Verse 21

Charcoal for embers and wood for fire, and a contentious person for kindling strife.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 15:18 : 18 A hot-tempered person stirs up conflict, but one who is patient calms a quarrel.
  • Prov 29:22 : 22 An angry man stirs up strife, and a hot-tempered man commits many transgressions.
  • Prov 30:33 : 33 For as churning cream produces butter, and as twisting the nose produces blood, so stirring up anger produces strife.
  • 2 Sam 20:1 : 1 Now a troublemaker named Sheba, son of Bichri, a Benjamite, happened to be there. He blew the trumpet and declared, "We have no share in David, no inheritance in Jesse's son. Every man to his tent, Israel!"
  • 1 Kgs 12:2-3 : 2 When Jeroboam son of Nebat heard about this—he was still in Egypt, where he had fled from King Solomon—he remained in Egypt. 3 They sent for him, and Jeroboam and the entire assembly of Israel came and spoke to Rehoboam.
  • 1 Kgs 12:20 : 20 When all Israel heard that Jeroboam had returned, they sent for him and called him to the assembly and made him king over all Israel. Only the tribe of Judah remained loyal to the house of David.
  • Ps 120:4 : 4 Sharp arrows of a warrior, along with burning coals of the broom tree.
  • Prov 10:12 : 12 Hatred stirs up conflict, but love covers all offenses.