Bible verse
Like one who grabs a dog by the ears is a passerby who meddles in a quarrel not his own.
Proverbs 26:17 · BSB
The verses around it, from Proverbs 26.
13 The slacker says, “A lion is in the road! A fierce lion roams the public square!”
14 As a door turns on its hinges, so the slacker turns on his bed.
15 The slacker buries his hand in the dish; it wearies him to bring it back to his mouth.
16 The slacker is wiser in his own eyes than seven men who answer discreetly.
17 Like one who grabs a dog by the ears is a passerby who meddles in a quarrel not his own.
18 Like a madman shooting firebrands and deadly arrows,
19 so is the man who deceives his neighbor and says, “I was only joking!”
20 Without wood, a fire goes out; without gossip, a conflict ceases.
21 Like charcoal for embers and wood for fire, so is a quarrelsome man for kindling strife.
KJV
He that passeth by, [and] meddleth with strife [belonging] not to him, [is like] one that taketh a dog by the ears.
ASV
He that passeth by, and vexeth himself with strife belonging not to him, Is like one that taketh a dog by the ears.
ERV
He that passeth by, and vexeth himself with strife belonging not to him, is like one that taketh a dog by the ears.
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