# Proverbs 15.18 **Book:** [Proverbs](/codex/proverbs/) · NASB95 ## Immediate context (±2 verses) **ASV** ([ASV](/codex/asv/)) > 16. Better is little, with the fear of Jehovah, Than great treasure and trouble therewith. 17. Better is a dinner of herbs, where love is, Than a stalled ox and hatred therewith. > > **18. A wrathful man stirreth up contention; But he that is slow to anger appeaseth strife.** > > 19. The way of the sluggard is as a hedge of thorns; But the path of the upright is made a highway. 20. A wise son maketh a glad father; But a foolish man despiseth his mother. (Proverbs 15:16-20, ASV) **WEB** ([WEB](/codex/web/)) > 16. Better is little, with the fear of Yahweh, than great treasure with trouble. 17. Better is a dinner of herbs, where love is, than a fattened calf with hatred. > > **18. A wrathful man stirs up contention, but one who is slow to anger appeases strife.** > > 19. The way of the sluggard is like a thorn patch, but the path of the upright is a highway. 20. A wise son makes a father glad, but a foolish man despises his mother. (Proverbs 15:16-20, WEB) **KJV** ([KJV](/codex/kjv/)) > 16. Better is little with the fear of the LORD than great treasure and trouble therewith. 17. Better is a dinner of herbs where love is, than a stalled ox and hatred therewith. > > **18. A wrathful man stirreth up strife: but he that is slow to anger appeaseth strife.** > > 19. The way of the slothful man is as an hedge of thorns: but the way of the righteous is made plain. is made: Heb. is raised up as a causey 20. A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish man despiseth his mother. (Proverbs 15:16-20, KJV) **YLT** ([YLT](/codex/ylt/)) > 16. Better [is] a little with the fear of Jehovah, Than much treasure, and tumult with it. 17. Better [is] an allowance of green herbs and love there, Than a fatted ox, and hatred with it. > > **18. A man of fury stirreth up contention, And the slow to anger appeaseth strife.** > > 19. The way of the slothful [is] as a hedge of briers, And the path of the upright is raised up. 20. A wise son rejoiceth a father. And a foolish man is despising his mother. (Proverbs 15:16-20, YLT) ## Setting - **Speaker:** _TBD_ - **Audience:** _TBD_ - **Location:** _TBD_ - **Time period:** _TBD_ ## Theological reading _Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added._ ## Key words _Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word; see Lexicon Roadmap._ - _TBD_ - _TBD_ - _TBD_ - _TBD_ ## Quoted in **Concepts:** - [Spirit of Strife](/codex/spirit-of-strife/) --- _Scripture quotations taken from the **New American Standard Bible®** (NASB), Copyright © 1960, 1971, 1977, 1995 by **The Lockman Foundation**. Used by permission. All rights reserved. [www.lockman.org](https://www.lockman.org)_ ## Why these four translations ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the **most literal English translations available** (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the **public domain in the United States**, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance. The four: - **[ASV](/codex/asv/)** (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition. - **[WEB](/codex/web/)** (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English. - **[KJV](/codex/kjv/)** (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base. - **[YLT](/codex/ylt/)** (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff. See [Bibles](/codex/bibles/) for the full per-translation history, translators, textual basis, strengths, and weaknesses.