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Proverbs 26:21-23
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition

21 As charcoal is to hot embers and wood to fire,
    so is a quarrelsome person for kindling strife.(A)
22 The words of a whisperer are like delicious morsels;
    they go down into the inner parts of the body.(B)
23 Like the glaze[a] covering an earthen vessel
    are smooth[b] lips with an evil heart.

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Footnotes

  1. 26.23 Cn: Heb silver of dross
  2. 26.23 Gk: Heb burning
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