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Proverbs 26:20

Original

²⁰Where no wood is, there the fire goeth out: so where there is no talebearer, the strife ceaseth.

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¹⁸As a mad man who casteth firebrands, arrows, and death,

¹⁹So is the man that deceiveth his neighbour, and saith, Am not I in sport?

— Proverbs 26:20 —

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

²²The words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.