“As a mad man who casteth firebrands, arrows, and death,”
Proverbs 26:18 (KJV) |
Proverbs 26:18
From Proverbs 26, in the Book of Proverbs (Old Testament).
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The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit than seven men that can render a reason.
He that passeth by, and meddleth with strife belonging not to him, is like one that taketh a dog by the ears.
As a mad man who casteth firebrands, arrows, and death,
So is the man that deceiveth his neighbour, and saith, Am not I in sport?
Where no wood is, there the fire goeth out: so where there is no talebearer, the strife ceaseth.