Proverbs 26:17

In context

15The sluggard buries his hand in the dish; bringing it back to his mouth wears him out. 16The sluggard is wiser in his own eyes than seven men who answer with good sense. 17Like grabbing a passing dog by the ears is a man who flares up over a quarrel that is not his. 18Like a madman shooting firebrands, arrows and death, 19so is the man who deceives his neighbor and says, “I was only joking.”