19. Such are those who deceive their neighbor,and then say, “I was only joking.”
20. Without wood the fire dies out;without a talebearer strife subsides.
21. Charcoal for coals, wood for fire—such are the quarrelsome, enkindling strife.
22. The words of a talebearer are like dainty morsels:they sink into one’s inmost being.