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Read Full Chapter (Proverbs 26) Proverbs 26:21 KJV
"As coals are to burning coals, and wood to fire; so is a contentious man to kindle strife."
Proverbs Chapter 26, Verse 21
Proverbs 26:21 in Context (Verses 18–24 KJV)
18
As a mad man who casteth firebrands, arrows, and death,*
19
So is the man that deceiveth his neighbour, and saith, Am not I in sport?
20
Where no wood is, there the fire goeth out: so where there is no talebearer, the strife ceaseth.***
21
As coals are to burning coals, and wood to fire; so is a contentious man to kindle strife.
22
The words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.*
23
Burning lips and a wicked heart are like a potsherd covered with silver dross.
24
He that hateth dissembleth with his lips, and layeth up deceit within him;*