Proverbs 26:13-22

New International Version

¹³ A sluggard says,^(A) “There’s a lion in the road,
    a fierce lion roaming the streets!”^(B)
14 As a door turns on its hinges,
    so a sluggard turns on his bed.^(C)
15 A sluggard buries his hand in the dish;
    he is too lazy to bring it back to his mouth.^(D)
16 A sluggard is wiser in his own eyes
    than seven people who answer discreetly.

¹⁷ Like one who grabs a stray dog by the ears
    is someone who rushes into a quarrel not their own.

¹⁸ Like a maniac shooting
    flaming arrows of death
¹⁹ is one who deceives their neighbor
    and says, “I was only joking!”

²⁰ Without wood a fire goes out;
    without a gossip a quarrel dies down.^(E)
21 As charcoal to embers and as wood to fire,
    so is a quarrelsome person for kindling strife.^(F)
22 The words of a gossip are like choice morsels;
    they go down to the inmost parts.^(G)