Proverbs 26:17
Just like one who takes hold of a dog by the ears, so also is he who crosses impatiently and meddles in the quarrels of another.
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In Context
16The lazy one seems wiser to himself than seven men speaking judgments.
18Just as he is guilty who let loose the arrows and the lances unto death,
Cross References
Proverbs 17:11The evil one continually seeks conflicts. But a cruel Angel shall be sent against him.
Proverbs 20:3Honor is for the man who separates himself from contentions. But all the foolish meddle in altercations.
2 Timothy 2:23But avoid foolish and undisciplined questions, for you know that these produce strife.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 26:17
16 The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit than seven men that can render a reason. Observe, 1. The high opinion which the sluggard has of himself, notwithstanding the gross absurdity and folly of his slothfulness: He thinks himself wiser than seven men, than seven wise men, for they are such as can render a reason. It is the wisdom of a man to be able to render a reason, of a good man to be able to give a reason of the hope that is in him, 1 Pet. iii. 15 . What we do we should be able to render a reason for,… Read the whole commentary →