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19 so is one who deceives a neighbour
    and says, ‘I am only joking!’
20 For lack of wood the fire goes out,
    and where there is no whisperer, quarrelling ceases.
21 As charcoal is to hot embers and wood to fire,
    so is a quarrelsome person for kindling strife.

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19 is one who deceives their neighbor
    and says, “I was only joking!”

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)

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