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Prov. 20:3 KJV (With Strong’s)
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It is
an honor
kabowd (Hebrew #3519)
from
3513
; properly, weight, but only figuratively in a good sense, splendor or copiousness
KJV usage: glorious(-ly), glory, honour(-able).
Pronounce: kaw-bode'
Origin: rarely kabod {kaw-bode'}
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u
for a man
'iysh (Hebrew #376)
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
KJV usage: also, another, any (man), a certain, + champion, consent, each, every (one), fellow, (foot-, husband-)man, (good-, great, mighty) man, he, high (degree), him (that is), husband, man(-kind), + none, one, people, person, + steward, what (man) soever, whoso(-ever), worthy. Compare
802
.
Pronounce: eesh
Origin: contracted for
582
(or perhaps rather from an unused root meaning to be extant)
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to cease
shebeth (Hebrew #7674)
rest, interruption, cessation
KJV usage: cease, sit still, loss of time.
Pronounce: sheh'-beth
Origin: from
7673
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from strife
riyb (Hebrew #7379)
from
7378
; a contest (personal or legal)
KJV usage: + adversary, cause, chiding, contend(-tion), controversy, multitude (from the margin), pleading, strife, strive(-ing), suit.
Pronounce: reeb
Origin: or rib {reeb}
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but every fool
'eviyl (Hebrew #191)
(figuratively) silly
KJV usage: fool(-ish) (man).
Pronounce: ev-eel'
Origin: from an unused root (meaning to be perverse)
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will be meddling
gala` (Hebrew #1566)
to be obstinate
KJV usage: (inter-)meddle (with).
Pronounce: gaw-lah'
Origin: a primitive root
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Prov. 16:32
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He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty, and he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city.
(Prov. 16:32)
Cross References
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Ministry on This Verse
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Prov. 14:29
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He that is slow to anger is of great understanding; but he that is hasty of spirit exalteth folly.
(Prov. 14:29)
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Prov. 16:32
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He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty, and he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city.
(Prov. 16:32)
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Prov. 17:14
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The beginning of contention is as when one letteth out water; therefore leave off strife before it become vehement.
(Prov. 17:14)
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Prov. 19:11
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The discretion of a man maketh him slow to anger, and it is his glory to pass over a transgression.
(Prov. 19:11)
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Prov. 25:8‑10
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Go not forth hastily to strive, lest thou know not what to do in the end thereof, when thy neighbour hath put thee to shame.
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Debate thy cause with thy neighbour, but reveal not the secret of another;
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lest he that heareth it disgrace thee, and thine evil report turn not away.
(Prov. 25:8‑10)
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Eph. 1:6‑8
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to the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he has taken us into favour in the Beloved:
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in whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of offences, according to the riches of his grace;
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which he has caused to abound towards us in all wisdom and intelligence,
(Eph. 1:6‑8)
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Eph. 4:32
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and be to one another kind, compassionate, forgiving one another, so as God also in Christ has forgiven you.
(Eph. 4:32)
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Eph. 5:1
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Be ye therefore imitators of God, as beloved children,
(Eph. 5:1)
but.
Prov. 14:17
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He that is soon angry dealeth foolishly, and a man of mischievous devices is hated.
(Prov. 14:17)
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Prov. 18:6
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A fool's lips enter into contention, and his mouth calleth for stripes.
(Prov. 18:6)
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Prov. 21:24
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Proud, arrogant, scorner is his name who dealeth in proud wrath.
(Prov. 21:24)
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2 Kings 14:9
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And Jehoash king of Israel sent to Amaziah king of Judah, saying, The thorn-bush that is in Lebanon sent to the cedar that is in Lebanon, saying, Give thy daughter to my son as wife; and there passed by the wild beast that is in Lebanon, and trode down the thorn-bush.
(2 Kings 14:9)
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James 3:14
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but if ye have bitter emulation and strife in your hearts, do not boast and lie against the truth.
(James 3:14)
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James 4:1
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Whence come wars and whence fightings among you? Is it not thence,--from your pleasures, which war in your members?
(James 4:1)
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How strange the pride that makes a man dread to own he has been wrong, or unwilling to back down graciously for the sake of peace, even though he may feel he is in the right-providing no divine principle is at stake.
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“
Proverbs Twenty
”
by
H.A. Ironside
)
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A fool will persist in contention and meddle with matters in which he should have no part. Even so devoted a man as Josiah failed for lack of having learned this lesson (2 Chron. 35:20-24).
(
“
Proverbs Twenty
”
by
H.A. Ironside
)
J. N. Darby Translation
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It is an honour for a man to cease
k
from strife; but every fool rusheth into it.
JND Translation Notes
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k
Or "keep away."
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