Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
letteth . . . water—as a breach in a dam.
before . . . meddled with—before strife has become sharp, or, by an explanation better suiting the figure, before it rolls on, or increases.
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Proverbs 17:14:
Proverbs 18:1
Proverbs 20:3
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