Proverbs 26:21

Modern King James Version

As coals to burning coals, and wood to fire, so is a quarrelsome man to kindle fighting.

Cross References

2 Samuel 20:1

And there happened to be there a man of Belial named Sheba, the son of Bichri, a Benjamite. And he blew a ram's horn and said, We have no part in David, neither do we have any inheritance in the son of Jesse. Every man to his tents, O, Israel!

1 Kings 12:20

And it happened when all Israel heard that Jeroboam had come again, they sent and called him to the company, and made him king over all Israel. There was none who followed the house of David, but the tribe of Judah only.

Psalm 120:4

Sharp arrows of the mighty, with coals of broom.

Proverbs 10:12

Hatred stirs up fights, but love covers all sins.

Proverbs 15:18

A wrathful man stirs up fighting, but one slow to anger calms fighting.

Proverbs 29:22

An angry man stirs up fighting, and a furious man abounds in sin.

Proverbs 30:33

Surely the churning of milk brings forth butter, and the wringing of the nose brings forth blood; so the forcing of wrath brings forth fighting.