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Proverbs 20

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'}
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)
to cease
shebeth (Hebrew #7674)
rest, interruption, cessation
KJV usage: cease, sit still, loss of time.
Pronounce: sheh'-beth
Origin: from 7673
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}
: 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)
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• 32He 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• 29He that is slow to wrath is of great understanding: but he that is hasty of spirit exalteth folly. (Prov. 14:29)
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Prov. 16:32• 32He 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• 14The beginning of strife is as when one letteth out water: therefore leave off contention, before it be meddled with. (Prov. 17:14)
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Prov. 19:11• 11The discretion of a man deferreth his anger; and it is his glory to pass over a transgression. (Prov. 19:11)
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Prov. 25:8‑10• 8Go not forth hastily to strive, lest thou know not what to do in the end thereof, when thy neighbor hath put thee to shame.
 9Debate thy cause with thy neighbor himself; and discover not a secret to another:
 10Lest he that heareth it put thee to shame, and thine infamy turn not away. (Prov. 25:8‑10)
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Eph. 1:6‑8• 6To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved.
 7In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace;
 8Wherein he hath abounded toward us in all wisdom and prudence; (Eph. 1:6‑8)
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Eph. 4:32• 32And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you. (Eph. 4:32)
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Eph. 5:1• 1Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children; (Eph. 5:1)
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Prov. 14:17• 17He that is soon angry dealeth foolishly: and a man of wicked devices is hated. (Prov. 14:17)
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Prov. 18:6• 6A fool's lips enter into contention, and his mouth calleth for strokes. (Prov. 18:6)
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Prov. 21:24• 24Proud and haughty scorner is his name, who dealeth in proud wrath. (Prov. 21:24)
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2 Kings 14:9• 9And Jehoash the king of Israel sent to Amaziah king of Judah, saying, The thistle that was in Lebanon sent to the cedar that was in Lebanon, saying, Give thy daughter to my son to wife: and there passed by a wild beast that was in Lebanon, and trode down the thistle. (2 Kings 14:9)
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James 3:14• 14But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth. (James 3:14)
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James 4:1• 1From whence come wars and fightings among you? come they not hence, even of your lusts that war in your members? (James 4:1)
• 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. (“Proverbs Twenty” by H.A. Ironside)
• 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 ceasek from strife; but every fool rusheth into it.

JND Translation Notes

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Or "keep away."