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Proverbs 26:21-23
Amplified Bible, Classic Edition
Proverbs 26:21-23
Amplified Bible, Classic Edition
21 As coals are to hot embers and as wood to fire, so is a quarrelsome man to inflame strife.(A)
22 The words of a whisperer or slanderer are like dainty morsels or words of sport [to some, but to others are like deadly wounds]; and they go down into the innermost parts of the body [or of the victim’s nature].
23 Burning lips [uttering insincere words of love] and a wicked heart are like an earthen vessel covered with the scum thrown off from molten silver [making it appear to be solid silver].
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