¹⁷ Like one who grabs a stray dog by the ears
    is someone who rushes into a quarrel not their own.

²⁰ Without wood a fire goes out;
    without a gossip a quarrel dies down.^(A)
21 As charcoal to embers and as wood to fire,
    so is a quarrelsome person for kindling strife.^(B)

²² An angry person stirs up conflict,
    and a hot-tempered person commits many sins.^(A)

³³ For as churning cream produces butter,
    and as twisting the nose produces blood,
    so stirring up anger produces strife.”