Proverbs 20:3
It is a mans honour to kepe him selfe from strife: but euery foole wyll be medling.
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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?
Similar Verses (AI)
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16 A wise man doth all thynges with discretion: but a foole wyll declare his follie.
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11 A foole vttereth all his mynde at once: but a wyse man kepeth it in tyll afterwarde.
- Prov 14:16-172 verses75%
16 A wyse man feareth, and departeth from euyll: but the foole is angry, and counteth hym selfe sure.
17 An vnpatient man dealeth foolishly: but he that is well aduised, is hated of the foole.
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17 Who so goeth by and medleth with other mens strife: he is like one that taketh a dogge by the eares.
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18 An angry man stirreth vp strife: but he that is patient stylleth discorde.
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9 If a wise man contendeth with a foole: whether he be angry or laugh, there is no rest.
- Prov 17:27-282 verses75%
27 A wyse man vseth fewe wordes, and a man of vnderstanding is of a pacient spirite.
28 Yea, a very foole when he holdeth his tongue is counted wise: and he that stoppeth his lippes is esteemed prudent.
- Prov 19:10-112 verses75%
10 Pleasure is not seemely for a foole: muche lesse for a bondman to haue rule of princes.
11 A wyse man can put of displeasure, and it is his honour to let some faultes passe.
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2 The feare of the king is as the roaring of a Lion, who so prouoketh hym vnto anger, offendeth against his owne soule.
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23 A foole doth wickedly, and maketh but a sport of it: but wisdome ruleth the man that hath vnderstandyng.
- Prov 12:15-162 verses74%
15 The way of a foole is strayght in his owne eyes: but he that hearkeneth vnto counsayle is wise.
16 A foole vttereth his wrath in all the haste: but a discrete man couereth his owne shame.
- Prov 18:1-22 verses74%
1 Who so hath an earnest desire to wysdome he will sequester him selfe to seeke it, and occupie him selfe in all stedfastnesse & sounde doctrine.
2 A foole hath no delight in vnderstanding: but onlye to vtter the fansies of his owne heart.
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14 The beginning of strife is, as when a man maketh an issue for water: therfore leaue of before the contention be medled with.
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6 A fooles lippes come with brawling, and his mouth prouoketh vnto stripes.
- Prov 29:22-232 verses73%
22 An angry man stirreth vp strife, and he that beareth euyll will in his mynde doth much euyll.
23 After pryde commeth a fall: but a lowly spirite bryngeth great worshyp.
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9 Be not hastyly angrie in thy minde: for wrath resteth in the bosome of fooles.
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23 A discrete man doth hyde knowledge: but the heart of fooles blabbeth out foolishnesse.
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29 He that is patient hath much vnderstanding: but he that is soone displeased, exalteth foolishnesse.
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20 Seest thou a man that is hastie to speake vnaduisedly? there is more hope in a foole then in hym.
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10 Cast out the scorneful man, and so shal strife go out with hym: yea variaunce and sclaunder shall ceasse.
- Eccl 10:3-42 verses72%
3 A foole wyll shewe him selfe when he goeth by the way, yet thinketh he that euery man doth as foolishly as him self.
4 If a principall spirite be geuen thee to beare rule, be not negligent then in thine office: for he that can take cure of him selfe, auoydeth great offences.
- Prov 26:4-52 verses72%
4 Geue not the foole an aunswere after his foolishnes, lest thou become like vnto him.
5 But make the foole an aunswere to his foolishnesse, lest he be wyse in his owne conceipt.
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8 Be not hastie to go to lawe: lest haplye thou knowest not what to do when thy neighbour hath confounded thee.
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30 Striue not with any man without a cause, where as he hath done thee no harme.
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20 In a wise mans house there is a great treasure and oyle: but a foolishe body spendeth vp all.
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3 The foolishnesse of man paruerteth his way: and his heart fretteth against the Lorde.
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17 A wyse mans counsayle that is folowed in scilence, is farre aboue the crying of a captaine among fooles.
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29 Who so maketh disquietnesse in his owne house, he shal haue winde for his heritage: and the foole shalbe seruaunt to the wise.
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3 In the mouth of the foolishe is the rodde of pryde: but the lippes of the wyse wyll preserue them.
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5 It is better to geue eare to the chastening of a wyse man, then to heare the songue of fooles:
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4 A slouthfull body wyll not go to plow for colde of the winter: therefore shall he begge in sommer, and haue nothing.
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1 A soft aunswere appeaseth wrath: but rough wordes stirre vp anger.
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28 A frowarde body causeth strife: and he that is a blabbe of his tongue maketh deuision among princes.
- Prov 14:7-82 verses71%
7 Get thee from a foolishe man, when thou perceauest not in hym the lippes of knowledge.
8 The wisdome of the circumspect man, is to vnderstande his way: but the foolishnesse of the vnwise, deceaueth.
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18 He that hydeth hatred with lying lippes, and he that speaketh slaunder, is a foole.
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7 Wysdome is to hye a thyng for a foole: for he dare not open his mouth in the gate.
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10 Among the proude there is euer strife: but with the well aduised is wisdome.
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21 Foolishnesse is ioy to him that is destitute of knowledge: but a man of vnderstandyng walketh vprightly.
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13 He that geueth sentence in a matter before he heare it, the same to hym is folly and shame.
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1 Lyke as snowe is not meete in sommer and rayne in haruest: euen so is worship vnseemely for a foole.
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15 The labour of the foolishe is greeuous vnto them, whyle they know not howe to go into the citie.