Proverbs 26:21

Bible in Basic English 1965

Like breath on coals and wood on fire, so a man given to argument gets a fight started.

Cross References

2 Samuel 20:1

Now by chance there was present a good-for-nothing person named Sheba, the son of Bichri, a Benjamite: and he, sounding the horn, said, We have no part in David, or any interest in the son of Jesse: let every man go to his tent, O Israel.

1 Kings 12:20

Now when all Israel had news that Jeroboam had come back, they sent for him to come before the meeting of the people, and made him king over Israel: not one of them was joined to the family of David but only the tribe of Judah.

Psalm 120:4

Sharp arrows of the strong, and burning fire.

Proverbs 10:12

Hate is a cause of violent acts, but all errors are covered up by love.

Proverbs 15:18

An angry man makes men come to blows, but he who is slow to get angry puts an end to fighting.

Proverbs 29:22

An angry man is the cause of fighting, and a man given to wrath does much wrong.

Proverbs 30:33

The shaking of milk makes butter, and the twisting of the nose makes blood come: so the forcing of wrath is a cause of fighting.