“As coals are to hot embers,and wood to fire,so is a contentious man to kindling strife.”
Proverbs 26:21 (WEB)
Context Reading
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. 21As coals are to hot embers,and wood to fire,so is a contentious man to kindling strife. 22The words of a whisperer are as dainty morsels,they go down into the innermost parts. 23Like silver dross on an earthen vesselare the lips of a fervent one with an evil heart.