Proverbs 26:16-21

¹⁶Lazy people think that they are wiser than seven/several people who can answer others' questions with good sense.

¹⁷Anyone who ◄meddles/involves himself► in a quarrel that does not concern him is as foolish as SIM someone who tries to grab a passing dog by its ears.

¹⁸Crazy people who shoot burning arrows to kill people

¹⁹are as foolish as those who deceive someone else and then say, “I was only joking.”

²⁰If there is no more firewood to put on the fire, the fire will go out; similarly SIM, if there are no people who ◄gossip/tell people things that are not true►, quarreling will end.

²¹Putting charcoal on burning coals or putting wood on a fire causes the fire to keep burning; similarly, people who like to quarrel cause people to keep arguing.