Proverbs 20:3

Honour, hath the man who sitteth away from strife, but, any fool, may break through.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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 growl as of a young lion, is the dread inspired by a king, he that provoketh him, endangereth his own life.

4By reason of the autumn, a sluggard will not plough, therefore shall he beg in harvest, and there be nothing.

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Cross References

Proverbs 14:17The impatient, worketh folly, and, a man of wicked devices, is hated.

Proverbs 16:32Better he that is slow to anger, than a hero, and he that ruleth his spirit, than he that captureth a city.

Proverbs 18:6the lips of a dullard, enter into contention, and his mouth, for blows, crieth out.

Proverbs 21:24A haughty insolent one—Scoffer is his name, is he that acteth in a transport of pride.

Proverbs 26:17As he who layeth hold of the ears of a dog, is a passer-by, who giveth vent to his wrath over a quarrel, not his!

Ephesians 4:32And be ye gracious one to another, tenderly affectionate, in favour forgiving one another—even as, God also, in Christ, hath in favour forgiven 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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