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Proverbs 26:18
Proverbs 26:18 is verse 18 of Proverbs chapter 26, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
Like a madman shooting firebrands and deadly arrows,
King James Version
As a mad man who casteth firebrands, arrows, and death,
World English Bible
Like a madman who shoots torches, arrows, and death,
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Proverbs 26:16–20 · Berean Standard Bible
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.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Proverbs 7:23until an arrow pierces his liver, like a bird darting into a snare— not knowing it will cost him his life.
Proverbs 25:18Like a club or sword or sharp arrow is a man who bears false witness against his neighbor.
Genesis 49:23The archers attacked him with bitterness; they aimed at him in hostility.