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Selected Verse: Proverbs 15:18 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Pr 15:18 |
Strong Concordance |
A wrathful [02534] man [0376] stirreth up [01624] strife [04066]: but he that is slow [0750] to anger [0639] appeaseth [08252] strife [07379]. |
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King James |
A wrathful man stirreth up strife: but he that is slow to anger appeaseth strife. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
| (Compare Pro 14:29; Pro 16:32). |
| Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78] |
Two proverbs of two different classes of men, each second line of which terminates with a catchword having a similar sound (וארך, וארח).
18 A passionate man stirreth up strife,
And one who is slow to anger allayeth contention.
Pro 28:25 and Pro 29:22 are variations of the first line of this proverb. The Pih. גּרה occurs only these three times in the phrase גּרה מדון, R. גר, to grind, thus to strike, to irritate, cogn. to (but of a different root from) the verb עורר, to excite, Pro 10:12, and חרחר, to set on fire, Pro 26:21, cf. שׁלּח, Pro 6:14. Regarding חמה, vid., Pro 15:1; we call such a man a "hot-head;" but the biblical conception nowhere (except in the Book of Daniel) places the head in connection with spiritual-psychical events (Psychologie, p. 254). Regarding ארך אפּים, vid., Pro 14:29; the lxx (which contains a translation of this proverb, and after it of a variation) translates μακρόθυμος δὲ καὶ τὴν μέλλουσαν καταπρᾳύνει, i.e., (as the Syr. render it) he suppresses the strife in its origin, so that it does not break out. But both are true: that he who is slow to anger, who does not thus easily permit himself to become angry, allayeth the strife which one enters into with him, or into which he is drawn, and that he prevents the strife, for he places over against provoking, injurious conduct, patient gentleness (מרפּא, Ecc 10:4). |
32 He that is slow [0750] to anger [0639] is better [02896] than the mighty [01368]; and he that ruleth [04910] his spirit [07307] than he that taketh [03920] a city [05892].
29 He that is slow [0750] to wrath [0639] is of great [07227] understanding [08394]: but he that is hasty [07116] of spirit [07307] exalteth [07311] folly [0200].
4 If the spirit [07307] of the ruler [04910] rise up [05927] against thee, leave [03240] not thy place [04725]; for yielding [04832] pacifieth [03240] great [01419] offences [02399].
29 He that is slow [0750] to wrath [0639] is of great [07227] understanding [08394]: but he that is hasty [07116] of spirit [07307] exalteth [07311] folly [0200].
1 A soft [07390] answer [04617] turneth [07725] away wrath [02534]: but grievous [06089] words [01697] stir up [05927] anger [0639].
14 Frowardness [08419] is in his heart [03820], he deviseth [02790] mischief [07451] continually [06256]; he soweth [07971] discord [04066] [04090].
21 As coals [06352] are to burning coals [01513], and wood [06086] to fire [0784]; so is a contentious [04079] [04066] man [0376] to kindle [02787] strife [07379].
12 Hatred [08135] stirreth up [05782] strifes [04090]: but love [0160] covereth [03680] all sins [06588].
22 An angry [0639] man [0376] stirreth up [01624] strife [04066], and a furious [02534] man [01167] aboundeth in [07227] transgression [06588].
25 He that is of a proud [07342] heart [05315] stirreth up [01624] strife [04066]: but he that putteth his trust [0982] in the LORD [03068] shall be made fat [01878].