Proverbs 26:21-23

Expanded Bible

²¹ Just as charcoal and wood keep a fire going,
a quarrelsome person ·keeps an argument going [kindles accusations].

²² The words of a gossip are like ·tasty bits of food [choice morsels];
·people like to gobble them up [^Lthey go down to the inmost parts].

²³ ·Kind words [^LSmooth lips] from a wicked ·mind [^Lheart]
are like ·a shiny [silver] coating on a clay pot.