Proverbs 26:21

God's Word

⌞As⌟ charcoal fuels burning coals and wood fuels fire, so a quarrelsome person fuels a dispute.

Cross References

2 Samuel 20:1

A good-for-nothing man by the name of Sheba, Bichri’s son, from the tribe of Benjamin happened to be at Gilgal. He blew a ram’s horn ⌞to announce⌟, “We have no share in David’s kingdom. We won’t receive an inheritance from Jesse’s son. Everyone to his own tent, Israel!”

1 Kings 12:20

When all Israel heard that Jeroboam had returned, they sent men to invite him to the assembly. They made him king of all Israel. Only the tribe of Judah remained loyal to David’s dynasty.

Psalm 120:4

He will give you a warrior’s sharpened arrows and red-hot coals.

Proverbs 10:12

Hate starts quarrels, but love covers every wrong.

Proverbs 15:18

A hothead stirs up a fight, but one who holds his temper calms disputes.

Proverbs 29:22

An angry person stirs up a fight, and a hothead does much wrong.

Proverbs 30:33

As churning milk produces butter and punching a nose produces blood, so stirring up anger  produces a fight.