King James Version
Proverbs 20:3 in the King James Version says “It is an honour for a man to cease from strife: but every fool will be meddling.” — study this verse from Proverbs chapter 20 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“It is an honour for a man to cease from strife: but every fool will be meddling.”
Proverbs 20:3 · KJV
Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.
The fear of a king is as the roaring of a lion: whoso provoketh him to anger sinneth against his own soul.
It is an honour for a man to cease from strife: but every fool will be meddling.
The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; therefore shall he beg in harvest, and have nothing. cold: or, winter
Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water; but a man of understanding will draw it out.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“It is an honour”
H3519properly, weight, but only figuratively in a good sense, splendor or copiousness
“for a man”
H376a 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)
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
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