Context Reading
16The sluggard is wiser in his own eyesthan seven men who answer with discretion. 17Like one who grabs a dog’s earsis one who passes by and meddles in a quarrel not his own. 18Like a madman who shoots torches, arrows, and death, 19is the man who deceives his neighbor and says, “Am I not joking?” 20For lack of wood a fire goes out.Without gossip, a quarrel dies down.