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¹⁹so is one who deceives a neighbor
and says, “I am only joking!”
²⁰For lack of wood the fire goes out,
and where there is no whisperer, quarreling ceases.
²¹As charcoal is to hot embers and wood to fire,
so is a quarrelsome person for kindling strife.
²²The words of a whisperer are like delicious morsels;
they go down into the inner parts of the body.
²³Like the glaze covering an earthen vessel
are smooth lips with an evil heart.
²⁴An enemy dissembles in speaking
while harboring deceit within;
²⁵when an enemy speaks graciously, do not believe it,
for there are seven abominations concealed within;
²⁶though hatred is covered with guile,
the enemy’s wickedness will be exposed in the assembly.
²⁷Whoever digs a pit will fall into it,
and a stone will come back on the one who starts it rolling.
²⁸A lying tongue hates its victims,
and a flattering mouth works ruin.