Proverbs 30:33 (BSB)

For as the churning of milk yields butter, and the twisting of the nose draws blood, so the stirring of anger brings forth strife.”

From Proverbs 30. Also in the ESV.

Commentary on Proverbs 30:33

• Matthew Henry (Presbyterian), Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary on Proverbs 30:29-33: Here is, I. An enumeration of four things which are majestic and stately in their going, which look great: - 1. A lion, the king of beasts, because strongest among beasts. Among beasts it is strength that gives the pre-eminence, but it is a pity that it should do so among men, whose wisdom is their honour, not their strength and force.
• John Gill (Reformed Baptist), Exposition of the Old and New Testaments on Proverbs 30:33: Surely the churning of milk bringeth forth butter,.... Or the pressing of it. This is a thing well known and certain, that of milk, when pressed out of the udder, and put into a churn, and there is shook together, by a constant violent agitation or motion, called churning, butter is produced; and cheese is sometimes called pressed milk (y), and is pressed with the...
• Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (Reformed), Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible on Proverbs 30:33: That is, strife--or other ills, as surely arise from devising evil as natural effects from natural causes. Next: Proverbs Chapter 31
• Keil & Delitzsch (Lutheran), Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament on Proverbs 30:32-33: Pro 30:32-33 Another proverb, the last of Agur’s “Words” which exhorts to thoughtful, discreet demeanour, here follows the proverb of self-conscious, grave deportment: 32 If thou art foolish in that thou exaltest thyself, Or in devising, - put thy hand to thy mouth! 33 For the pressure on milk bringeth forth butter, And pressure on the nose bringeth forth blood, And pressure on sensibility bringeth forth altercation.