17Like one who grabs a dog by the ears is a passerby who meddles in a quarrel not his own.
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Proverbs 26:17
Fools, Sluggards, Quarrels, Gossip, Deceitful Speech, and the Ruin of Unrestrained Folly
The chapter moves from an extended warning about fools, to the self-deception of sluggards, to the danger of meddling and harmful joking, to gossip as conflict fuel, and finally to the concealed malice of lying and flattering speech.
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Verse 17
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Like one who grabsמַחֲזִ֥יקH2388Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singulara dogכָ֑לֶבH3611Noun - masculine singularby the earsבְּאָזְנֵי־H241Preposition-b | Noun - feminine dual constructis a passerbyעֹבֵ֥רH5674Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singularwho meddlesמִ֝תְעַבֵּ֗רH5674Verb - Hitpael - Participle - masculine singularinעַל־H5921Prepositiona quarrelרִ֥יבH7379Noun - masculine singularnotלֹּֽא־H3808Adverb - Negative particlehis ownלֽוֹ׃Preposition | third person masculine singular