OLD TESTAMENT · VERSE 17

Proverbs 26:17

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Like one who grabs a dog’s ears

is one who passes by and meddles in a quarrel not his own.

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Proverbs 26:17 in context

Proverbs 26:14–20

14

As the door turns on its hinges,

so does the sluggard on his bed.

15

The sluggard buries his hand in the dish.

He is too lazy to bring it back to his mouth.

16

The sluggard is wiser in his own eyes

than seven men who answer with discretion.

17
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Like one who grabs a dog’s ears

is one who passes by and meddles in a quarrel not his own.

18

Like a madman who shoots torches, arrows, and death,

19

is the man who deceives his neighbor and says, “Am I not joking?”

20

For lack of wood a fire goes out.

Without gossip, a quarrel dies down.

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