Proverbs 26:21
As coals are to burning coals, and wood to fire; so is a contentious man to kindle strife.
Context
This verse from Proverbs Chapter 26 connects to 9 cross-references. Proverbs on fools, sluggards, and quarrelsome people: as snow in summer and rain in harvest, so honor is not fitting for a fool. The sluggard is wiser in his own eyes than seven men who can answer sensibly. Like a …
其他译本
Ascoals are to hot embers, and wood to fire, So is a contentious man to inflame strife.
Coal to burning coals, and wood to fire, And a man of contentions to kindle strife.
Like breath on coals and wood on fire, so a man given to argument gets a fight started.
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