Proverbs 15:18
A hot-tempered man stirs up strife, but he who is slow to anger calms dispute.
Berean Standard Bible
In The King James Version
A wrathful man stirreth up strife: but he that is slow to anger appeaseth strife.
In Context
17Better a dish of vegetables where there is love than a fattened ox with hatred.
19The way of the slacker is like a hedge of thorns, but the path of the upright is a highway.
Cross References
Genesis 13:8So Abram said to Lot, “Please let there be no contention between you and me, or between your herdsmen and my herdsmen. After all, we are brothers.
1 Samuel 25:24She fell at his feet and said, “My lord, may the blame be on me alone, but please let your servant speak to you; hear the words of your servant.
Proverbs 10:12Hatred stirs up dissension, but love covers all transgressions.
Proverbs 15:1A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.
Proverbs 22:24Do not make friends with an angry man, and do not associate with a hot-tempered man,
Proverbs 26:21Like charcoal for embers and wood for fire, so is a quarrelsome man for kindling strife.
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 →