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.
King James Version
In Context
16The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit than seven men that can render a reason.
18As a mad man who casteth firebrands, arrows, and death,
Cross References
Proverbs 17:11An evil man seeketh only rebellion: therefore a cruel messenger shall be sent against him.
Proverbs 20:3It is an honour for a man to cease from strife: but every fool will be meddling.
2 Timothy 2:23But foolish and unlearned questions avoid, knowing that they do gender strifes.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 26:17
16 The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit than seven men that can render a reason. Observe, 1. The high opinion which the sluggard has of himself, notwithstanding the gross absurdity and folly of his slothfulness: He thinks himself wiser than seven men, than seven wise men, for they are such as can render a reason. It is the wisdom of a man to be able to render a reason, of a good man to be able to give a reason of the hope that is in him, 1 Pet. iii. 15 . What we do we should be able to render a reason for,… Read the whole commentary →