Proverbs 20:3
It is a mans honour to kepe him selfe from strife: but euery foole wyll be medling.
Bible (Bishops')
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 14:17An vnpatient man dealeth foolishly: but he that is well aduised, is hated [of the foole.]
Proverbs 16:32A patient man is better the one strong: and he that can rule hym selfe, is more worth then he that wynneth a citie.
Proverbs 18:6A fooles lippes come with brawling, and his mouth prouoketh vnto stripes.
Proverbs 21:24He that is proude and arrogant; is called a scorner, whiche in his wrath worketh presumptuously.
Proverbs 26:17Who so goeth by and medleth with other mens strife: he is like one that taketh a dogge by the eares.
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 →