Proverbs 20:3
It is honorable for a man to resolve a dispute, but any fool will quarrel.
Berean Standard Bible
In The King James Version
It is an honour for a man to cease from strife: but every fool will be meddling.
In Context
2The terror of a king is like the roar of a lion; whoever provokes him forfeits his own life.
4The slacker does not plow in season; at harvest time he looks, but nothing is there.
Cross References
Proverbs 14:17A quick-tempered man acts foolishly, and a devious man is hated.
Proverbs 16:32He who is slow to anger is better than a warrior, and he who controls his temper is greater than one who captures a city.
Proverbs 18:6A fool’s lips bring him strife, and his mouth invites a beating.
Proverbs 21:24Mocker is the name of the proud and arrogant man— of him who acts with excessive pride.
Proverbs 26:17Like one who grabs a dog by the ears is a passerby who meddles in a quarrel not his own.
Ephesians 4:32Be kind and tenderhearted to one another, forgiving each other just as in Christ God forgave 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 →