Proverbs 26:16-20 Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

16. In his own eyes, a slacker is wiser than seven men who can answer sensibly.

17. A person who is passing by and meddles in a quarrel that’s not hisis like one who grabs a dog by the ears.

18. Like a madman who throws flaming darts and deadly arrows,

19. so is the man who deceives his neighborand says, “I was only joking! ”

20. Without wood, fire goes out;without a gossip, conflict dies down.

Proverbs 26