Proverbs 26:18 CPDV

¹⁶  The lazy one seems wiser to himself than seven men speaking judgments.

¹⁷  Just like one who takes hold of a dog by the ears, so also is he who crosses impatiently and meddles in the quarrels of another.

¹⁸  Just as he is guilty who let loose the arrows and the lances unto death,

¹⁹  so also is the man who harms his friend by deceitfulness. And when he has been apprehended, he says, 'I did it jokingly.'

²⁰  When the wood fails, the fire will be extinguished. And when the gossiper is taken away, conflicts will be quelled.