World English Bible
Proverbs 26:18
“Like a madman who shoots torches, arrows, and death,”
Verse in context — Proverbs 26
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The sluggard is wiser in his own eyes than seven men who answer with discretion.
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Like one who grabs a dog's ears is one who passes by and meddles in a quarrel not his own.
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Like a madman who shoots torches, arrows, and death,
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is the man who deceives his neighbor and says, "Am I not joking?
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For lack of wood a fire goes out. Without gossip, a quarrel dies down.