Proverbs 26:21
"As coals are to burning coals, and wood to fire; so is a contentious man to kindle strife."
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- Proverbs 29:22
"An angry man stirreth up strife, and a furious man aboundeth in transgression."
Read in chapter → - Proverbs 15:18
"A wrathful man stirreth up strife: but he that is slow to anger appeaseth strife."
Read in chapter → - 2 Samuel 20:1
"And there happened to be there a man of Belial, whose name was Sheba, the son of Bichri, a Benjamite: and he blew a trumpet, and said, We have no part in David, neither have we inheritance in the son of Jesse: every man to his tents, O Israel."
Read in chapter → - 1 Kings 12:2
"And it came to pass, when Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who was yet in Egypt, heard of it, for he was fled from the presence of king Solomon, and Jeroboam dwelt in Egypt;"
Read in chapter → - Proverbs 10:12
"Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins."
Read in chapter → - Psalms 120:4
"Sharp arrows of the mighty, with coals of juniper."
Read in chapter → - 1 Kings 12:20
"And it came to pass, when all Israel heard that Jeroboam was come again, that they sent and called him unto the congregation, and made him king over all Israel: there was none that followed the house of David, but the tribe of Judah only."
Read in chapter → - Proverbs 30:33
"Surely the churning of milk bringeth forth butter, and the wringing of the nose bringeth forth blood: so the forcing of wrath bringeth forth strife."
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