Proverbs 26:21

New Century Version

Just as charcoal and wood keep a fire going, a quarrelsome person keeps an argument going.

Cross References

Proverbs 29:22

An angry person causes trouble; a person with a quick temper sins a lot.

Proverbs 15:18

People with quick tempers cause trouble, but those who control their tempers stop a quarrel.

Proverbs 30:33

Just as stirring milk makes butter, and twisting noses makes them bleed, so stirring up anger causes trouble.”

Proverbs 10:12

Hatred stirs up trouble, but love forgives all wrongs.

Psalm 120:4

He will punish you with the sharp arrows of a warrior and with burning coals of wood.

1 Kings 12:20

When all the Israelites heard that Jeroboam had returned, they called him to a meeting and made him king over all Israel. Only the tribe of Judah continued to follow the family of David.

2 Samuel 20:1

It happened that a troublemaker named Sheba son of Bicri from the tribe of Benjamin was there. He blew the trumpet and said: “We have no share in David! We have no part in the son of Jesse! People of Israel, let’s go home!”