"As coals are to burning coals, and wood to fire; so is a contentious man to kindle strife."
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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;)
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.
Sharp arrows of the mighty, with coals of juniper.
Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins.
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.
An angry man stirreth up strife, and a furious man aboundeth in transgression.
A wrathful man stirreth up strife: but he that is slow to anger appeaseth strife.
Like breath on coals and wood on fire, so a man given to argument gets a fight started.
[As] coals for hot coals, and wood for 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.
As coals are to burning coals, 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 kindling strife.
Coal to burning coals, and wood to fire, And a man of contentions to kindle strife.