Proverbs 26:21

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Proverbs 26:19–23 · Berean Standard Bible

19 so is the man who deceives his neighbor and says, “I was only joking!”

20 Without wood, a fire goes out; without gossip, a conflict ceases.

21 Like charcoal for embers and wood for fire, so is a quarrelsome man for kindling strife.

22 The words of a gossip are like choice morsels that go down into the inmost being.

23 Like glaze covering an earthen vessel are burning lips and a wicked heart.

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