Proverbs 20:3 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

³ Honour belongs to the person who ends a dispute, but any fool can get himself into a quarrel.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³ It is an honour for a man to cease from strife: But every fool will be meddling.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³ It is an honor for a man to cease from strife and keep aloof from it, but every fool will quarrel.

American Standard Version (1901)

³ It is an honor for a man to keep aloof from strife; But every fool will be quarrelling.

Common English Bible

³ It is honorable to back off from a fight, but fools jump right in.

Catholic Public Domain Version

³ Honor is for the man who separates himself from contentions. But all the foolish meddle in altercations.

Proverbs 20:3 Cross References

Genesis 13:7

and there was quarrelling between the herdsmen of Abram’s livestock and the herdsmen of Lot’s livestock.  (At that time the Canaanites and the Perizzites were living in the land.)

Genesis 13:8

So Abram said to Lot, ‘Please, let’s not have quarrelling between you and me, or between your herdsmen and my herdsmen, since we are relatives.

2 Kings 14:9

King Jehoash of Israel sent word to King Amaziah of Judah, saying, ‘The thistle in Lebanon once sent a message to the cedar  in Lebanon,  saying, “Give your daughter to my son as a wife.” Then a wild animal in Lebanon passed by and trampled the thistle.

Proverbs 14:17

A quick-tempered person acts foolishly, and one who schemes is hated.

Proverbs 14:29

A patient person shows great understanding, but a quick-tempered one promotes foolishness.

Proverbs 16:32

Patience is better than power, and controlling one’s emotions,  than capturing a city.

Proverbs 17:14

To start a conflict is to release a flood; stop the dispute before it breaks out.

Proverbs 18:6

A fool’s lips lead to strife, and his mouth provokes a beating.

Proverbs 19:11

A person’s insight gives him patience, and his virtue is to overlook an offence.

Proverbs 21:24

The arrogant and proud person, named ‘Mocker,’ acts with excessive arrogance.

Proverbs 26:17

A person who is passing by and meddles in a quarrel that’s not his is like one who grabs a dog by the ears.

Ephesians 4:32

And be kind  and compassionate  to one another, forgiving  one another, just as God also forgave you  in Christ.

James 3:14

But if you have bitter envy and selfish ambition in your heart, don’t boast and deny the truth.

James 4:1

What is the source of wars and fights among you? Don’t they come from your passions  that wage war within you?