Proverbs 26:17 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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¹⁷He that passeth by, and meddleth with strife belonging not to him, is like one that taketh a dog by the ears.

Proverbs 26:17 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Proverbs 20:3
It is an honour for a man to cease from strife: but every fool will be meddling.
2 Timothy 2:23-24
But foolish and unlearned questions avoid, knowing that they do gender strifes. …
Luke 12:14
And he said unto him, Man, who made me a judge or a divider over you?
Proverbs 18:6
A fool's lips enter into contention, and his mouth calleth for strokes.
Proverbs 17:11
An evil man seeketh only rebellion: therefore a cruel messenger shall be sent against him.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 17)

1. That which is here condemned is meddling with strife that belongs not to us. If we must not be hasty to strive in our own cause (Prov. 25:8), much less in other people’s, especially theirs that we are no way related to or concerned in, but light on accidentally as we pass by. If we can be instrumental to make peace between those that are at variance we must do it, though we should thereby get t…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 17)

17. meddleth--as in Pr 20:19; 24:21; as either holding a dog by the ears or letting him go involves danger, so success in another man’s strife or failure involves a useless risk of reputation, does no good, and may do us harm.