21 As the coal maketh burning coals, and wood a fire, so the contentious man is apt to kindle strife.

22 (A)The words of a talebearer are as flatterings, and they go down into the bowels of the belly.

23 As silver dross overlaid upon a potsherd, so are burning lips, and [a]an evil heart.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 26:23 They will soon break out and utter themselves.

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