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Proverbs 26:17

World English Bible

Like one who grabs a dog’s ears
is one who passes by and meddles in a quarrel not his own.

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Proverbs 26:17 in other translations

He that passeth by, and vexeth himself with strife belonging not to him, Is like one that taketh a dog by the ears.

Proverbs 26:17 · American Standard Version

Proverbs 26:17 in context

  1. 15The sluggard buries his hand in the dish.
    He is too lazy to bring it back to his mouth.
  2. 16The sluggard is wiser in his own eyes
    than seven men who answer with discretion.
  3. 17Like one who grabs a dog’s ears
    is one who passes by and meddles in a quarrel not his own.
  4. 18Like a madman who shoots torches, arrows, and death,
  5. 19is the man who deceives his neighbor and says, “Am I not joking?”