Proverbs 26:21 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

²¹ As charcoal for embers and wood for fire, so is a quarrelsome person for kindling strife.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²¹ As coals are to burning coals, and wood to fire; So is a contentious man to kindle strife.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²¹ As coals are to hot embers and as wood to fire, so is a quarrelsome man to inflame strife. [Prov. 15:18; 29:22.]

American Standard Version (1901)

²¹ As coals are to hot embers, and wood to fire, So is a contentious man to inflame strife.

Common English Bible

²¹ Like adding charcoal to embers or wood to fire, quarrelsome people kindle strife.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²¹ Just as charcoals are to burning coals, and wood is to fire, so also is an angry man who stirs up quarrels.

Proverbs 26:21 Cross References

2 Samuel 20:1

Now a wicked man, a Benjaminite named Sheba son of Bichri, happened to be there. He blew the ram’s horn and shouted: We have no portion in David, no inheritance in Jesse’s son. Each man to his tent,  Israel!

1 Kings 12:20

When all Israel heard that Jeroboam had come back,  they summoned him to the assembly and made him king over all Israel.  No one followed the house of David except the tribe of Judah alone.

Proverbs 10:12

Hatred stirs up conflicts, but love covers all offences.

Proverbs 15:18

A hot-tempered person stirs up conflict, but one slow to anger  calms strife.

Proverbs 29:22

An angry person stirs up conflict, and a hot-tempered one  increases rebellion.

Proverbs 30:33

For the churning of milk produces butter, and twisting a nose draws blood, and stirring up anger produces strife.