Proverbs 26:16-20

¹⁶The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit than seven men that can render a reason.

¹⁷He that passeth by, and meddleth with strife belonging not to him, is like one that taketh a dog by the ears.

¹⁸As a mad man who casteth fire-brands, arrows, and death,

¹⁹So is the man that deceiveth his neighbor, and saith, Am not I in sport?

²⁰Where no wood is, there the fire goeth out: so where there is no tale-bearer, the strife ceaseth.