Parallel Verses
Bible in Basic English
It is an honour for a man to keep from fighting, but the foolish are ever at war.
New American Standard Bible
But any fool will
King James Version
It is an honour for a man to cease from strife: but every fool will be meddling.
Holman Bible
but any fool can get himself into a quarrel.
International Standard Version
Avoiding strife brings a man honor, but every fool is quarrelsome.
A Conservative Version
It is an honor for a man to keep aloof from strife, but every fool will be quarrelling.
American Standard Version
It is an honor for a man to keep aloof from strife; But every fool will be quarrelling.
Amplified
It is an honor for a man to keep away from strife [by handling situations with thoughtful foresight],
But any fool will [start a] quarrel [without regard for the consequences].
Darby Translation
It is an honour for a man to cease from strife; but every fool rusheth into it.
Julia Smith Translation
Honor to a man ceasing from strife: and every foolish one will be irritated.
King James 2000
It is an honor for a man to cease from strife: but every fool will be meddling.
Lexham Expanded Bible
[It is] honorable for the man to refrain from strife, but every fool will be quick to quarrel.
Modern King James verseion
It is an honor for a man to cease from strife, but every fool exposes himself.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
It is a man's honour to keep himself from strife; but they that have pleasure in brawling, are fools every one.
NET Bible
It is an honor for a person to cease from strife, but every fool quarrels.
New Heart English Bible
It is an honor for a man to keep aloof from strife; but every fool will be quarreling.
The Emphasized Bible
Honour, hath the man who sitteth away from strife, but, any fool, may break through.
Webster
It is an honor for a man to cease from strife: but every fool will be meddling.
World English Bible
It is an honor for a man to keep aloof from strife; but every fool will be quarreling.
Youngs Literal Translation
An honour to a man is cessation from strife, And every fool intermeddleth.
Themes
Adjudication at law » To be avoided
Fools » Characteristics of » Meddlesomeness
Fools » Are » Given to meddling
Topics
Interlinear
Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 20:3
Verse Info
Context Readings
Foolproof Instructions
2 The wrath of a king is like the loud cry of a lion: he who makes him angry does wrong against himself. 3 It is an honour for a man to keep from fighting, but the foolish are ever at war. 4 The hater of work will not do his ploughing because of the winter; so at the time of grain-cutting he will be requesting food and will get nothing.
Phrases
Cross References
Proverbs 17:14
The start of fighting is like the letting out of water: so give up before it comes to blows.
Proverbs 14:29
He who is slow to be angry has great good sense; but he whose spirit is over-quick gives support to what is foolish.
Proverbs 16:32
He who is slow to be angry is better than a man of war, and he who has control over his spirit than he who takes a town.
Proverbs 18:6
A foolish man's lips are a cause of fighting, and his mouth makes him open to blows.
Proverbs 19:11
A man's good sense makes him slow to wrath, and the overlooking of wrongdoing is his glory.
2 Kings 14:9
And Jehoash, king of Israel, sent to Amaziah, king of Judah, saying, The thorn-tree in Lebanon sent to the cedar in Lebanon, saying, Give your daughter to my son for a wife: and a beast from the woodland in Lebanon went by, crushing the thorn under his feet.
Proverbs 14:17
He who is quickly angry will do what is foolish, but the man of good sense will have quiet.
Proverbs 21:24
The man of pride, lifted up in soul, is named high-hearted; he is acting in an outburst of pride.
Proverbs 25:8-10
Do not be quick to go to law about what you have seen, for what will you do in the end, when your neighbour has put you to shame?
Ephesians 1:6-8
To the praise of the glory of his grace, which he freely gave to us in the Loved One:
Ephesians 4:32-1
And be kind to one another, full of pity, having forgiveness for one another, even as God in Christ had forgiveness for you.
James 3:14
But if you have bitter envy in your heart and the desire to get the better of others, have no pride in this, talking falsely against what is true.
James 4:1
What is the cause of wars and fighting among you? is it not in your desires which are at war in your bodies?