King James Version (KJV)
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.”
Verse in context — Proverbs 26
15
The slothful hideth his hand in [his] bosom; it grieveth him to bring it again to his mouth.
16
The sluggard [is] wiser in his own conceit than seven men that can render a reason.
17
He that passeth by, [and] meddleth with strife [belonging] not to him, [is like] one that taketh a dog by the ears.
18
As a mad [man] who casteth firebrands, arrows, and death,
19
So [is] the man [that] deceiveth his neighbour, and saith, Am not I in sport?