Meddleth with strife. — Rather, that is excited with strife. If quarrelling and taking revenge on our own account are forbidden (Romans 12:18), how much more is the mixing up of ourselves in the disputes of other persons.

Like one that taketh a dog by the ears. — Who deserves to be bitten for his pains, the usual result of interfering in quarrels.

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