SinaiProverbs 26:17
American Standard Version
He that passeth by, and vexeth himself with strife belonging not to him, Is like one that taketh a dog by the ears.
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Proverbs 26:17 in other translations
Like one who grabs a dog’s ears
is one who passes by and meddles in a quarrel not his own.
Proverbs 26:17 in context
- 15The sluggard burieth his hand in the dish; It wearieth him to bring it again to his mouth.
- 16The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit Than seven men that can render a reason.
- 17He that passeth by, and vexeth himself with strife belonging not to him, Is like one that taketh a dog by the ears.
- 18As a madman who casteth firebrands, Arrows, and death,
- 19So is the man that deceiveth his neighbor, And saith, Am not I in sport?