the Week of Proper 22 / Ordinary 27
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Proverbs 26:21
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Like charcoal to hot embers and wood to fire,So is a contentious man to kindle strife.
Like charcoal to hot embers and wood to fire, So is a contentious man to kindle strife.
As coles kindle heate, and wood the fire: euen so doth a brawling felowe stirre vp variaunce.
[As] coals for hot coals, and wood for fire, so is a contentious man to inflame strife.
As charcoal is to burning coals, and wood to fire, So is a contentious man to kindle strife.
As coal to burning embers, and wood to fire, so is a contentious man to kindle strife.
Charcoal keeps the coals glowing, wood keeps the fire burning, and troublemakers keep arguments alive.
As coals are to hot embers, And wood to fire, So is a contentious man to kindle strife.
As coales are to burning coales, and wood to fire; so is a contentious man to kindle strife.
As coals are to burning coals, and wood to fire; so is a contentious man to kindle strife.
Coles kyndle heate, and wodd ye fyre: euen so doth a braulinge felowe stere vp variaunce.
A quarrelsome person in a dispute is like kerosene thrown on a fire.
Like charcoal to hot embers and wood to fire, So is a contentious man to kindle strife.
As coals are to hot embers, and wood to fire, So is a contentious man to inflame strife.
Like breath on coals and wood on fire, so a man given to argument gets a fight started.
[As] coals are to hot embers, and wood to fire, So is a contentious man to inflame strife.
[As] coals [are] to burning coals, and wood to fire; so [is] a contentious man to kindle strife.
Troublemakers start trouble, just as sparks and fuel start a fire.
As coals are to embers and wood to fire is a quarrelsome person to kindling strife.
As ye cole maketh burning coles, & wood a fire, so the contentious man is apt to kindle strife.
As coals are to burning coals, and wood to fire; so is a malicious person to kindle strife.
As coals are to hot embers, And wood to fire, So is a contentious man to kindle strife.
As coals are to burning coals, and wood to fire; so is a contentious man to kindle strife.
A quarrelsome person starts fights as easily as hot embers light charcoal or fire lights wood.
An arguing man makes fights worse. He is like coals to burning wood and wood to a fire.
As coals are to hot embers, and wood to fire; so is a contentious man to inflame strife.
Like charcoal for embers and wood for fire, so is a quarrelsome man for kindling strife.
As charcoal is to hot embers and wood to fire, so is a quarrelsome person for kindling strife.
Black coal to burning blocks, and wood to fire, so is a contentious man, for kindling strife.
As coals are to burning coals, and wood to fire, so an angry man stirreth up strife.
As charcoal is to hot embers and wood is to fire, so a man of quarrels is to kindling strife.
As charcoal to hot embers and wood to fire, so is a quarrelsome man for kindling strife.
Like charcoal to hot embers and wood to fire, So is a contentious person to kindle strife.
Just as charcoal and wood keep a fire going, a quarrelsome person keeps an argument going.
Charcoal keeps the embers glowing, wood keeps the fire burning, and troublemakers keep arguments alive.
As charcoal for embers and wood for fire, so is a quarrelsome man for kindling strife.
As deed coolis at quic coolis, and trees at the fier; so a wrathful man reisith chidyngis.
As charcoal to hot embers and wood to fire, so is a quarrelsome man for kindling strife.
Coal to burning coals, and wood to fire, And a man of contentions to kindle strife.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Proverbs 10:12, Proverbs 15:18, Proverbs 29:22, Proverbs 30:33, 2 Samuel 20:1, 1 Kings 12:2, 1 Kings 12:3, 1 Kings 12:20, Psalms 120:4
Reciprocal: Proverbs 17:14 - beginning Proverbs 22:10 - General James 3:6 - the tongue
Cross-References
At the beginning of the reign of Ahasuerus they filed an accusation against the inhabitants of Judah and Jerusalem.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
As coals [are] to burning coals, and wood to fire,.... As brands, wood half burnt, or dead coals put to live and burning ones, soon take fire and become like them, and fit and proper fuel for them, and add to their heat:
so [is] a contentious man to kindle strife; or "a man of contentions" k; who is given to it, is full of it; it is agreeable to his natural temper and disposition; he is in his element when at it; such a man is as fuel to the fire, as a dead coal to a living one, which increases the heat of it; so does he, he kindles and spreads the flame of contention and strife.
k איש מדונים "vir contentionum", Montanus, Baynus, Piscator, Gejerus.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Coals - Charcoal.