Proverbs 20:3
It is honorable for a man to resolve a dispute, but any fool will quarrel.
BSB
ASV
It is an honor for a man to keep aloof from strife; But every fool will be quarrelling.
KJV
It is an honour for a man to cease from strife: but every fool will be meddling.
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.
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Proverbs 16:32He who is slow to anger is better than a warrior, and he who controls his temper is greater than one who captures a city.
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My beloved brothers, understand this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to anger,
Reached by 3 independent paths from here.
A hot-tempered man stirs up strife, but he who is slow to anger calms dispute.
Reached by 3 independent paths from here.
A man’s insight gives him patience, and his virtue is to overlook an offense.
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
Like a city whose walls are broken down is a man who does not control his temper.
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Proverbs 19:11A man’s insight gives him patience, and his virtue is to overlook an offense.
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He who is slow to anger is better than a warrior, and he who controls his temper is greater than one who captures a city.
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
A patient man has great understanding, but a quick-tempered man promotes folly.
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Therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, clothe yourselves with hearts of compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience.
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Proverbs 14:29A patient man has great understanding, but a quick-tempered man promotes folly.
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Do not be quickly provoked in your spirit, for anger settles in the lap of a fool.
