Proverbs 20:3
It is an honour for a man to keep from fighting, but the foolish are ever at war.
Bible in Basic English
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 quickly angry will do what is foolish, but the man of good sense will have quiet.
Proverbs 16:32He who is slow to be angry is better than a man of war, and he who has control over his spirit than he who takes a town.
Proverbs 18:6A foolish man's lips are a cause of fighting, and his mouth makes him open to blows.
Proverbs 21:24The man of pride, lifted up in soul, is named high-hearted; he is acting in an outburst of pride.
Proverbs 26:17He who gets mixed up in a fight which is not his business, is like one who takes a dog by the ears while it is going by.
Ephesians 4:32And be kind to one another, full of pity, having forgiveness for one another, even as God in Christ had forgiveness for you.
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 →