Proverbs 20:3

It is kavod for an ish to cease from strife, 1 but any fool can start a quarrel. 1

Orthodox Jewish 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 wrath of a melech is as the roaring of a lion; 1 he who provoketh him to anger sinneth against his own nefesh. 1

4The atzel (sluggard, lazy one) will not plow by reason of choref (winter, cold); 1 therefore shall he beg at katzir (harvest), and have nothing. 1

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Cross References

Proverbs 14:17He that is quick-tempered dealeth folly, 1 and an ish mezimot (a man of crafty schemes) is hated. 1

Proverbs 16:32He that is slow to anger 1 is better than the gibbor; 1 and he that ruleth his ruach 1 than he that captures a city. 1

Proverbs 18:6The sfatayim (lips) of a kesil enter into contention, 1 and his peh (mouth) inviteth blows. 1

Proverbs 21:24Proud and haughty scoffer is shmo, 1 who acteth in superfluity of zadon (pride). 1

Proverbs 26:17He that passeth by, and meddleth in a quarrel that doth not belong to him, 1 is like one that taketh a kelev by the oznayim. 1

Ephesians 4:32And have Chen v'Chesed graciousness with one another. Be kind, tender-hearted, forgiving each other, as also Hashem in Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach 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 →

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