Proverbs 26:17-21

¹⁷As he that lays hold of a dog’s tail, So is he that makes himself the champion of another’s cause.

¹⁸As those who need correction put forth fair words to men, And he that first falls in with the proposal will be overthrown;

¹⁹So are all that lay wait for their own friends, And when they are discovered, say, I did it in jest.

²⁰With much wood fire increases; But where there is not a double-minded man, strife ceases.

²¹A hearth for coals, and wood for fire; And a railing man for the tumult of strife.