Verse 3

It is a mans honour to kepe him selfe from strife: but euery foole wyll be medling.

Referenced Verses

  • Prov 17:14 : 14 The beginning of strife is, as when a man maketh an issue for water: therfore leaue of before the contention be medled with.
  • Prov 18:6 : 6 A fooles lippes come with brawling, and his mouth prouoketh vnto stripes.
  • Prov 19:11 : 11 A wyse man can put of displeasure, and it is his honour to let some faultes passe.
  • Prov 14:29 : 29 He that is patient hath much vnderstanding: but he that is soone displeased, exalteth foolishnesse.
  • Prov 16:32 : 32 A patient man is better the one strong: and he that can rule hym selfe, is more worth then he that wynneth a citie.
  • 2 Kgs 14:9 : 9 And Iehoas the king of Israel sent to Amaziahu king of Iuda, saying: Did not a thistle that is in Libanon, send to a Cedar tree that is in Libanon, saying: Geue thy daughter to my sonne to wife? And the wilde beast that was in Libanon went and trode downe the thystle.
  • Prov 14:17 : 17 An vnpatient man dealeth foolishly: but he that is well aduised, is hated of the foole.
  • Prov 21:24 : 24 He that is proude and arrogant; is called a scorner, whiche in his wrath worketh presumptuously.
  • Prov 25:8-9 : 8 Be not hastie to go to lawe: lest haplye thou knowest not what to do when thy neighbour hath confounded thee. 9 Handle thy matter with thy neighbour himselfe, and discouer not thy secrete to another: 10 Lest he that heareth it put thee to shame, and thy infamie do not ceasse.
  • Eph 1:6-8 : 6 To the prayse of the glorie of his grace, wherein he hath made vs accepted in the beloued. 7 In whom we haue redemption through his blood, the forgeuenesse of sinnes, accordyng to the rychesse of his grace, 8 Wherein he hath abounded towarde vs in all wysedome and prudence.
  • Eph 4:32-5:1 : 32 Be ye curteous one to another, merciful, forgeuing one another, euen as God for Christes sake hath forgeuen you. 1 Be ye therefore folowers of God, as deare chyldren:
  • Jas 3:14 : 14 But yf ye haue bitter enuiyng & strife in your hearte, glorie not, neither be lyers agaynst the trueth.
  • Jas 4:1 : 1 From whence cometh warre and fightyng among you? come they not here hence, euen of your lustes that fight in your members?