“As coals are to hot embers, and wood to fire, so is a contentious man to kindling strife.”

Reading this verse in context

This page shows one verse on its own, which is rarely how it was written. Proverbs 26 contains 28 verses, and the sentences either side usually decide what this one means. Read the whole chapter before you quote it.

Text: World English Bible, Protestant edition (engwebp), eBible.org — public domain.