Proverbs 15:18
An angry man stirs up arguments, 1 but a person who is slow to anger quiets a quarrel. 1
Unlocked Literal Bible
In The King James Version
A wrathful man stirreth up strife: but he that is slow to anger appeaseth strife.
In Context
17Better is a meal with vegetables where there is love 1 than a fatted calf served with hatred. 1
Cross References
Genesis 13:8So Abram said to Lot, “Let there be no strife between you and me, and between your herdsmen and my herdsmen; after all, we are family.
1 Samuel 25:24She lay at his feet and said, “On me alone, my master, be the guilt. Please let your servant speak to you, and listen to the words of your servant.
Proverbs 10:12Hatred stirs up conflicts, 1 but love covers over all offenses. 1
Proverbs 15:1A gentle answer turns away wrath, 1 but a harsh word stirs up anger. 1
Proverbs 22:24Do not make a friend of someone who is ruled by anger 1 and you must not go with one who rages, 1
Proverbs 26:21As charcoal is to burning coals and wood is to fire, 1 so is a quarrelsome person for kindling strife. 1
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 →