Proverbs 26:21

New English Translation

Like charcoal is to burning coals, and wood to fire, so is a contentious person to kindle strife.

Cross References

2 Samuel 20:1

Now a wicked man named Sheba son of Bicri, a Benjaminite, happened to be there. He blew the trumpet and said, “We have no share in David; we have no inheritance in this son of Jesse! Every man go home, O Israel!”

1 Kings 12:20

When all Israel heard that Jeroboam had returned, they summoned him to the assembly and made him king over all Israel. No one except the tribe of Judah remained loyal to the Davidic dynasty.

Psalm 120:4

Here’s how! With the sharp arrows of warriors, with arrowheads forged over the hot coals.

Proverbs 10:12

Hatred stirs up dissension, but love covers all transgressions.

Proverbs 15:18

A quick-tempered person stirs up dissension, but one who is slow to anger calms a quarrel.

Proverbs 29:22

An angry person stirs up dissension, and a wrathful person is abounding in transgression.

Proverbs 30:33

For as the churning of milk produces butter and as punching the nose produces blood, so stirring up anger produces strife.