Proverbs 20:3
It is an honour for a man to cease from strife: but every fool will be meddling.
In other versions
It is an honor for a man to keep aloof from strife; But every fool will be quarrelling.
ASV
It is an honour for a man to keep from fighting, but the foolish are ever at war.
BBE
It is an honour for a man to cease from strife; but every fool rusheth into it.
DBY
It is an honor for a man to keep aloof from strife; But every fool will be quarreling.
WEB
An honour to a man is cessation from strife, And every fool intermeddleth.
YLT
It is an honour for a man to cease from strife: but every fool will be meddling.
ENG
It is an honor for a man to cease from strife: but every fool will be meddling.
WBT
It is honorable for a man to resolve a dispute, but any fool will quarrel.
BSB
In context
1Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.
2The fear of a king is as the roaring of a lion: whoso provoketh him to anger sinneth against his own soul.
3It is an honour for a man to cease from strife: but every fool will be meddling.
4The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; therefore shall he beg in harvest, and have nothing.
5Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water; but a man of understanding will draw it out.