OLD TESTAMENT

Proverbs 20:3

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It is an honor for a man to keep aloof from strife, but every fool will be quarreling.

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Verse 3. Reproaches. It is better not to commence a lawsuit, even when we are in the right. Calmet. 17:11. Calmet.—Plena victoria est ad clamantem tacere. Val. Max.

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