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Proverbs 26:20-23

Proverbs 26:20-23 NASB2020

For lack of wood the fire goes out, And where there is no gossiper, quarreling quiets down. Like charcoal to hot embers and wood to fire, So is a contentious person to kindle strife. The words of a gossiper are like dainty morsels, And they go down into the innermost parts of the body. Like an earthenware vessel overlaid with silver impurities Are burning lips and a wicked heart.