20 Without wood the fire is quenched, and without a talebearer strife ceaseth.

21 As the coal maketh burning coals, and wood a fire, so the contentious man is apt to kindle strife.

22 (A)The words of a talebearer are as flatterings, and they go down into the bowels of the belly.

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