SinaiProverbs 26:21
American Standard Version
As coals are to hot embers, and wood to fire, So is a contentious man to inflame strife.
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Proverbs 26:21 in other translations
As coals are to hot embers,
and wood to fire,
so is a contentious man to kindling strife.
Proverbs 26:21 in context
- 19So is the man that deceiveth his neighbor, And saith, Am not I in sport?
- 20For lack of wood the fire goeth out; And where there is no whisperer, contention ceaseth.
- 21As coals are to hot embers, and wood to fire, So is a contentious man to inflame strife.
- 22The words of a whisperer are as dainty morsels, And they go down into the innermost parts.
- 23Fervent lips and a wicked heart Are like an earthen vessel overlaid with silver dross.