Proverbs 26:21

English Standard Version

21 As charcoal to hot embers and wood to fire, so is a quarrelsome man for kindling strife. (Pr 15:18)

New International Version

21 As charcoal to embers and as wood to fire, so is a quarrelsome person for kindling strife.

New International Reader’s Version

21 Coal glows, and wood burns. And a person who argues stirs up conflict.

King James Version

21 As coals are to burning coals, and wood to fire; so is a contentious man to kindle strife.