Proverbs 26:18-28

18 Like a maniac who shoots firebrands, arrows, and death,
19 so [is] a man who deceives his neighbor, but says "Am I not joking?"
20 For lack of wood, a fire goes out, and where there is no whisperer, quarreling will cease.
21 [As] charcoal [is] to hot embers and wood [is] to fire, so a man of quarrels [is] to kindling strife.
22 The words of a whisperer [are] like delicious morsels, and they go down to the inner parts of the body.
23 [Like] {impure silver} which overlays an earthen vessel, [so are] smooth lips and an evil heart.
24 On his lips, an enemy will pretend, but {inside} he will harbor deceit.
25 When he makes his voice gracious, do not believe him, for seven abominations [are] in his heart.
26 Though hatred is covered with guile, its evil will be exposed in the assembly.
27 He who digs a pit, in it he will fall, and he who rolls a stone, on him it will come back.
28 A tongue of deceit hates its victim, and a flattering mouth makes ruin.

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