Proverbs 26:17

מַחֲזִיק בְּאָזְנֵי ־ כָלֶב עֹבֵר מִתְעַבֵּר עַל ־ רִיב לֹּֽא ־ לֽוֹ ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

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

16חָכָם עָצֵל בְּעֵינָיו מִשִּׁבְעָה מְשִׁיבֵי טָֽעַם ׃

18כְּֽמִתְלַהְלֵהַּ הַיֹּרֶה זִקִּים חִצִּים וָמָֽוֶת ׃

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Cross References

Proverbs 17:11אַךְ ־ מְרִי יְבַקֶּשׁ ־ רָע וּמַלְאָךְ אַכְזָרִי יְשֻׁלַּח ־ בּֽוֹ ׃

Proverbs 20:3כָּבוֹד לָאִישׁ שֶׁבֶת מֵרִיב וְכָל ־ אֱוִיל יִתְגַּלָּֽע ׃

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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