Proverbs 20:3
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It is an honor for a man to cease from strife: but every fool will be meddling.

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Proverbs 14:29 He that is slow to wrath is of great understanding: but he that is hasty of spirit exalts folly.

Proverbs 16:32 He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; and he that rules his spirit than he that takes a city.

Proverbs 17:14 The beginning of strife is as when one lets out water: therefore leave off contention, before it be meddled with.

Proverbs 19:11 The discretion of a man defers his anger; and it is his glory to pass over a transgression.

Proverbs 25:8-10 Go not forth hastily to strive, lest you know not what to do in the end thereof, when your neighbor has put you to shame...

Ephesians 1:6-8 To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he has made us accepted in the beloved...

Ephesians 4:32 And be you kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake has forgiven you.

Ephesians 5:1 Be you therefore followers of God, as dear children;

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Proverbs 14:17 He that is soon angry deals foolishly: and a man of wicked devices is hated.

Proverbs 18:6 A fool's lips enter into contention, and his mouth calls for strokes.

Proverbs 21:24 Proud and haughty scorner is his name, who deals in proud wrath.

2 Kings 14:9 And Jehoash the king of Israel sent to Amaziah king of Judah, saying...

James 3:14 But if you have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth.

James 4:1 From where come wars and fights among you? come they not hence, even of your lusts that war in your members?

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
It is honorable for a man to resolve a dispute, but any fool can get himself into a quarrel.

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
Keeping away from strife is an honor for a man, But any fool will quarrel.

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
It is an honour for a man to cease from strife: but every fool will be meddling.

International Standard Version (©2012)
Avoiding strife brings a man honor, but every fool is quarrelsome.

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
It is an honor for a man to cease from strife: but every fool will be meddling.

American King James Version
It is an honor for a man to cease from strife: but every fool will be meddling.

American Standard Version
It is an honor for a man to keep aloof from strife; But every fool will be quarrelling.

Douay-Rheims Bible
It is an honour for a man to separate himself from quarrels: but all fools are meddling with reproaches.

Darby Bible Translation
It is an honour for a man to cease from strife; but every fool rusheth into it.

English Revised Version
It is an honour for a man to keep aloof from strife: but every fool will be quarrelling.

Webster's Bible Translation
It is an honor for a man to cease from strife: but every fool will be meddling.

World English Bible
It is an honor for a man to keep aloof from strife; but every fool will be quarreling.

Young's Literal Translation
An honour to a man is cessation from strife, And every fool intermeddleth.

Genesis 13:7 And there was a strife between the herdmen of Abram's cattle and the herdmen of Lot's cattle: and the Canaanite and the Perizzite dwelled then in the land.


Genesis 13:8 And Abram said unto Lot, Let there be no strife, I pray thee, between me and thee, and between my herdmen and thy herdmen; for we be brethren.
Proverbs 17:14 The beginning of strife is as when one letteth out water: therefore leave off contention, before it be meddled with.

It is honorable for a man to resolve a dispute, but any fool can get himself into a quarrel. —HCSB

Keeping away from strife is an honor for a man, But any fool will quarrel. —NASB

[It is] an honour for a man to cease from strife: but every fool will be meddling. —KJV


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Proverbs Chapter 20 Verse 3

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