 | George W. Henry - Evangelists - 1853 - 528 pages
...bottom of the hill. In this contract I realized how true is the proverb of the wise man : " He that meddleth with strife belonging not to him, is like one that taketh a dog by the ears." Here I might tell the reader of an adventure I had at a place called Tuckahoe, at the headwaters of... | |
 | Robert Shittler - 1853 - 588 pages
...than seven men that can render a reason. 17 He that passeth by, and "meddleth with strife belonyiny not to him, is like one that taketh a dog by the ears. 18 As amad man who casteth 'firebrands, arrows, and death, 19 So is the man that deceiveth his neighbour,... | |
 | Cyclopaedia, Henry Gardiner Adams - 1854 - 762 pages
...of man ; Thou shalt keep them secretly in a pavilion from the strife of tongTies.— Psalm xxxi. 20. He that passeth by, and meddleth with strife belonging...taketh a dog by the ears. — Proverbs, xxvi. 17. Foolish and unlearned questions avoid, knowing that they do gender strifen.-ll. Timothy, ii. 23. O... | |
 | 1855 - 786 pages
...and her husband's fists, John Murton was io roughly handled that he was fain to fly fur asfety. "lie that passeth by, and meddleth with strife belonging...to him, is like one that taketh a dog by the ears." Margery Merton having heard that a laundreu and a washerwoman in the neighbourhood, who once were bosom... | |
 | Frederick Chamier - France - 1855 - 352 pages
...attentive — Never interfere in matters which do not concern you, for he that passeth by, andmeddleth with strife belonging not to him, is like one that taketh a dog by the ears' " ' Two hundred piastres gone, and only a few words, and those none of the newest. I have not now enough... | |
 | 1856 - 578 pages
...burning coals, and wood to fire; so is a contentious man to kindle strife. [Proverbs xxvi. 21.] II. E that passeth by, and meddleth with strife belonging...that taketh a dog by the ears. [Proverbs xxvi. 17.] III. RE no wood is, there the fire goeth out : so where there is no talebearer, the strife ceaseth.... | |
 | John Kitto - Bible - 1856 - 750 pages
...his mouth. 16 The sluggard is wiser in Ids own conceit than seven men that can render a reason. 1 7 18 As a mad man who casteth "firebrands, arrows, and death, 19 So is the man that deceiveth his neighbour,... | |
 | James William Gilbart - 1856 - 386 pages
...and he shall save thee." 9 (5.) Never go to law about matters in which you have no direct interest. " He that passeth by, and meddleth with strife belonging...to him, is like one that taketh a dog by the ears." ' (6.) Do not go to law with a man merely because he is poor, and therefore unable to contend against... | |
 | rev. Hugh Baird - 1856 - 336 pages
...many are keeping other people's vineyards, while their own vineyard they have not kept ! Surely, " He that passeth by and meddleth with strife belonging...to him, is like one that taketh a dog by the ears." If you hold a dog by the ears, he will snarl, and if you let go, he will bite you. Diligence includes... | |
 | Septimus Sears - 1859 - 964 pages
...father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in obscure darkness (Prov. xx. 20), He that passeth bv, and meddleth with strife belonging not to him, is like one that taketh a dog by the ears (Prov. xxvi. 17). A foolish son despiseth his mother (Prov. xv. 20). Whoso rewardeth evil for good,... | |
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He that passeth by, and meddleth with strife belonging not to him, is like one that taketh a dog by the ears. 
