Proverbs 26:21

A Conservative Version

[As] coals are to hot embers, and wood to fire, so is a contentious man to inflame strife.

Cross References

Proverbs 29:22

An angry man stirs up strife, and a wrathful man abounds in transgression.

Proverbs 15:18

A wrathful man stirs up contention, but he who is slow to anger appeases strife.

Proverbs 30:33

For the churning of milk brings forth butter, and the wringing of the nose brings forth blood, so the forcing of wrath brings forth strife.

Proverbs 10:12

Hatred stirs up strife, but love covers all transgressions.

Psalm 120:4

Sharp arrows of the mighty, with coals of juniper.

1 Kings 12:20

And it came to pass, when all Israel heard that Jeroboam was returned, that they sent and called him to the congregation, and made him king over all Israel. There was none that followed the house of David, but only the tribe of Jud

2 Samuel 20:1

And there happened to be there a base fellow whose name was Sheba, the son of Bichri, a Benjamite. And he blew the trumpet, and said, We have no portion in David, neither have we inheritance in the son of Jesse. Every man to his te