Proverbs 26:21
Old Testament • 9 words with Strong's data
"As coals are to burning coals, and wood to fire; so is a contentious man to kindle strife."
Word-by-Word Analysis
עֵץ
ʻêts
a tree (from its firmness); hence, wood (plural sticks)
אִישׁ
ʼîysh
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
יָצַת
yâtsath
to burn or set on fire; figuratively, to desolate
Key Terms in This Verse
אִישׁ ʼîysh
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
Study H376 →Cross References
A wrathful man stirreth up strife: but he that is slow to anger appeaseth strife.
An angry man stirreth up strife, and a furious man aboundeth in transgression.
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 ...
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.
Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins.
Sharp arrows of the mighty, with coals of juniper.
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 ...
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