21 Like charcoal for embers and wood for fire, so is a quarrelsome man for kindling strife.
Focused Passage
Proverbs 26:21
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 21
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Like charcoal פֶּחָ֣ם H6352 Noun - masculine singular for embers לְ֭גֶחָלִים H1513 Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural and wood וְעֵצִ֣ים H6086 Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural for fire לְאֵ֑שׁ H784 Preposition-l | Noun - common singular so is a quarrelsome מְדוֹנִים H4066 Noun - masculine plural man וְאִ֥ישׁ H376 Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct for kindling לְחַרְחַר־ H2787 Preposition-l | Verb - Piel - Infinitive construct strife רִֽיב׃פ H7379 Noun - masculine singular