Proverbs 26:17
Who so goeth by and medleth with other mens strife: he is like one that taketh a dogge by the eares.
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Referenced Verses
- Prov 17:11 : 11 A seditious person seketh mischiefe, and a cruell messenger shalbe sent agaynst hym.
- Prov 18:6 : 6 A fooles lippes come with brawling, and his mouth prouoketh vnto stripes.
- Prov 20:3 : 3 It is a mans honour to kepe him selfe from strife: but euery foole wyll be medling.
- Luke 12:14 : 14 And he sayde vnto hym: Man, who made me a iudge or a deuider ouer you?
- 2 Tim 2:23-24 : 23 But foolishe & vnlearned questions put from thee, knowyng that they do but gender strife. 24 And the seruaunt of the Lorde must not striue: but be gentle vnto all men, apt to teache, sufferyng euyll in mekenesse,
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