Proverbs 15:18
An angry man makes men come to blows, but he who is slow to get angry puts an end to fighting.
World English Bible British with Deuterocanon
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 simple meal where love is, than a fat ox and hate with it.
19Thorns are round the way of the hater of work; but the road of the hard worker becomes a highway.
Cross References
Genesis 13:8Then Abram said to Lot, Let there be no argument between me and you, and between my herdmen and your herdmen, for we are brothers.
1 Samuel 25:24And falling at his feet she said, May the wrong be on me, my lord, on me: let your servant say a word to you, and give ear to the words of your servant.
Proverbs 10:12Hate is a cause of violent acts, but all errors are covered up by love.
Proverbs 15:1By a soft answer wrath is turned away, but a bitter word is a cause of angry feelings.
Proverbs 22:24Do not be friends with a man who is given to wrath; do not go in the company of an angry man:
Proverbs 26:21Like breath on coals and wood on fire, so a man given to argument gets a fight started.
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 →