Proverbs 26:21

Authorized King James Version (1611)

[As] coals [are] to burning coals, and wood to fire; so [is] a contentious man to kindle strife.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 15:18 : 18 ¶ A wrathful man stirreth up strife: but [he that is] slow to anger appeaseth strife.
  • Prov 29:22 : 22 ¶ An angry man stirreth up strife, and a furious man aboundeth in transgression.
  • Prov 30:33 : 33 Surely the churning of milk bringeth forth butter, and the wringing of the nose bringeth forth blood: so the forcing of wrath bringeth forth strife.
  • 2 Sam 20:1 : 1 ¶ And there happened to be there a man of Belial, whose name [was] Sheba, the son of Bichri, a Benjamite: and he blew a trumpet, and said, We have no part in David, neither have we inheritance in the son of Jesse: every man to his tents, O Israel.
  • 1 Kgs 12:2-3 : 2 And it came to pass, when Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who was yet in Egypt, heard [of it], (for he was fled from the presence of king Solomon, and Jeroboam dwelt in Egypt;) 3 That they sent and called him. And Jeroboam and all the congregation of Israel came, and spake unto Rehoboam, saying,
  • 1 Kgs 12:20 : 20 And it came to pass, when all Israel heard that Jeroboam was come again, that they sent and called him unto the congregation, and made him king over all Israel: there was none that followed the house of David, but the tribe of Judah only.
  • Ps 120:4 : 4 Sharp arrows of the mighty, with coals of juniper.
  • Prov 10:12 : 12 ¶ Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins.

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    17¶ He that passeth by, [and] meddleth with strife [belonging] not to him, [is like] one that taketh a dog by the ears.

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  • Prov 26:22-23
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    22The words of a talebearer [are] as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.

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  • Prov 16:27-29
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    27¶ An ungodly man diggeth up evil: and in his lips [there is] as a burning fire.

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  • Prov 17:14
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    14¶ The beginning of strife [is as] when one letteth out water: therefore leave off contention, before it be meddled with.

  • Job 41:21
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    21His breath kindleth coals, and a flame goeth out of his mouth.

  • Prov 6:27-28
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  • Isa 9:18
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    18For wickedness burneth as the fire: it shall devour the briers and thorns, and shall kindle in the thickets of the forest, and they shall mount up [like] the lifting up of smoke.

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    14As the fire burneth a wood, and as the flame setteth the mountains on fire;

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  • Prov 6:19
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    19A false witness [that] speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren.

  • Isa 1:31
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    31And the strong shall be as tow, and the maker of it as a spark, and they shall both burn together, and none shall quench [them].

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    10¶ Cast out the scorner, and contention shall go out; yea, strife and reproach shall cease.

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    19¶ A brother offended [is harder to be won] than a strong city: and [their] contentions [are] like the bars of a castle.

  • Prov 25:22-23
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    22For thou shalt heap coals of fire upon his head, and the LORD shall reward thee.

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  • Prov 21:19
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    19¶ [It is] better to dwell in the wilderness, than with a contentious and an angry woman.

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    8There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured: coals were kindled by it.