THEOSISProverbs 26:21Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
As coals are to burning coals, and wood to fire, so an angry man stirreth up strife.
פֶּחָ֣ם לְ֭גֶחָלִים וְעֵצִ֣ים לְאֵ֑שׁ וְאִ֥ישׁ מדונים מִ֝דְיָנִ֗ים לְחַרְחַר־רִֽיב׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Prov 29:22A passionate man provoketh quarrels: and he that is easily stirred up to wrath, shall be more prone to sin.
- Prov 15:18A passionate man stirreth up strifes: he that is patient appeaseth those that are stirred up.
- Prov 10:12Hatred stirreth up strifes: and charity covereth all sins.
- Prov 30:33And he that strongly squeezeth the paps to bring out milk, straineth out butter: and he that violently bloweth his nose, bringeth out blood: and he that provoketh wrath, bringeth forth strife.
- Ps 120 (119):4
- 2 Sam 20:1And there happened to be there a man of Belial, whose name was Seba, the son of Bochri, a man of Jemini: and he sounded the trumpet, and said: We have no part in David, nor inheritance in the son of Isai: return to thy dwellings, O Israel.