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21 A quarrelsome person starts fights
    as easily as hot embers light charcoal or fire lights wood.

22 Rumors are dainty morsels
    that sink deep into one’s heart.

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21 As charcoal to embers and as wood to fire,
    so is a quarrelsome person for kindling strife.(A)
22 The words of a gossip are like choice morsels;
    they go down to the inmost parts.(B)

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