Proverbs 20:3 KJV

Proverbs · chapter 20 · verse 3 · King James Version

It is an honour for a man to cease from strife: but every fool will be meddling.Proverbs 20:3 · King James Version

Proverbs 20:3 in context

1Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.

2The fear of a king is as the roaring of a lion: whoso provoketh him to anger sinneth against his own soul.

3It is an honour for a man to cease from strife: but every fool will be meddling.

4The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; therefore shall he beg in harvest, and have nothing.

5Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water; but a man of understanding will draw it out.

honourkâbôwdproperly, weight, but only figuratively in a good sense, splendor or copiousnessH3519 →
striferîyba contestH7379 →
ceaseshebethrest, interruption, cessationH7674 →
foolʼĕvîylsillyH191 →