A moment in scripture
Proverbs 26:18
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As a mad man who casteth firebrands, arrows, and death,
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The surrounding passage
- Proverbs 26:16
The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit than seven men that can render a reason.
- Proverbs 26:17
He that passeth by, and meddleth with strife belonging not to him, is like one that taketh a dog by the ears.
- Proverbs 26:19
So is the man that deceiveth his neighbour, and saith, Am not I in sport?
- Proverbs 26:20
Where no wood is, there the fire goeth out: so where there is no talebearer, the strife ceaseth.
Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.