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Proverbs 26:21-23
Contemporary English Version

21 Troublemakers start trouble,
just as sparks and fuel
    start a fire.
22 There is nothing so delicious
as the taste of gossip!
    It melts in your mouth.

23 Hiding hateful thoughts
    behind smooth[a] talk
is like coating a clay pot
    with a cheap glaze.

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Footnotes

  1. 26.23 smooth: One ancient translation; Hebrew “hateful.”
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