Proverbs 26:18-22 Lexham English Bible (LEB)

18. Like a maniac who shoots firebrands, arrows, and death,

19. so is a man who deceives his neighbor, but says “Am I not joking?”

20. For lack of wood, a fire goes out, and where there is no whisperer, quarreling will cease.

21. As charcoal is to hot embers and wood is to fire, so a man of quarrels is to kindling strife.

22. The words of a whisperer are like delicious morsels, and they go down to the inner parts of the body.

Proverbs 26