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


In Context

1 Wine is a luxurious thing, and drunkenness riotous: whosoever is delighted therewith shell not be wise.

2 As the roaring of a lion, so also is the dread of a king: he that provoketh him, sinneth against his own soul.

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

4 Because of the cold the sluggard would not plough: he shall beg therefore in the summer, and it shall not be given him.

5 Counsel in the heart of a man is like deep water: but a wise man 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 American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

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

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.