Proverbs 26:17
As he that taketh a dog by the ears, so is he that passeth by in anger, and meddleth with another man's quarrel.
Douay-Rheims 1899
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In Context
16The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit, than seven men that speak sentences.
18As he is guilty that shooteth arrows, and lances unto death :
Cross References
Proverbs 17:11An evil man always seeketh quarrels: but a cruel angel shall be sent against him.
Proverbs 20:3It is an honour for a man to separate himself from quarrels: but all fools are meddling with reproaches.
2 Timothy 2:23And avoid foolish and unlearned questions, knowing that they beget strifes.
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 →