD will prosper.
KJV:
An angry man stirreth up strife, and a furious man aboundeth in transgression.
NASB:
An angry man stirs up strife, And a hot-tempered man abounds in transgression.
KJV:
Woe is me, my mother, that thou hast borne me a man of strife and a man of contention to the whole earth! I have neither lent on usury, nor men have lent to me on usury; yet every one of them doth curse me.
NASB:
Woe to me, my mother, that you have borne me As a man of strife and a man of contention to all the land! I have not lent, nor have men lent money to me, Yet everyone curses me.
KJV:
Why dost thou shew me iniquity, and cause me to behold grievance? for spoiling and violence are before me: and there are that raise up strife and contention.
NASB:
Why do You make me see iniquity, And cause me to look on wickedness? Yes, destruction and violence are before me; Strife exists and contention arises.