Proverbs 26:18-22 New International Version Anglicized (NIVUK)

18. Like a maniac shootingflaming arrows of death

19. is one who deceives their neighbourand says, ‘I was only joking!’

20. Without wood a fire goes out;without gossip a quarrel dies down.

21. As charcoal to embers and as wood to fire,so is a quarrelsome person for kindling strife.

22. The words of a gossip are like choice morsels;they go down to the inmost parts.

Proverbs 26