Cross references

Proverbs 20:3

It is honorable for a man to resolve a dispute,

but any fool will quarrel.

Proverbs 20:3 BSB

Proverbs 20:3 has 13 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 7 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Proverbs 16:32 (10 votes) and Proverbs 17:14 (9 votes). 9 other verses point back to it. It links with 5 other books, from Genesis 13 to James 4.

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Which verses does Proverbs 20:3 point to?

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  1. 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.

  2. To start a quarrel is to release a flood; so abandon the dispute before it breaks out.

  3. A man’s insight gives him patience, and his virtue is to overlook an offense.

  4. A patient man has great understanding, but a quick-tempered man promotes folly.

  5. A fool’s lips bring him strife, and his mouth invites a beating.

  6. Be kind and tenderhearted to one another, forgiving each other just as in Christ God forgave you. Be imitators of God, therefore, as beloved children,

  7. James 4:14 votes

    What causes conflicts and quarrels among you? Don’t they come from the passions at war within you?

  8. A quick-tempered man acts foolishly, and a devious man is hated.

  9. Mocker is the name of the proud and arrogant man—of him who acts with excessive pride.

  10. to the praise of His glorious grace, which He has freely given us in the Beloved One. In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of His grace …

  11. James 3:143 votes

Which verses point to Proverbs 20:3?

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