SinaiProverbs 20:3
American Standard Version
It is an honor for a man to keep aloof from strife; But every fool will be quarrelling.
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Proverbs 20:3 in other translations
It is an honor for a man to keep aloof from strife,
but every fool will be quarreling.
Proverbs 20:3 in context
- 1Wine is a mocker, strong drink a brawler; And whosoever erreth thereby is not wise.
- 2The terror of a king is as the roaring of a lion: He that provoketh him to anger sinneth against his own life.
- 3It is an honor for a man to keep aloof from strife; But every fool will be quarrelling.
- 4The sluggard will not plow by reason of the winter; Therefore he shall beg in harvest, and have nothing.
- 5Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water; But a man of understanding will draw it out.