Proverbs 15:18 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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¹⁸A wrathful man stirreth up strife: but he that is slow to anger appeaseth strife.

Proverbs 15:18 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Proverbs 15:1
A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger.
Proverbs 26:21
As coals are to burning coals, and wood to fire; so is a contentious man to kindle strife.
Proverbs 14:29
He that is slow to wrath is of great understanding: but he that is hasty of spirit exalteth folly.
Proverbs 29:22
An angry man stirreth up strife, and a furious man aboundeth in transgression.
Matthew 5:9
Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God.

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Anger Contention Gentleness Graces Jesus, the Christ Longsuffering Meekness Patience

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 18)

Here is, 1. Passion the great make-bate. Thence come wars and fightings. Anger strikes the fire which sets cities and churches into a flame: A wrathful man, with his peevish passionate reflections, stirs up strife, and sets people together by the ears; he gives occasion to others to quarrel, and takes the occasion that others give, though ever so trifling. When men carry their resentments too far,…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 18)

18. (Compare Pr 14:29; 16:32).