Proverbs 26:17

Coverdale Bible (1535)

Who so goeth by and medleth with other mens strife, he is like one yt taketh a dogg by ye eares.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 17:11 : 11 A sedicious personne seketh myschefe, but a cruell messaunger shal be sent agaynst him.
  • Prov 18:6 : 6 A fooles lippes are euer brawlinge, and his mouth prouoketh vnto batayll.
  • Prov 20:3 : 3 It is a mans honoure to kepe himself from strife, but they yt haue pleasure in braulinge, are fooles eueryone.
  • Luke 12:14 : 14 Neuertheles he sayde vnto him: Man, who hath set me to be a iudge or heretage parter ouer you?
  • 2 Tim 2:23-24 : 23 As for folish questions and soch as teach not, put them fro the: for thou knowest that they do but geder stryfe. 24 The seruaunt of the LORDE ought not to stryue, but to be gentle vnto euery man: apte to teach, one that can forbeare

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  • Prov 17:18-20
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    19He yt loueth strife, delyteth in synne: & who so setteth his dore to hye, seketh after a fall.

    20Who so hath a frowarde herte, opteyneth no good: and he yt hath an ouerthwarte tonge, shal fall into myschefe.

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    14He yt soweth discorde & strife, is like one yt dyggeth vp a water broke: but an open enemie is like the water yt breaketh out & reneth abrode.

  • Prov 18:1
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  • Prov 16:27-29
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    28A frowarde body causeth strife, and he yt is a blabbe of his tonge, maketh deuysion amonge prynces.

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  • Prov 20:19
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  • Eccl 10:8-9
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  • Prov 26:21
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  • Prov 26:3-4
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