Proverbs 26:19-21

Christian Standard Bible

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

²⁰Without wood, fire goes out;
without a gossip, conflict dies down.^(A)
²¹As charcoal for embers and wood for fire,
so is a quarrelsome person for kindling strife.^(B)

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