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Proverbs 26:21-28
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Proverbs 26:21-28
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21
[As] coals for hot coals, and wood for fire, so is a contentious man to inflame strife.
22
The words of a talebearer are as dainty morsels, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.
23
Ardent lips, and a wicked heart, are [as] an earthen vessel overlaid with silver dross.
24
He that hateth dissembleth with his lips, but he layeth up deceit within him:
25
when his voice is gracious, believe him not, for there are seven abominations in his heart.
26
Though [his] hatred is covered by dissimulation, his wickedness shall be made manifest in the congregation.
27
Whoso diggeth a pit shall fall therein; and he that rolleth a stone, it shall return upon him.
28
A lying tongue hateth those that are injured by it, and a flattering mouth worketh ruin.
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[a].
See ch. 18.8.
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