Proverbs

¹⁸As a madman who casteth firebrands, arrows, and death; ¹⁹So is the man that deceiveth his neighbour, and saith, Am not I in sport? ²⁰For lack of wood the fire goeth out: and where there is no whisperer, contention ceaseth. ²¹As coals are to hot embers, and wood to fire; so is a contentious man to inflame strife. ²²The words of a whisperer are as dainty morsels, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly. ²³Fervent lips and a wicked heart are like an earthen vessel overlaid with silver dross. ²⁴He that hateth dissembleth with his lips, but he layeth up deceit within him: