Proverbs 26:17
Like one who grabs a stray dog by the ears is someone who rushes into a quarrel not their own.
In context
14 As a door turns on its hinges, so a sluggard turns on his bed. 15 A sluggard buries his hand in the dish; he is too lazy to bring it back to his mouth. 16 A sluggard is wiser in his own eyes than seven people who answer discreetly.
17 Like one who grabs a stray dog by the ears is someone who rushes into a quarrel not their own. 18 Like a maniac shooting flaming arrows of death 19 is one who deceives their neighbor and says, “I was only joking!” 20 Without wood a fire goes out; without a gossip a quarrel dies down.
Compare in other versions
- KJV King James Version
— Proverbs 26:17 in the KJV
He that passeth by, and meddleth with strife belonging not to him, Is like one that taketh a dog by the ears.
- ESV English Standard Version
— Proverbs 26:17 in the ESV
Whoever meddles in a quarrel not his own is like one who takes a passing dog by the ears.