Pro 26:21
{As} coals {are} to burning coals, and wood to fire; so {is} a contentious man to kindle strife.
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A wrathful man stirreth up strife: but {he that is} slow to anger appeaseth strife.
An angry man stirreth up strife, and a furious man aboundeth in transgression.
And there happened to be there a man of Belial, whose name {was} Sheba, the son of Bichri, a Benjamite: and he blew a trumpet, and said, We have no part in David, neither have we inheritance in the son of Jesse: every man to his tents, O Israel.
And it came to pass, when Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who was yet in Egypt, heard {of it}, (for he was fled from the presence of king Solomon, and Jeroboam dwelt in Egypt;)
Surely the churning of milk bringeth forth butter, and the wringing of the nose bringeth forth blood: so the forcing of wrath bringeth forth strife.
Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins.
Sharp arrows of the mighty, with coals of juniper. {Sharp...: or, It is as the sharp arrows of the mighty man, with coals of juniper}
And it came to pass, when all Israel heard that Jeroboam was come again, that they sent and called him unto the congregation, and made him king over all Israel: there was none that followed the house of David, but the tribe of Judah only.
A wrathful man stirreth up strife: but {he that is} slow to anger appeaseth strife.
An angry man stirreth up strife, and a furious man aboundeth in transgression.
And there happened to be there a man of Belial, whose name {was} Sheba, the son of Bichri, a Benjamite: and he blew a trumpet, and said, We have no part in David, neither have we inheritance in the son of Jesse: every man to his tents, O Israel.
The beginning of strife {is as} when one letteth out water: therefore leave off contention, before it be meddled with.
Surely the churning of milk bringeth forth butter, and the wringing of the nose bringeth forth blood: so the forcing of wrath bringeth forth strife.