17. Like one who grabs a stray dog by the earsis someone who rushes into a quarrel not their own.
18. Like a maniac shootingflaming arrows of death
19. is one who deceives their neighbourand says, ‘I was only joking!’
20. Without wood a fire goes out;without gossip a quarrel dies down.
21. As charcoal to embers and as wood to fire,so is a quarrelsome person for kindling strife.