18A hot-tempered man stirs up dissension, but a patient man calms a quarrel.


In Context

15 All the days of the oppressed are wretched, but the cheerful heart has a continual feast.

16 Better a little with the fear of the Lord than great wealth with turmoil.

17 Better a meal of vegetables where there is love than a fattened calf with hatred.

18 A hot-tempered man stirs up dissension, but a patient man calms a quarrel.

19 The way of the sluggard is blocked with thorns, but the path of the upright is a highway.

20 A wise son brings joy to his father, but a foolish man despises his mother.

Proverbs 15:18 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

15:18A wrathful man stirreth up strife: but [he that is] slow to anger appeaseth strife.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

15:18A passionate man stirreth up strifes: he that is patient appeaseth those that are stirred up.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

15:18A wrathful man stirreth up contention; But he that is slow to anger appeaseth strife.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

15:18A furious man stirreth up contention; but he that is slow to anger appeaseth strife.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

15:18A wrathful man stirreth up contention: but he that is slow to anger appeaseth strife.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

15:18A wrathful man stirreth up strife: but he that is slow to anger appeaseth strife.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

15:18A wrathful man stirs up contention, but one who is slow to anger appeases strife.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

15:18A man of fury stirreth up contention, And the slow to anger appeaseth strife.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

15:18A wrathful man stirs up strife: but he that is slow to anger appeases strife.