21Like 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 charcoalפֶּחָ֣םH6352Noun - masculine singularfor embersלְ֭גֶחָלִיםH1513Preposition-l | Noun - masculine pluraland woodוְעֵצִ֣יםH6086Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine pluralfor fireלְאֵ֑שׁH784Preposition-l | Noun - common singularso is a quarrelsomeמְדוֹנִיםH4066Noun - masculine pluralmanוְאִ֥ישׁH376Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular constructfor kindlingלְחַרְחַר־H2787Preposition-l | Verb - Piel - Infinitive constructstrifeרִֽיב׃פH7379Noun - masculine singular