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Proverbs 26:18-28

18 Suppose a crazy person shoots flaming arrows that can kill.

18 Like a maniac shooting flaming arrows of death

19 A man who lies to his neighbor and says, "I was only joking!" is just like that person.

19 is one who deceives their neighbor and says, “I was only joking!”

20 If you don't have wood, your fire goes out. If you don't talk about others, arguing dies down.

20 Without wood a fire goes out; without a gossip a quarrel dies down.

21 Coal glows. Wood burns. And a man who argues stirs up fights.

21 As charcoal to embers and as wood to fire, so is a quarrelsome person for kindling strife.

22 The words of anyone who talks about others are like tasty bites of food. They go deep down inside you.

22 The words of a gossip are like choice morsels; they go down to the inmost parts.

23 Warm words that come from an evil heart are like shiny paint on a clay pot.

23 Like a coating of silver dross on earthenware are fervent lips with an evil heart.

24 Someone who wants to hurt you uses his words to hide his hatred. But his heart is full of lies that cover up his evil plans.

24 Enemies disguise themselves with their lips, but in their hearts they harbor deceit.

25 What a person says can be charming. But don't believe him. Seven things that God hates can fill that person's heart.

25 Though their speech is charming, do not believe them, for seven abominations fill their hearts.

26 Hatred can be hidden by lies. But what is evil will be shown to everyone.

26 Their malice may be concealed by deception, but their wickedness will be exposed in the assembly.

27 If anyone digs a pit, he will fall into it. If he rolls a big stone, it will roll back on him.

27 Whoever digs a pit will fall into it; if someone rolls a stone, it will roll back on them.

28 A tongue that tells lies hates the people it hurts. And words that seem to praise you destroy you.

28 A lying tongue hates those it hurts, and a flattering mouth works ruin.