Proverbs 26:21
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
Like charcoal for embers and wood for fire, so is a quarrelsome man for kindling strife.
In context
19 so is the man who deceives his neighbor and says, “I was only joking!”
20 Without wood, a fire goes out; without gossip, a conflict ceases.
21 Like charcoal for embers and wood for fire, so is a quarrelsome man for kindling strife.
22 The words of a gossip are like choice morsels that go down into the inmost being.
23 Like glaze covering an earthen vessel are burning lips and a wicked heart.
Proverbs 26:21 in every translation
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- Like charcoal for embers and wood for fire, so is a quarrelsome man for kindling strife.
- KJV King James Version
- As coals are to burning coals, and wood to fire; so is a contentious man to kindle strife.
- WEB World English Bible
- As coals are to hot embers, and wood to fire, so is a contentious man to kindling strife.
- ASV American Standard Version
- As coals are to hot embers, and wood to fire, So is a contentious man to inflame strife.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- Coal to burning coals, and wood to fire, And a man of contentions to kindle strife.
- DBY Darby Translation
- [As] coals for hot coals, and wood for fire, so is a contentious man to inflame strife.
- WBS Webster Bible
- As coals are to burning coals, and wood to fire; so is a contentious man to kindle strife.