Proverbs

¹⁷Like one who grabs a stray dog by the ears is someone who rushes into a quarrel not their own. ¹⁸Like a maniac shooting flaming arrows of death ¹⁹is one who deceives their neighbor and says, “I was only joking!” ²⁰Without wood a fire goes out; without a gossip a quarrel dies down. ²¹As charcoal to embers and as wood to fire, so is a quarrelsome person for kindling strife. ²²The words of a gossip are like choice morsels; they go down to the inmost parts. ²³Like a coating of silver dross on earthenware are fervent lips with an evil heart.