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Proverbs 26:21-23
Good News Translation
Proverbs 26:21-23
Good News Translation
21 Charcoal keeps the embers glowing, wood keeps the fire burning, and troublemakers keep arguments alive.
22 Gossip is so tasty! How we love to swallow it!
23 Insincere[a] talk that hides what you are really thinking is like a fine glaze[b] on a cheap clay pot.
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- Proverbs 26:23 One ancient translation Insincere; Hebrew Burning.
- Proverbs 26:23 Probable text fine glaze; Hebrew unrefined silver.
Proverbs 26:21-23
New International Version
Proverbs 26:21-23
New International Version
21 As charcoal to embers and as wood to fire,
so is a quarrelsome person for kindling strife.(A)
22 The words of a gossip are like choice morsels;
they go down to the inmost parts.(B)
23 Like a coating of silver dross on earthenware
are fervent[a] lips with an evil heart.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 26:23 Hebrew; Septuagint smooth
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