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


In Context

1 Wine is a mocker and beer a brawler; whoever is led astray by them is not wise.

2 A king's wrath is like the roar of a lion; he who angers him forfeits his life.

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

4 A sluggard does not plow in season; so at harvest time he looks but finds nothing.

5 The purposes of a man's heart are deep waters, but a man of understanding draws them 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 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 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.