Proverbs 26:21

New King James Version

As charcoal is to burning coals, and wood to fire, So is a contentious man to kindle strife.

Cross References

2 Samuel 20:1

And there happened to be there a rebel, whose name was Sheba the son of Bichri, a Benjamite. And he blew a trumpet, and said: “We have no share in David, Nor do we have inheritance in the son of Jesse; Every man to his tents, O Israel!”

1 Kings 12:20

Now it came to pass when all Israel heard that Jeroboam had come back, they sent for him and called him to the congregation, 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 warrior, With coals of the broom tree!

Proverbs 10:12

Hatred stirs up strife, But love covers all sins.

Proverbs 15:18

A wrathful man stirs up strife, But he who is slow to anger allays contention.

Proverbs 29:22

An angry man stirs up strife, And a furious man abounds in transgression.

Proverbs 30:33

For as the churning of milk produces butter, And wringing the nose produces blood, So the forcing of wrath produces strife.