Proverbs 26:17-19

New International Reader's Version

¹⁷ Don’t be quick to get mixed up in someone else’s fight.
    That’s like grabbing a stray dog by its ears.

¹⁸ Suppose a crazy person shoots
    flaming arrows that can kill.
¹⁹ Someone who lies to their neighbor
    and says, “I was only joking!” is just like that crazy person.