Proverbs 20:3
It is a mans honour to cease from strife: but euery foole will be medling.
Geneva Bible 1599
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 hastie to anger, committeth follie, and a busie body is hated.
Proverbs 16:32He that is slowe vnto anger, is better then the mightie man: and hee that ruleth his owne minde, is better then he that winneth a citie.
Proverbs 18:6A fooles lips come with strife, and his mouth calleth for stripes.
Proverbs 21:24Proude, hautie and scornefull is his name that worketh in his arrogancie wrath.
Proverbs 26:17He that passeth by and medleth with the strife that belongeth not vnto him, is as one that taketh a dog by the eares.
Ephesians 4:32Be ye courteous one to another, and tender hearted, freely forgiuing one another, euen as God for Christes sake, freely forgaue 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 →