Proverbs 26:21
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Like charcoal for embers and wood for fire, so is a quarrelsome man for kindling strife.”
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“Like charcoal for embers and wood for fire, so is a quarrelsome man for kindling strife.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“As coals are to burning coals, and wood to fire; so is a contentious man to kindle strife.”
King James Version · Public Domain“Ascoals are to hot embers, and wood to fire, So is a contentious man to inflame strife.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“Coal to burning coals, and wood to fire, And a man of contentions to kindle strife.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Proverbs 26:21 — 8 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 2 Samuel 20:1Now a worthless man named Sheba son of Bichri, a Benjamite, happened to be there, and he blew the ram’s horn and shouted: “We have no share in David, no inheritance in Jesse’s son. Every man to his tent, O Israel!”
- 1 Kings 12:2When Jeroboam son of Nebat heard about this, he was still in Egypt where he had fled from King Solomon and had been living ever since.
- 1 Kings 12:20When all Israel heard that Jeroboam had returned, they summoned him to the assembly and made him king over all Israel. Only the tribe of Judah followed the house of David.
- Psalms 120:4Sharp arrows will come from the warrior, with burning coals of the broom tree!
- Proverbs 10:12Hatred stirs up dissension, but love covers all transgressions.
- Proverbs 15:18A hot-tempered man stirs up strife, but he who is slow to anger calms dispute.
- Proverbs 29:22An angry man stirs up dissension, and a hot-tempered man abounds in transgression.
- Proverbs 30:33For as the churning of milk yields butter, and the twisting of the nose draws blood, so the stirring of anger brings forth strife.”
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