Proverbs 15:18
A wrathful man stirs up contention, but he who is slow to anger appeases strife.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
A wrathful man stirreth up strife: but he that is slow to anger appeaseth strife.
In Context
17Better is a dinner of herbs where love is, than a fatted ox and hatred with it.
19The way of the sluggard is as a hedge of thorns, but the path of the upright is made a highway.
Cross References
Genesis 13:8And Abram said to Lot, Let there be no strife, I pray thee, between me and thee, and between my herdsmen and thy herdsmen, for we are brothers.
1 Samuel 25:24And she fell at his feet, and said, Upon me, my lord, upon me be the iniquity, and let thy handmaid, I pray thee, speak in thine ears, and hear thou the words of thy handmaid.
Proverbs 10:12Hatred stirs up strife, but love covers all transgressions.
Proverbs 15:1A soft answer turns away wrath, but a grievous word stirs up anger.
Proverbs 22:24Make no friendship with a man who is given to anger, and thou shall not go with a wrathful man,
Proverbs 26:21[As] coals are to hot embers, and wood to fire, so is a contentious man to inflame strife.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 15:17-18
16 Better is little with the fear of the Lord than great treasure and trouble therewith. 17 Better is a dinner of herbs where love is, than a stalled ox and hatred therewith. Solomon had said in the foregoing verse that he who has not a large estate, or a great income, but a cheerful spirit, has a continual feast; Christian contentment, and joy in God, make the life easy and pleasant; now here he tells us what is necessary to that cheerfulness of spirit which will furnish a man with a continual feast, though he… Read the whole commentary →