Berean Standard Bible
Proverbs 26:21
“Like charcoal for embers and wood for fire, so is a quarrelsome man for kindling strife.”
In context
19So is the man who deceives his neighbor and says, “I was only joking!”
20Without wood, a fire goes out; without gossip, a conflict ceases.
21Like charcoal for embers and wood for fire, so is a quarrelsome man for kindling strife.
22The words of a gossip are like choice morsels that go down into the inmost being.
23Like glaze covering an earthen vessel are burning lips and a wicked heart.
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