Proverbs 26:21

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

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

Cross References

Proverbs 29:22

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

Proverbs 15:18

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

Proverbs 30:33

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

Proverbs 10:12

Hatred stirs up conflicts, but love covers all offences.

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.

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!