Proverbs 26:18
As he that fayneth him selfe mad, casteth firebrandes, deadly arrowes and dartes:
Bible (Bishops')
In The King James Version
As a mad man who casteth firebrands, arrows, and death,
In Context
17Who so goeth by and medleth with other mens strife: he is like one that taketh a dogge by the eares.
19So doth a dissembler with his neighbour, and saith, am not I in sport?
Cross References
Proverbs 7:23So long tyll she had wounded his lyuer with her dart: lyke as if a byrde hasted to the snare, not knowing that the perill of his life lieth thervpon.
Isaiah 50:11But take heede, ye all kindle a fire, and stirre vp the coales: walke on in the glisteryng of your owne fire, and in the coales that ye haue kindled: This commeth vnto you from my hande [namely] that ye shall sleepe in sorowe.
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 →