SinaiProverbs 20:3
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It is an honor for a man to keep aloof from strife,
but every fool will be quarreling.
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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 quarrelling.
Proverbs 20:3 in context
- 1Wine is a mocker and beer is a brawler.
Whoever is led astray by them is not wise. - 2The terror of a king is like the roaring of a lion.
He who provokes him to anger forfeits his own life. - 3It is an honor for a man to keep aloof from strife,
but every fool will be quarreling. - 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.