Proverbs 30:33

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.

Cross-references

Proverbs 15:18 states a hot-tempered man stirs up strife—same outcome as stirring anger here.

Proverbs 26:21 compares a quarrelsome man to fuel for strife—parallel analogy to churning milk here.

Proverbs 29:22 directly links anger to stirring conflict, matching the lesson here that anger produces strife.

Proverbs 17:14 warns about the beginning of strife like a breach—similar to how stirring anger leads to strife.

Proverbs 28:25 identifies the greedy as those who stir up conflict, echoing the cause of strife in the simile here.

Proverbs 16:28 Related theme

Proverbs 16:28 links a whisperer to spreading strife—another source of the strife described here.