Proverbs 26:17

Anyone who ◄meddles/involves himself► in a quarrel that does not concern him is as foolish as [SIM] someone who tries to grab a passing dog by its ears.

Translation for Translators

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

16Lazy people think that they are wiser than seven/several people who can answer others’ questions with good sense.

18Crazy people who shoot burning arrows to kill people

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Cross References

Proverbs 17:11Because wicked people are always trying to cause trouble, someone will be sent to severely punish them.

Proverbs 20:3People respect those who stay away from disputes/arguments; foolish people love to quarrel.

2 Timothy 2:23Do not talk with anyone who foolishly wants to argue about matters that are not important. Do not talk with them, because you know that when people talk about foolish things, they begin to quarrel.

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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