Proverbs 20:3
It is an honor for a man to keep aloof from strife, but every fool will be quarrelling.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
It is an honour for a man to cease from strife: but every fool will be meddling.
In Context
Cross References
Proverbs 14:17He who is soon angry will deal foolishly. And a man of wicked devices is hated.
Proverbs 16:32He who is slow to anger is better than the mighty, and he who rules his spirit, than he who takes a city.
Proverbs 18:6A fool's lips enter into contention, and his mouth calls for stripes.
Proverbs 21:24The proud and haughty man, scoffer is his name. He works in the arrogance of pride.
Proverbs 26:17He who passes by, [and] meddles with strife not his, [is like] he who takes a dog by the ears.
Ephesians 4:32And become good toward each other, compassionate, forgiving each other, even as also God in Christ forgave us.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 20:3
2 The fear of a king is as the roaring of a lion: whoso provoketh him to anger sinneth against his own soul. See here, 1. How formidable kings are, and what a terror they strike upon those they are angry with. Their fear, with which (especially when they are absolute and their will is a law) they keep their subjects in awe, is as the roaring of a lion, which is very dreadful to the creatures he preys upon, and makes them tremble so that they cannot escape from him. Those princes that rule by wisdom and love rule… Read the whole commentary →