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Proverbs 26:20-22
Living Bible
Proverbs 26:20-22
Living Bible
20 Fire goes out for lack of fuel, and tensions disappear when gossip stops.
21 A quarrelsome man starts fights as easily as a match sets fire to paper.[a]
22 Gossip is a dainty morsel eaten with great relish.
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- Proverbs 26:21 as easily as a match sets fire to paper, literally, “like coals to hot embers and wood to fire.”
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