A moment in scripture
Proverbs 20:3
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It is an honour for a man to cease from strife: but every fool will be meddling.
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The surrounding passage
- Proverbs 20:1
Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.
- Proverbs 20:2
The fear of a king is as the roaring of a lion: whoso provoketh him to anger sinneth against his own soul.
- Proverbs 20:4
The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; therefore shall he beg in harvest, and have nothing.
- Proverbs 20:5
Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water; but a man of understanding will draw it out.
Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.