Proverbs 26:17
Who so goeth by and medleth with other mens strife: he is like one that taketh a dogge by the eares.
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16The sluggarde thinketh him selfe wiser then seuen men that sit and teache.
18As he that fayneth him selfe mad, casteth firebrandes, deadly arrowes and dartes:
Cross References
Proverbs 17:11A seditious person seketh mischiefe, and a cruell messenger shalbe sent agaynst hym.
Proverbs 20:3It is a mans honour to kepe him selfe from strife: but euery foole wyll be medling.
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 →