[Like] charcoalto hotembersand woodto fire,So is a contentiousmanto kindlestrife.
Now a worthlessfellowhappenedto be therewhose namewas Sheba,the sonof Bichri,a Benjamite;and he blewthe trumpetand said,"We havenoportionin David,Nordo we have inheritancein the sonof Jesse;Everymanto his tents,O Israel!"
It cameabout when allIsraelheardthat Jeroboamhad returned,that they sentand calledhim to the assemblyand madehim kingoverallIsrael.Nonebut the tribeof Judahfollowedthe houseof David.
Sharparrowsof the warrior,With the [burning] coalsof the broomtree.
Hatredstirsup strife,But lovecoversalltransgressions.
A hot-temperedmanstirsup strife,But the slowto angercalmsa dispute.
An angrymanstirsup strife,And a hot-temperedmanaboundsin transgression.
For the churningof milkproducesbutter,And pressingthe nosebringsforthblood;So the churningof angerproducesstrife.
