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20 Without wood, fire goes out;
without a gossip, conflict dies down.(A)
21 As charcoal for embers and wood for fire,
so is a quarrelsome person for kindling strife.(B)
22 A gossip’s words are like delicacies
that go down to one’s innermost being.[a](C)

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  1. 26:22 Lit to the chambers of the belly