Proverbs 20:3

Modern

It is honorable for a man to resolve a dispute, but any fool will quarrel.

Traditional

It is an honour for a man to cease from strife: but every fool will be meddling.

Literal

An honor to a man is cessation from strife, and every fool will quarrel.

Latin

Honor est homini qui separat se a contentionibus; omnes autem stulti miscentur contumeliis.

Hebrew

English

It is honorable for a man to resolve a dispute, but any fool will quarrel.

Proverbs 16:32
He who is slow to anger is better than a warrior, and he who controls his temper is greater than one who captures a city.
Proverbs 17:14
To start a quarrel is to release a flood; so abandon the dispute before it breaks out.
Proverbs 19:11
A man’s insight gives him patience, and his virtue is to overlook an offense.
Proverbs 14:29
A patient man has great understanding, but a quick-tempered man promotes folly.
Proverbs 18:6
A fool’s lips bring him strife, and his mouth invites a beating.
Ephesians 4:32–5:1
Be kind and tenderhearted to one another, forgiving each other just as in Christ God forgave you.
James 4:1
What causes conflicts and quarrels among you? Don’t they come from the passions at war within you?
Ephesians 1:6–8
…to the praise of His glorious grace, which He has freely given us in the Beloved One.
Proverbs 14:17
A quick-tempered man acts foolishly, and a devious man is hated.
James 3:14
But if you harbor bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast in it or deny the truth.
Proverbs 21:24
Mocker is the name of the proud and arrogant man—of him who acts with excessive pride.
Proverbs 25:8–10
…do not bring hastily to court. Otherwise, what will you do in the end when your neighbor puts you to shame?