Proverbs 20:3
“It is an honour for a man to cease from strife: but every fool will be meddling.”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
It is an honour for a man to cease from strife,.... As Abraham did, Gen 13:7; when engaged in a quarrel with his…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714
This is designed to rectify men's mistakes concerning strife. 1. Men think it is their wisdom to engage in quarrels;…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921
cease For the same sense of the English word, refrainor stand aloof from, R.V., comp. Psa 37:8; Isa 1:16.
meddling R.V.;…
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