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Proverbs 20:3
3It is an honour for a man to cease from strife; but every fool rusheth into it.
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 scorner, strong drink is raging; and whoso erreth thereby is not wise. 2The terror of a king is as the roaring of a lion: he that provoketh him to anger sinneth against his own soul. It is an honour for a man to cease from strife; but every fool rusheth into it. 4The sluggard will not plough by reason of the winter; he shall beg in harvest, and have nothing. 5Counsel in the heart of man is deep water, and a man of understanding draweth it out.
Read all of Proverbs 20Proverbs 20:3 word by word
כָּב֣וֹד לָ֭אִישׁ שֶׁ֣בֶת מֵרִ֑יב וְכָל־אֱ֝וִ֗יל יִתְגַּלָּֽע׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Proverbs 20:3
- Proverbs 14:29He that is slow to anger is of great understanding; but he that is hasty of spirit exalteth folly.
- Proverbs 16:32He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty, and he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city.
- Proverbs 17:14The beginning of contention is [as] when one letteth out water; therefore leave off strife before it become vehement.
- Proverbs 19:11The discretion of a man maketh him slow to anger, and it is his glory to pass over a transgression.
- Proverbs 25:8Go not forth hastily to strive, lest [thou know not] what to do in the end thereof, when thy neighbour hath put thee to shame.
- Ephesians 1:6to [the] praise of [the] glory of his grace, wherein he has taken us into favour in the Beloved:
- Ephesians 4:32and be to one another kind, compassionate, forgiving one another, so as God also in Christ has forgiven you.
- Ephesians 5:1Be ye therefore imitators of God, as beloved children,
- Proverbs 14:17He that is soon angry dealeth foolishly, and a man of mischievous devices is hated.
- Proverbs 18:6A fool's lips enter into contention, and his mouth calleth for stripes.
- Proverbs 21:24Proud, arrogant, scorner is his name who dealeth in proud wrath.
- 2 Kings 14:9And Jehoash king of Israel sent to Amaziah king of Judah, saying, The thorn-bush that is in Lebanon sent to the cedar that is in Lebanon, saying, Give thy daughter to my son as wife; and there passed by the wild beast that is in Lebanon, and trode down the thorn-bush.
- James 3:14but if ye have bitter emulation and strife in your hearts, do not boast and lie against the truth.
- James 4:1Whence [come] wars and whence fightings among you? [Is it] not thence, — from your pleasures, which war in your members?
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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