Proverbs 20:3

WEB

³It is an honor for a man to keep aloof from strife, but every fool will be quarreling.

KJV

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

BSB

³^[+] It is honorable for a man to resolve a dispute, but any fool will quarrel.

FBV

³Avoiding conflict is the proper thing to do, but stupid people are quick to argue.

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Proverbs 16:32

³²One who is slow to anger is better than the mighty; one who rules his spirit, than he who takes a city.

Proverbs 17:14

¹⁴The beginning of strife is like breaching a dam, therefore stop contention before quarreling breaks out.

Proverbs 19:11

¹¹The discretion of a man makes him slow to anger. It is his glory to overlook an offense.

Proverbs 14:29

²⁹He who is slow to anger has great understanding, but he who has a quick temper displays folly.

Proverbs 18:6

⁶A fool’s lips come into strife, and his mouth invites beatings.

James 4:1

¹Where do wars and fightings among you come from? Don’t they come from your pleasures that war in your members?

James 3:14

¹⁴But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your heart, don’t boast and don’t lie against the truth.

Proverbs 14:17

¹⁷He who is quick to become angry will commit folly, and a crafty man is hated.

⁶to the praise of the glory of his grace, by which he freely gave us favor in the Beloved. ⁷In him we have our redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace ⁸which he made to abound toward us in all wisdom and prudence,