THEOSISProverbs 20:3Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
It is an honour for a man to separate himself from quarrels: but all fools are meddling with reproaches.
כָּב֣וֹד לָ֭אִישׁ שֶׁ֣בֶת מֵרִ֑יב וְכָל־אֱ֝וִ֗יל יִתְגַּלָּֽע׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Prov 16:32The patient man is better than the valiant: and he that ruleth his spirit, than he that taketh cities.
- Prov 17:14The beginning of quarrels is as when one letteth out water: and before he suffereth reproach, he forsaketh judgment.
- Eph 4:32And be ye kind one to another: merciful, forgiving one another, even as God hath forgiven you in Christ.
- Eph 5:1Be ye therefore followers of God, as most dear children:
- Prov 14:29He that is patient, is governed with much wisdom: but he that is impatient, exalteth his folly.
- Prov 19:11The learning of a man is known by patience: and his glory is to pass over wrongs.
- Prov 18:6The lips of a fool intermeddle with strife: and his mouth provoketh quarrels.
- Jas 4:1From whence are wars and contentions among you? Are they not hence, from your concupiscences, which war in your members?