Proverbs 26:18-20

New King James Version

¹⁸ Like a madman who throws firebrands, arrows, and death,
¹⁹ Is the man who deceives his neighbor,
And says, ^(A)“I was only joking!”

²⁰ Where there is no wood, the fire goes out;
And where there is no ^[a]talebearer, strife ceases.