Proverbs 26:21 Cross References - LEB

²¹ As charcoal is to hot embers and wood is to fire, so a man of quarrels is to kindling strife.

¹ Now a man of wickedness was found there whose name was Sheba the son of Bichri, a Benjaminite. He blew the horn and said, "There is no share for us in David, and there is no inheritance for us in the son of Jesse; each to his tents, O Israel!"

² It happened that Jeroboam the son of Nebat heard of it while he was still in Egypt where he had fled from the face of King Solomon, and Jeroboam had lived in Egypt. ³ So they sent and summoned him, and Jeroboam and all the assembly of Israel came. Then they spoke to Rehoboam, saying,

²⁰ It happened that just when all of Israel heard that Jeroboam had returned, they sent and called him to the assembly and made him king over all of Israel. Not one followed after the house of David except the tribe of Judah alone.

⁴ The sharpened arrows of a warrior, with burning charcoals from broom trees.

¹² Hatred stirs up strife, but love covers over all offenses.

¹⁸ A man who is hot-tempered will stir up strife, but he who is slow to _⌊anger_⌋,* he will calm contention.

²² A man of anger will stir strife, and the owner of anger, much transgression.

³³ For pressing milk produces curd, and pressing the nose produces blood, so pressing _⌊anger_⌋* produces strife.