Proverbs 20:3 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

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

Proverbs 20:3 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Meddling - See Proverbs 17:14 note.
Proverbs 20:3 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 20. We have still further traces in Proverbs 20:9 ; Proverbs 20:24 of the sceptical spirit and the obstinate questionings of self characteristic of the later Greek period of Jewish thou...
Proverbs 20:3 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

to cease from strife. Illustrations: Abraham ( Genesis 13:7-9 . Compare Proverbs 17:14 ); David ( 1 Samuel 25:32-34 ). fool. Hebrew. 'evil. See note on Proverbs 1:7 . meddling . breaking o...
Proverbs 20:3 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

It is an honour for a man to cease from strife: but every fool will be meddling. It is an honoer for a man - The same sentiment as Proverbs 19:11 .
Proverbs 20:3 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

It is an honour for a man to cease from strife: but every fool will be meddling. It is an honour for a man to cease from strife: but every fool will be meddling. (It is) an honour for a ma...
Proverbs 20:3 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1. Raging] RV 'a brawler.' Is deceived] RM 'reeleth.' It makes a man sneer, quarrel and reel about.
Proverbs 20:3 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

But every fool. — Self-willed person. (Comp. Proverbs 1:22 .) Will be meddling . — Or, rather, shewing his teeth: (Comp. Proverbs 17:14 ) thinking that his own personal dignity is at stake.
Proverbs 20:3 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER 21 IDLENESS "After the autumn gathering the slothful does not plough; he asks in the harvest, and there is nothing."- Proverbs 20:4 WE have already in the sixth lecture caught a glimps...
Proverbs 20:3 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Sobriety; Industry; Honesty Proverbs 20:1-15 Strong drink is the greatest of all foes to human happiness. It gains an influence over men by fair promises, but when once it is entrenched, it moc...
Proverbs 20:3 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Verse Proverbs 20:9 . This is the eternal challenge which has but one answer. When a man recognizes this he begins to inquire for a Saviour. Verse Proverbs 20:14 . "It is bad, it is bad," is the d...
Proverbs 20:3 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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...
Proverbs 20:3 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

[It is] an honour for a man to cease from strife ,.... As Abraham did, Genesis 13:7 ; when engaged in a quarrel with his neighbour, or in a lawsuit, or in a religious controversy, especially when h...
Proverbs 20:3 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Proverbs 20:3 [It is] an honour for a man to cease from strife: but every fool will be meddling. Ver. 3. It is an honour for a man to cease from strife. ] To stint it rather than to stir it; to...
Proverbs 20:3 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The fear of a king , &c. See on Proverbs 16:14 ; Proverbs 19:12 . It is an honour to a man to cease from strife Either to prevent it, or, if it be begun, to put an end to it: which, although...
Proverbs 20:3 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

3 It is an honour for a man to cease from strife: but every fool will be meddling. This is designed to rectify men's mistakes concerning strife. 1. Men think it is their wisdom to...
Proverbs 20:3 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

To cease from strife; either to prevent it, or, if it be begun, to put an end to it; which, although proud and profane persons esteem dishonourable to them, is indeed their glory, because it is an...
Proverbs 20:3 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.— Proverbs 20:1 . Strong drink . The Hebrew word Shekhar includes every strong drink besides wine. Delitzsch translates it mead . Proverbs 20:2 . The fear of a king, i.e .,...
Proverbs 20:3 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Proverbs 20:1 . Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging. In the book of Ecclesiasticus intoxication is connected with poverty, with harlots, with destruction: chap. Proverbs 19:1-2 . Cyrus, afte...
Proverbs 20:3 - The Biblical Illustrator

It is an honour for a man to cease from strife. The law of honour The rules of life by which men are ordinarily governed are the law of honour, the law of the land, and the law of God. It is th...
Proverbs 20:3 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Proverbs 20:1 Wine is a mocker; or, scorner, the word ( luts ) being taken up from the last chapter. The liquor is, as it were, personified, as doing what men do under its infl...
Proverbs 20:3 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

v. 3. It is an honor for a man to cease from strife, to dwell and remain far from quarrels, neither to provoke nor to promote them; but every fool will be meddling, foolishly starting quarrels.
Proverbs 20:3 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Kings 14:9 ; Ephesians 1:6-8 ; Ephesians 4:32 ; Ephesians 5:1 ; James 3:14 ; James 4:1 ; Proverbs 14:17 ; Proverbs 14:29 ; Proverbs 16:32 ; Proverbs 17:14 ; Proverbs 18:6 ; Proverbs 19:...
Proverbs 20:3 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Meddling — Is always ready to begin strife, and obstinate in the continuance of it.

Proverbs 20:3 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Proverbs 20:3 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 20:3 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Proverbs 20:3 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Proverbs 20:3 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Proverbs 20:3 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 20:3 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Proverbs 20:3 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Proverbs 20:3 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Proverbs 20:3 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Proverbs 20:3 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Proverbs 20:3 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Proverbs 20:3 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Proverbs 20:3 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Proverbs 20:3 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Proverbs 20:3 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Proverbs 20:3 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Proverbs 20:3 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Proverbs 20:3 - The Biblical Illustrator

Proverbs 20:3 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Proverbs 20:3 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Proverbs 20:3 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Proverbs 20:3 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes