Proverbs 20:3
It is an honour for a man to separate himself from quarrels: but all fools are meddling with reproaches.
Douay-Rheims 1899
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 14:17The impatient man shall work folly: and the crafty man is hateful.
Proverbs 16:32The patient man is better than the valiant: and he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh cities.
Proverbs 18:6The lips of a fool intermeddle with strife: and his mouth provoketh quarrels.
Proverbs 21:24The proud and the arrogant is called ignorant, who in anger worketh pride.
Proverbs 26:17As he that taketh a dog by the ears, so is he that passeth by in anger, and meddleth with another man's quarrel.
Ephesians 4:32And be ye kind one to another; merciful, forgiving one another, even as God hath forgiven you in Christ.
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 →