21 Like charcoal to hot embers and wood to fire,
So is a (A)contentious person to kindle strife.
22 The (B)words of a gossiper are like dainty morsels,
And they go down into the [a]innermost parts of the body.
23 Like an earthenware (C)vessel overlaid with silver [b](D)impurities
Are burning lips and a wicked heart.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 26:22 Lit chambers of the belly
  2. Proverbs 26:23 Lit dross

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