Proverbs 20:3
It is an honor for a man to keep aloof from strife, but every fool will be quarreling.
World Messianic 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
Cross References
Proverbs 14:17He who is quick to become angry will commit folly, and a crafty man is hated.
Proverbs 16:32One who is slow to anger is better than the mighty; one who rules his spirit, than he who takes a city.
Proverbs 18:6A fool’s lips come into strife, and his mouth invites beatings.
Proverbs 21:24The proud and arrogant man—“Scoffer” is his name— he works in the arrogance of pride.
Proverbs 26:17Like one who grabs a dog’s ears is one who passes by and meddles in a quarrel not his own.
Ephesians 4:32And be kind to one another, tender hearted, forgiving each other, just as God also in Messiah 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 →