As coals are to burning coals, and wood to fire; so is a contentious man to kindle strife.
King James Version (KJV) - Proverbs 26:21 >[As] coals [are] to burning coals, and wood to fire; so [is] a contentious man to kindle strife.
Berean Study Bible (BSB) - Proverbs 26:21 >Like charcoal for embers and wood for fire, so is a quarrelsome man for kindling strife.