Proverbs 20:3

Y'all Version Bible

Honor goes to the person who stops a quarrel strife, but any fool can start one.

Cross References

Proverbs 16:32

One who is slow to anger is better than the mighty; one who rules his spirit, than he who takes a city.

Proverbs 17:14

The beginning of strife is like breaching a dam, therefore stop contention before quarreling breaks out.

Ephesians 4:32

Instead, y’all are to be kind to one another, tender-hearted, forgiving each other, just as God also in Christ forgave y’all.

Proverbs 19:11

The insight of a person makes them slow to anger. It is their glory to overlook an offense.

Proverbs 14:29

He who is slow to anger has great understanding, but he who has a quick temper displays folly.

James 4:1

Where do the arguments and battles among y’all come from? Don’t they come from y’all’s desires that wage war within y’all?

Proverbs 18:6

A fool’s lips come into strife, and his mouth invites beatings.

James 3:14

But if y’all have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your* heart, y’all must not boast or lie against the truth.

Proverbs 21:24

The proud and arrogant person—named “Scoffer”— works in the arrogance of pride.

Proverbs 14:17

A quick-tempered person does foolish things, and an evil schemer is hated.

2 Kings 14:9

Jehoash the king of Israel sent to Amaziah king of Judah, saying, “The thistle that was in Lebanon sent to the cedar that was in Lebanon, saying, ‘Give your daughter to my son as wife.’ Then a wild animal that was in Lebanon passed by, and trampled down the thistle.

Genesis 13:7

There was strife between the herdsmen of Abram’s livestock and the herdsmen of Lot’s livestock. The Canaanites and the Perizzites lived in the land at that time.

Genesis 13:8

Abram said to Lot, “Please, let there be no strife between you and me, and between your herdsmen and my herdsmen; for we are relatives.

Proverbs 26:17

Like one who grabs a dog’s ears is one who passes by and meddles in a quarrel not his own.