Proverbs 26:17

As he that lays hold of a dog’s tail, 1 So is he that makes himself the champion of another’s cause. 1

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

He that passeth by, and meddleth with strife belonging not to him, is like one that taketh a dog by the ears.

In Context

16A sluggard seems to himself wiser 1 Than one who most satisfactorily brings back a message. 1

18As those who need correction put forth fair words to men, 1 And he that first falls in with the proposal will be overthrown; 1

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Cross References

Proverbs 17:11Every bad man stirs up strifes: 1 But the Lord will send out against him an unmerciful messenger. 1

Proverbs 20:3It is a glory to a man to turn aside from railing; 1 But every fool is entangled with such matters. 1

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 →

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