Proverbs 26:21

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Like charcoal is to burning coals, and wood to fire, so is a contentious person to kindle strife.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 15:18 : 18 A quick-tempered person stirs up dissension, but one who is slow to anger calms a quarrel.
  • Prov 29:22 : 22 An angry person stirs up dissension, and a wrathful person is abounding in transgression.
  • Prov 30:33 : 33 For as the churning of milk produces butter and as punching the nose produces blood, so stirring up anger produces strife.
  • 2 Sam 20:1 : 1 Sheba’s Rebellion Now a wicked man named Sheba son of Bicri, a Benjaminite, happened to be there. He blew the trumpet and said,“We have no share in David; we have no inheritance in this son of Jesse! Every man go home, O Israel!”
  • 1 Kgs 12:2-3 : 2 When Jeroboam son of Nebat heard the news, he was still in Egypt, where he had fled from King Solomon and had been living ever since. 3 They sent for him, and Jeroboam and the whole Israelite assembly came and spoke to Rehoboam, saying,
  • 1 Kgs 12:20 : 20 When all Israel heard that Jeroboam had returned, they summoned him to the assembly and made him king over all Israel. No one except the tribe of Judah remained loyal to the Davidic dynasty.
  • Ps 120:4 : 4 Here’s how! With the sharp arrows of warriors, with arrowheads forged over the hot coals.
  • Prov 10:12 : 12 Hatred stirs up dissension, but love covers all transgressions.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 26:17-20
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    17Like one who grabs a wild dog by the ears, so is the person passing by who becomes furious over a quarrel not his own.

    18Like a madman who shoots firebrands and deadly arrows,

    19so is a person who has deceived his neighbor, and said,“Was I not only joking?”

    20Where there is no wood, a fire goes out, and where there is no gossip, contention ceases.

  • Prov 15:18
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    18A quick-tempered person stirs up dissension, but one who is slow to anger calms a quarrel.

  • Prov 29:22
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    22An angry person stirs up dissension, and a wrathful person is abounding in transgression.

  • Prov 26:22-23
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    22The words of a gossip are like choice morsels; and they have gone down into a person’s innermost being.

    23Like a coating of glaze over earthenware are fervent lips with an evil heart.

  • Prov 16:27-29
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    27A wicked scoundrel digs up evil, and his slander is like a scorching fire.

    28A perverse person spreads dissension, and a gossip separates the closest friends.

    29A violent person entices his neighbor, and then leads him down a path that is terrible.

  • Prov 17:14
    74%

    14Starting a quarrel is like letting out water; abandon strife before it breaks out!

  • Job 41:21
    72%

    21Its breath sets coals ablaze and a flame shoots from its mouth.

  • Prov 6:27-28
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    27Can a man hold fire against his chest without burning his clothes?

    28Can a man walk on hot coals without scorching his feet?

  • Isa 9:18
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    18For evil burned like a fire, it consumed thorns and briers; it burned up the thickets of the forest, and they went up in smoke.

  • Ps 83:14
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    14Like the fire that burns down the forest, or the flames that consume the mountainsides,

  • Prov 27:15
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    15A continual dripping on a rainy day– a contentious wife makes herself like that.

  • Prov 6:19
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    19a false witness who pours out lies, and a person who spreads discord among family members.

  • Isa 1:31
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    31The powerful will be like a thread of yarn, their deeds like a spark; both will burn together, and no one will put out the fire.

  • Prov 22:10
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    10Drive out the scorner and contention will leave; strife and insults will cease.

  • Ps 140:10
    68%

    10May he rain down fiery coals upon them! May he throw them into the fire! From bottomless pits they will not escape.

  • Prov 18:19
    68%

    19A relative offended is harder to reach than a strong city, and disputes are like the barred gates of a fortified citadel.

  • Prov 25:22-23
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    22for you will heap coals of fire on his head, and the LORD will reward you.

    23The north wind brings forth rain, and a gossiping tongue brings forth an angry look.

  • Prov 18:6
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    6The lips of a fool enter into strife, and his mouth invites a flogging.

  • Prov 21:19
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    19It is better to live in the wilderness than with a quarrelsome and easily-provoked woman.

  • Prov 25:18
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    18Like a club or a sword or a sharp arrow, so is the one who testifies against his neighbor as a false witness.

  • Job 22:20
    68%

    20‘Surely our enemies are destroyed, and fire consumes their wealth.’

  • Prov 19:13
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    13A foolish child is the ruin of his father, and a contentious wife is like a constant dripping.

  • Job 31:12
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    12For it is a fire that devours even to Destruction, and it would uproot all my harvest.

  • Prov 20:3
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    3It is an honor for a person to cease from strife, but every fool quarrels.

  • Prov 22:24
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    24Do not make friends with an angry person, and do not associate with a wrathful person,

  • Jas 3:5-6
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    5So too the tongue is a small part of the body, yet it has great pretensions. Think how small a flame sets a huge forest ablaze.

    6And the tongue is a fire! The tongue represents the world of wrongdoing among the parts of our bodies. It pollutes the entire body and sets fire to the course of human existence– and is set on fire by hell.

  • Prov 27:21
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    21As the crucible is for silver and the furnace is for gold, so a person must put his praise to the test.

  • Prov 6:14
    67%

    14he plots evil with perverse thoughts in his heart, he spreads contention at all times.

  • Prov 17:19
    67%

    19The one who loves a quarrel loves transgression; whoever builds his gate high seeks destruction.

  • Exod 22:6
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    6“If a fire breaks out and spreads to thorn bushes, so that stacked grain or standing grain or the whole field is consumed, the one who started the fire must surely make restitution.

  • Prov 13:10
    67%

    10With pride comes only contention, but wisdom is with the well-advised.

  • Prov 29:9
    67%

    9When a wise person goes to court with a foolish person, there is no peace whether he is angry or laughs.

  • Ps 120:4
    67%

    4Here’s how! With the sharp arrows of warriors, with arrowheads forged over the hot coals.

  • Rom 12:20
    67%

    20Rather, if your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him a drink; for in doing this you will be heaping burning coals on his head.

  • Eccl 10:9
    67%

    9One who quarries stones may be injured by them; one who splits logs may be endangered by them.

  • Ps 18:8
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    8Smoke ascended from his nose; fire devoured as it came from his mouth; he hurled down fiery coals.