Proverbs 20:2-4
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
2 The terror of a king is like the roar of a lion;(A)
those who incur his anger forfeit their lives.
3 A person gains honor by avoiding strife,
while every fool starts a quarrel.[a]
4 In seedtime sluggards do not plow;
when they look for the harvest, it is not there.
Footnotes
- 20:3 The honor that one might seek to gain from fighting comes of itself to the person who refrains from fighting.
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