Proverbs 15:18
An angry man makes men come to blows, but he who is slow to get angry puts an end to fighting.
Bible in Basic English
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 simple meal where love is, than a fat ox and hate with it.
19Thorns are round the way of the hater of work; but the road of the hard worker becomes a highway.
Cross References
Genesis 13:8Then Abram said to Lot, Let there be no argument between me and you, and between my herdmen and your herdmen, for we are brothers.
1 Samuel 25:24And falling at his feet she said, May the wrong be on me, my lord, on me: let your servant say a word to you, and give ear to the words of your servant.
Proverbs 10:12Hate is a cause of violent acts, but all errors are covered up by love.
Proverbs 15:1By a soft answer wrath is turned away, but a bitter word is a cause of angry feelings.
Proverbs 22:24Do not be friends with a man who is given to wrath; do not go in the company of an angry man:
Proverbs 26:21Like breath on coals and wood on fire, so a man given to argument gets a fight started.
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 →