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Proverbs 20:3
3Honor belongs to the person who ends a dispute, but any fool can get himself into a quarrel.
Proverbs 20:3 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)It is an honour for a man to cease from strife: but every fool will be meddling.
- New International Version (NIV)It is to one’s honor to avoid strife, but every fool is quick to quarrel.
- English Standard Version (ESV)It is an honor for a man to keep aloof from strife, but every fool will be quarreling.
- New King James Version (NKJV)It is honorable for a man to stop striving, Since any fool can start a quarrel.
Context of Proverbs 20:3
1Wine is a mocker, beer is a brawler; whoever goes astray because of them is not wise. 2A king’s terrible wrath is like the roaring of a lion; anyone who provokes him endangers himself. Honor belongs to the person who ends a dispute, but any fool can get himself into a quarrel. 4The slacker does not plow during planting season; at harvest time he looks, and there is nothing. 5Counsel in a person’s heart is deep water; but a person of understanding draws it out.
Read all of Proverbs 20Proverbs 20:3 word by word
כָּב֣וֹד לָ֭אִישׁ שֶׁ֣בֶת מֵרִ֑יב וְכָל־אֱ֝וִ֗יל יִתְגַּלָּֽע׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Proverbs 20:3
- Proverbs 14:29A patient person shows great understanding, but a quick-tempered one promotes foolishness.
- Proverbs 16:32Patience is better than power, and controlling one’s emotions, than capturing a city.
- Proverbs 17:14To start a conflict is to release a flood; stop the dispute before it breaks out.
- Proverbs 19:11A person’s insight gives him patience, and his virtue is to overlook an offense.
- Proverbs 25:8Don’t take a matter to court hastily. Otherwise, what will you do afterward if your opponent humiliates you?
- Ephesians 1:6to the praise of his glorious grace that he lavished on us in the Beloved One.
- Ephesians 4:32And be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving one another, just as God also forgave you in Christ.
- Ephesians 5:1Therefore, be imitators of God, as dearly loved children,
- Proverbs 14:17A quick-tempered person acts foolishly, and one who schemes is hated.
- Proverbs 18:6A fool’s lips lead to strife, and his mouth provokes a beating.
- Proverbs 21:24The arrogant and proud person, named “Mocker,” acts with excessive arrogance.
- 2 Kings 14:9King Jehoash of Israel sent word to King Amaziah of Judah, saying, “The thistle in Lebanon once sent a message to the cedar in Lebanon, saying, ‘Give your daughter to my son as a wife.’ Then a wild animal in Lebanon passed by and trampled the thistle.
- James 3:14But if you have bitter envy and selfish ambition in your heart, don’t boast and deny the truth.
- James 4:1What is the source of wars and fights among you? Don’t they come from your passions that wage war within you?
Commentaries on Proverbs 20:3
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 3It is an honoer for a man - The same sentiment as Proverbs 19:11.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3Meddling - See Proverbs 17:14 note.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 3Verse 3 To engage in quarrels is the greatest folly that can be. Yield, and even give up just demands, for peace' sake.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 33. to cease from strife--or, better, "to dwell from or without strife," denoting the habit of life. fool ... meddling--(Pr 17:14).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Proverbs 20
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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