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


In Context

15 All the days of the afflicted are evil, And gladness of heart is a perpetual banquet.

16 Better is a little with the fear of Jehovah, Than much treasure, and tumult with it.

17 Better is an allowance of green herbs and love there, Than a fatted ox, and hatred with it.

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

19 The way of the slothful is as a hedge of briers, And the path of the upright is raised up.

20 A wise son rejoiceth a father. And a foolish man is despising 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 New International Version of the Holy Bible

15:18A hot-tempered man stirs up dissension, but a patient man calms a quarrel.

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 American King James Version of the Holy Bible

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