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22 A gossip’s words are like delicacies
that go down to one’s innermost being.[a](A)

23 Smooth[b] lips with an evil heart
are like glaze on an earthen vessel.(B)
24 A hateful person disguises himself with his speech
and harbours deceit within.

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Footnotes

  1. 26:22 Lit to the chambers of the belly
  2. 26:23 LXX; MT reads Burning