Proverbs 20:3
“It is an honour for a man to cease from strife: but every fool will be meddling.”
Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.
The fear of a king is as the roaring of a lion: whoso provoketh him to anger sinneth against his own soul.
It is an honour for a man to cease from strife: but every fool will be meddling.
The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; therefore shall he beg in harvest, and have nothing.
Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water; but a man of understanding will draw it out.
Cross-References
“The discretion of a man deferreth his anger; and it is his glory to pass over a transgression.”
“Through desire a man, having separated himself, seeketh and intermeddleth with all wisdom.”
“He that passeth by, and meddleth with strife belonging not to him, is like one that taketh a dog by the ears.”
“He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; and he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city.”
“The beginning of strife is as when one letteth out water: therefore leave off contention, before it be meddled with.”