²⁰ For lack of wood the fire goes out,
    and where there is no whisperer, quarreling ceases.^(A)

¹⁰ Drive out a scoffer, and strife goes out;
    quarreling and abuse will cease.^(A)

²⁸ A perverse person spreads strife,
    and a whisperer separates close friends.^(A)

²² The words of a whisperer are like delicious morsels;
    they go down into the inner parts of the body.^(A)