Proverbs 20:3
It is an honor for a man to cease from a contest; but every fool enrageth himself.
Leeser Tanakh
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 14:17He that is soon angry committeth folly; and a man of wicked devices is hated.
Proverbs 16:32One that is slow to anger is better than a hero; and he that ruleth his spirit, than the conqueror of a city.
Proverbs 18:6The lips of the fool come with contention, and his mouth calleth for blows.
Proverbs 21:24The presumptuous and proud, scorner is his name, dealeth in the wrath of presumption.
Proverbs 26:17As is one that taketh hold of a dog by the ears, so is he that passing by becometh excited about a dispute which concerneth him not.
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 →