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Proverbs 26:20-22
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20 Without wood, a fire will go out.
    And without gossip, quarreling will stop.

21 Charcoal and wood keep a fire going.
    In the same way, a quarrelsome person keeps an argument going.

22 The words of a gossip are like tasty bits of food.
    People take them all in.

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Proverbs 26:20-22
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20 Without wood a fire goes out;
    without a gossip a quarrel dies down.(A)
21 As charcoal to embers and as wood to fire,
    so is a quarrelsome person for kindling strife.(B)
22 The words of a gossip are like choice morsels;
    they go down to the inmost parts.(C)

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