Proverbs 26:17
Like one who grabs a dog by the ears is a passerby who meddles in a quarrel not his own.
Berean Standard Bible
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In Context
16The slacker is wiser in his own eyes than seven men who answer discreetly.
18Like a madman shooting firebrands and deadly arrows,
Cross References
Proverbs 17:11An evil man seeks only rebellion; a cruel messenger will be sent against him.
Proverbs 20:3It is honorable for a man to resolve a dispute, but any fool will quarrel.
2 Timothy 2:23But reject foolish and ignorant speculation, for you know that it breeds quarreling.
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 →