World English Bible
Proverbs 26:21
“As coals are to hot embers, and wood to fire, so is a contentious man to kindling strife.”
Verse in context — Proverbs 26
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is the man who deceives his neighbor and says, "Am I not joking?
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For lack of wood a fire goes out. Without gossip, a quarrel dies down.
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As coals are to hot embers, and wood to fire, so is a contentious man to kindling strife.
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The words of a whisperer are as dainty morsels, they go down into the innermost parts.
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Like silver dross on an earthen vessel are the lips of a fervent one with an evil heart.