Proverbs 20:3
It is an honour for a man to keep aloof from strife: but every fool will be quarrelling.
Revised Version 1895
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 soon angry will deal foolishly: and a man of wicked devices is hated.
Proverbs 16:32He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; and he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city.
Proverbs 18:6A fool’s lips enter into contention, and his mouth calleth for stripes.
Proverbs 21:24The proud and haughty man, scorner is his name, he worketh in the arrogance of pride.
Proverbs 26:17He that passeth by, and vexeth himself with strife belonging not to him, is like one that taketh a dog by the ears.
Ephesians 4:32and be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving each other, even as God also in Christ 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 →