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Proverbs 26:21
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Proverbs 26:21
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Coal to burning coals, and wood to fire, And a man of contentions to kindle strife.
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So hath a man deceived his neighbour, And hath said, `Am not I playing?'
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Without wood is fire going out, And without a tale-bearer, contention ceaseth,
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Coal to burning coals, and wood to fire, And a man of contentions to kindle strife.
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The words of a tale-bearer [are] as self-inflicted wounds, And they have gone down [to] the inner parts of the heart.
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Silver of dross spread over potsherd, [Are] burning lips and an evil heart.
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