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Proverbs 26:17-22
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Proverbs 26:17-22
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Like one who grabs a stray dog by the ears is someone who rushes into a quarrel not their own.
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Like a maniac shooting flaming arrows of death
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is one who deceives their neighbor and says, “I was only joking!”
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Without wood a fire goes out; without a gossip a quarrel dies down.
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As charcoal to embers and as wood to fire, so is a quarrelsome person for kindling strife.
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The words of a gossip are like choice morsels; they go down to the inmost parts.
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Proverbs 22:10
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Proverbs 14:17
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Proverbs 15:18
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Proverbs 18:8
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