Proverbs 26:14-21

¹⁴As the door turneth upon its hinges, so doth the slothful upon his bed.

¹⁵The slothful hideth his hand under his armpit, and it grieveth him to turn it to his mouth.

¹⁶The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit, than seven men that speak sentences.

¹⁷As he that taketh a dog by the ears, so is he that passeth by in anger, and meddleth with another man’s quarrel.

¹⁸As he is guilty that shooteth arrows, and lances unto death:

¹⁹So is the man that hurteth his friend deceitfully: and when he is taken, saith: I did it in jest.

²⁰When the wood faileth, the fire shall go out: and when the talebearer is taken away, contentions shall cease.

²¹As coals are to burning coals, and wood to fire, so an angry man stirreth up strife.