Proverbs 26:21
As coles kindle heate, and wood the fire: euen so doth a brawling felowe stirre vp variaunce.
Bible (Bishops')
In The King James Version
As coals are to burning coals, and wood to fire; so is a contentious man to kindle strife.
In Context
Cross References
Proverbs 10:12Hatred stirreth vp strifes: but loue couereth the multitude of sinnes.
Proverbs 29:22An angry man stirreth vp strife, and he that beareth euyll will in his mynde doth much euyll.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 26:21-23
20 Where no wood is, there the fire goeth out: so where there is no talebearer, the strife ceaseth. 21 As coals are to burning coals, and wood to fire; so is a contentious man to kindle strife. 22 The words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly. Contention is as a fire; it heats the spirit, burns up all that is good, and puts families and societies into a flame. Now here we are told how that fire is commonly kindled and kept burning, that we may avoid the occasions… Read the whole commentary →