Proverbs 20:3

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.

Related Commentaries of Proverbs 20:3

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Meddling - See Proverbs 17:14 note.
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 chara...
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. S...
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 foo...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1. Raging] RV 'a brawler.' Is deceived] RM 'reeleth.' It makes a man sneer, quarrel and reel about.
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 ) thi...
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...
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 fai...
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...
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 provok...
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...
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...
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...
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 conc...
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...
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...
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...
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 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...
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...
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...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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

³ It is an honour for a man to cease from strife: but every fool will be meddling.

Related Commentaries of Proverbs 20:3

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Proverbs 20:3