Proverbs 26:17
As one that taketh a dog by the ears, So is he who, passing by, is enraged on account of the quarrel of another.
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16The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit Than seven men who can render a reason.
18As a madman That casteth about darts, arrows, and death,
Cross References
Proverbs 17:11An evil man seeketh only rebellion; Therefore shall a cruel messenger be sent against him.
Proverbs 20:3It is an honor to a man to cease from strife; Bur every fool rusheth into it.
2 Timothy 2:23But the foolish and ignorant questionings avoid, knowing that they gender quarrels;
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 →