Teks -- Proverbs 3:30 (NET)

3:30 Do not accuse anyone without legitimate cause, if he has not treated you wrongly.

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JFB: Pro 3:29-30

Do not abuse confidence and avoid litigation.

Clarke: Pro 3:30 - Strive not with a man

Strive not with a man - Do not be of a litigious, quarrelsome spirit. Be not under the influence of too nice a sense of honor. If thou must appeal to judicial authority to bring him that wrongs thee to reason, avoid all enmity, and do nothing in a spirit of revenge. But, if he have done thee no harm, why contend with him? May not others in the same way contend with and injure thee!

TSK: Pro 3:30

Pro 17:14, Pro 18:6, Pro 25:8, Pro 25:9, Pro 29:22; Mat 5:39-41; Rom 12:18-21; 1Co 6:6-8; 2Ti 2:24

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Poole: Pro 3:30 - Strive not // Without cause // If he have done thee no harm

Strive not either by words before the magistrate; or otherwise by thine actions.

Without cause without just and necessary cause.

If he have done thee no harm whereby he clearly implies that in case of injury a man may by all lawful means defend himself.

Haydock: Pro 3:30 - Cause // Cum pari contendere anceps est: cum superiore furiosum; cum inferiore sordidum

Cause. We may defend ourselves; but herein great discretion is necessary. (Calmet) ---

Cum pari contendere anceps est: cum superiore furiosum; cum inferiore sordidum. (Seneca, Prov.)

Gill: Pro 3:30 - Strive not with a man without cause // if he have done thee no harm

Strive not with a man without cause, Either by words, in a wrangling, quarrelsome, and contentious way, for mere trifles; when there is no foundation for it, no just reason given to form a complaint, or pick a quarrel upon; or by deeds, by lawsuits, when there is nothing to proceed upon; or it is so trifling, that it is not worth while to litigate it or contend about: such, who strive either way, are far from following the example of Wisdom or Christ, and from taking his advice, Mat 12:19;

if he have done thee no harm; no real hurt to thy person, nor injury to thy substance; if he has not abused nor defrauded thee, nor taken any thing from thee by force or fraud, nor withheld from thee what is thy right and due. But otherwise the laws of God and man ought to take place; right may be sought for, and justice should be done.