Proverbs 26:16-18

Darby Translation

¹⁶ A sluggard is wiser in his own eyes than seven [men] that answer discreetly.

¹⁷ He that passing by vexeth himself with strife belonging not to him, is [like] one that taketh a dog by the ears.

¹⁸ As a madman who casteth firebrands, arrows, and death,