Proverbs 26:21 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI) As charcoal to hot embers and wood to fire, so is a quarrelsome man for kindling strife. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 As coals are to burning coals, and wood to fire; So is a contentious man to kindle strife. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition 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) As coals are to hot embers, and wood to fire, So is a contentious man to inflame strife. Common English Bible Like adding charcoal to embers or wood to fire, quarrelsome people kindle strife. Catholic Public Domain Version Just as charcoals are to burning coals, and wood is to fire, so also is an angry man who stirs up quarrels. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version As coals are to burning coals, and wood to fire, so an angry man stirreth up strife. |
Now there happened to be there a worthless fellow, whose name was Sheba, the son of Bichri, a Benjaminite; and he blew the trumpet, and said, “We have no portion in David, and we have no inheritance in the son of Jesse; every man to his tents, O Israel!”
And when all Israel heard that Jeroboam had returned, they sent and called him to the assembly and made him king over all Israel. There was none that followed the house of David, but the tribe of Judah only.
A hot-tempered man stirs up strife, but he who is slow to anger quiets contention.
A man of wrath stirs up strife, and a man given to anger causes much transgression.
For pressing milk produces curds, pressing the nose produces blood, and pressing anger produces strife.