Verse 3

It is an honour for a man to keep from fighting, but the foolish are ever at war.

Referenced Verses

  • Prov 17:14 : 14 The start of fighting is like the letting out of water: so give up before it comes to blows.
  • Prov 18:6 : 6 A foolish man's lips are a cause of fighting, and his mouth makes him open to blows.
  • Prov 19:11 : 11 A man's good sense makes him slow to wrath, and the overlooking of wrongdoing is his glory.
  • Prov 14:29 : 29 He who is slow to be angry has great good sense; but he whose spirit is over-quick gives support to what is foolish.
  • Prov 16:32 : 32 He who is slow to be angry is better than a man of war, and he who has control over his spirit than he who takes a town.
  • 2 Kgs 14:9 : 9 And Jehoash, king of Israel, sent to Amaziah, king of Judah, saying, The thorn-tree in Lebanon sent to the cedar in Lebanon, saying, Give your daughter to my son for a wife: and a beast from the woodland in Lebanon went by, crushing the thorn under his feet.
  • Prov 14:17 : 17 He who is quickly angry will do what is foolish, but the man of good sense will have quiet.
  • Prov 21:24 : 24 The man of pride, lifted up in soul, is named high-hearted; he is acting in an outburst of pride.
  • Prov 25:8-9 : 8 Do not be quick to go to law about what you have seen, for what will you do in the end, when your neighbour has put you to shame? 9 Have a talk with your neighbour himself about your cause, but do not give away the secret of another: 10 Or your hearer may say evil of you, and your shame will not be turned away.
  • Eph 1:6-8 : 6 To the praise of the glory of his grace, which he freely gave to us in the Loved One: 7 In whom we have salvation through his blood, the forgiveness of our sins, through the wealth of his grace, 8 Which he gave us in full measure in all wisdom and care;
  • Eph 4:32-5:1 : 32 And be kind to one another, full of pity, having forgiveness for one another, even as God in Christ had forgiveness for you. 1 Let it then be your desire to be like God, as well-loved children;
  • Jas 3:14 : 14 But if you have bitter envy in your heart and the desire to get the better of others, have no pride in this, talking falsely against what is true.
  • Jas 4:1 : 1 What is the cause of wars and fighting among you? is it not in your desires which are at war in your bodies?