3It is an honor for a man to keep aloof from strife; But every fool will be quarrelling.


In Context

1 Wine is a mocker, strong drink a brawler; And whosoever erreth thereby is not wise.

2 The terror of a king is as the roaring of a lion: He that provoketh him to anger sinneth against his own life.

3 It is an honor for a man to keep aloof from strife; But every fool will be quarrelling.

4 The sluggard will not plow by reason of the winter; Therefore he shall beg in harvest, and have nothing.

5 Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water; But a man of understanding will draw it out.

Proverbs 20:3 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

20:3[It is] an honour for a man to cease from strife: but every fool will be meddling.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

20:3It is to a man's honor to avoid strife, but every fool is quick to quarrel.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

20:3It is an honour for a man to separate himself from quarrels: but all fools are meddling with reproaches.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

20:3It is an honour for a man to cease from strife; but every fool rusheth into it.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

20:3It is an honour for a man to keep aloof from strife: but every fool will be quarrelling.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

20:3It is an honor for a man to cease from strife: but every fool will be meddling.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

20:3It is an honor for a man to keep aloof from strife; but every fool will be quarreling.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

20:3An honour to a man is cessation from strife, And every fool intermeddleth.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

20:3It is an honor for a man to cease from strife: but every fool will be meddling.