Proverbs 20:3
It is an honour for a man to cease from strife; but every fool rusheth into it.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
It is an honour for a man to cease from strife: but every fool will be meddling.
In Context
4The sluggard will not plough by reason of the winter; he shall beg in harvest, and have nothing.
Cross References
Proverbs 14:17He that is soon angry dealeth foolishly, and a man of mischievous devices is hated.
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 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.
Proverbs 26:17He that passing by vexeth himself with strife belonging not to him, is [like] one that taketh a dog by the ears.
Ephesians 4:32and be to one another kind, compassionate, forgiving one another, so as God also in Christ has forgiven 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 →