Proverbs 26:18
As he is guilty that shooteth arrows, and lances unto death :
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
As a mad man who casteth firebrands, arrows, and death,
In Context
19So is the man that hurteth his friend deceitfully: and when he is taken, saith: I did it in jest.
Cross References
Proverbs 7:23Till the arrow pierce his liver: as if a bird should make haste to the snare, and knoweth not that his life is in danger.
Isaiah 50:11Behold all you that kindle a fire, encompassed with dames, walk in the light of your fire, and in the dames which you have kindled: this is done to you by my hand, you shall sleep in sorrows.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 26:18
Hatred and Strife. 17 He that passeth by, and meddleth with strife belonging not to him, is like one that taketh a dog by the ears. 1. That which is here condemned is meddling with strife that belongs not to us. If we must not be hasty to strive in our own cause ( ch. xxv. 8 ), much less in other people's, especially theirs that we are no way related to or concerned in, but light on accidentally as we pass by. If we can be instrumental to make peace between those that are at variance we must do it, though we… Read the whole commentary →