Proverbs 15:18 - Exposition

A wrathful man stirreth up strife (contention). This clause recurs almost identically in Proverbs 29:22 (comp. also Proverbs 26:21 and Proverbs 28:25 ). He that is slow to anger appeaseth strife ( Proverbs 14:29 ). In the former clause the word for "contention" is madon, in the latter "strife" is rib, which often means "law dispute." It requires two to make a quarrel, and where one keeps his temper and will not be provoked, anger must subside. Vulgate, "He who is patient soothes aroused quarrels ( suscitatas ) . " Septuagint, "A long suffering man appeases even a coming battle."

" Regina rerum omnium patientia ."

The LXX . here introduces a second rendering of the verse: "A long suffering man will quench suits; but the impious rather awaketh them."