As coals are to burning coals, and wood to fire, so is a contentious man to kindle strife.
As coals are to hot embers, and wood to fire, So is a contentious man to inflame strife.
Like charcoal to hot embers and wood to fire, So is a contentious man to kindle strife.
As coals are to hot embers and as wood to fire, so is a quarrelsome man to inflame strife.
As coals are to burning coals, and wood to fire; so is a contentious man to kindle strife.
As charcoal for embers and wood for fire, so is a quarrelsome person for kindling strife.
As charcoal for embers and wood for fire, so is a quarrelsome person for kindling strife.
Like adding charcoal to embers or wood to fire, quarrelsome people kindle strife.
As coals are to embers and wood to fire is a quarrelsome person to kindling strife.
Troublemakers start trouble, just as sparks and fuel start a fire.
[As] coals for hot coals, and wood for fire, so is a contentious man to inflame strife.
As coals are to burning coals, and wood to fire, so an angry man stirreth up strife.
Charcoal keeps the coals glowing, wood keeps the fire burning, and troublemakers keep arguments alive.
But when a fire has wood, it continues to burn. When people love to quarrel, there will always be arguments.
As charcoal is to hot embers and as wood is to fire, so a quarrelsome person is to igniting a fight.
As charcoal to hot embers and wood to fire, so is a quarrelsome man for kindling strife.
As charcoal to hot embers and wood to fire, so is a quarrelsome man for kindling strife.
Just as charcoal and wood keep a fire going, a quarrelsome person ·keeps an argument going [kindles accusations].
As the coal maketh burning coals, and wood a fire, so the contentious man is apt to kindle strife.
⌞As⌟ charcoal fuels burning coals and wood fuels fire, so a quarrelsome person fuels a dispute.
Charcoal keeps the embers glowing, wood keeps the fire burning, and troublemakers keep arguments alive.
As charcoal for embers and wood for fire, so is a quarrelsome man for kindling strife.
Charcoal and wood keep a fire going. In the same way, a quarrelsome person keeps an argument going.
Charcoal is to hot coals as wood is to fire; so also a quarrelsome man fuels strife.
Charcoal for burning coals and wood for fire, and a contentious man to kindle strife.
As coals are to burning coals, and wood to fire; so is a contentious man to kindle strife.
As coals are to burning coals, and wood to fire; so is a contentious man to kindle strife.
Like charcoal to hot embers and wood to fire, So is a contentious man to kindle strife.
As charcoal is to hot embers and wood is to fire, so a man of quarrels is to kindling strife.
A quarrelsome man starts fights as easily as a match sets fire to paper.
A quarrelsome person in a dispute is like kerosene thrown on a fire.
As charcoal is to burning coals, and wood to fire, so is a contentious man to kindle strife.
As charcoal fuels burning coals and wood fuels fire, so a quarrelsome person fuels a dispute.
Charcoal for coals, wood for fire— such are the quarrelsome, enkindling strife.
Like charcoal to hot embers and wood to fire, So is a contentious person to kindle strife.
Like charcoal to hot embers and wood to fire, So is a contentious man to kindle strife.
Like coal for burning embers and wood for fire, so is a quarrelsome man for kindling strife.
Just as charcoal and wood keep a fire going, a quarrelsome person keeps an argument going.
Like charcoal is to burning coals, and wood to fire, so is a contentious person to kindle strife.
Coal glows, and wood burns. And a person who argues stirs up conflict.
As charcoal to embers and as wood to fire, so is a quarrelsome person for kindling strife.
As charcoal to embers and as wood to fire, so is a quarrelsome person for kindling strife.
As charcoal is to burning coals, and wood to fire, So is a contentious man to kindle strife.
An arguing man makes fights worse. He is like coals to burning wood and wood to a fire.
A quarrelsome person starts fights as easily as hot embers light charcoal or fire lights wood.
As charcoal is to hot embers and wood to fire, so is a quarrelsome person for kindling strife.
As charcoal is to hot embers and wood to fire, so is a quarrelsome person for kindling strife.
As charcoal is to hot embers and wood to fire, so is a quarrelsome person for kindling strife.
As charcoal is to hot embers and wood to fire, so is a quarrelsome person for kindling strife.
As charcoal is to burning coals, and wood to eish; so is a contentious ish to kindle strife.
As coal makes burning embers, and wood a fire, so the contentious man kindles strife.
As charcoal to hot embers and wood to fire, so is a quarrelsome man for kindling strife.
As charcoal to hot embers and wood to fire, so is a quarrelsome man for kindling strife.
As coals are to embers and wood to fire, so is a contentious person to kindling strife.
Like charcoal to smoldering embers and dry wood to a fire, so a hot-tempered man kindles strife.
As coals are to hot embers, and wood to fire, so is a contentious man to kindling strife.
As dead coals at quick coals, and trees at the fire [As dead coals to quick coals, and wood to fire]; so a wrathful man (that) raiseth chidings. (Like dead coals to burning coals, and wood to fire, is an angry person who raiseth up arguments, or strife.)
Coal to burning coals, and wood to fire, And a man of contentions to kindle strife.
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