18. Like a madman who throws firebrands, arrows, and death
19. is the man who deceives his neighborand says, “I am only joking!”
20. For lack of wood the fire goes out,and where there is no whisperer, quarreling ceases.
21. As charcoal to hot embers and wood to fire,so is a quarrelsome man for kindling strife.
22. The words of a whisperer are like delicious morsels;they go down into the inner parts of the body.
23. Like the glaze covering an earthen vesselare fervent lips with an evil heart.
24. Whoever hates disguises himself with his lipsand harbors deceit in his heart;