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Proverbs 26:14-22

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14A door continually swings back and forth on its hinges and does not go anywhere; similarly SIM, lazy people just continually turn over in their beds and never do anything.
15Some people are extremely lazy; they put their hand in a dish to get some food but do not even lift the food up to their mouths.
16Lazy people think that they are wiser than seven/several people who can answer others' questions with good sense.
17Anyone who ◄meddles/involves himself► in a quarrel that does not concern him is as foolish as SIM someone who tries to grab a passing dog by its ears.
18Crazy people who shoot burning arrows to kill people
19are as foolish as those who deceive someone else and then say, “I was only joking.”
20If there is no more firewood to put on the fire, the fire will go out; similarly SIM, if there are no people who ◄gossip/tell people things that are not true►, quarreling will end.
21Putting charcoal on burning coals or putting wood on a fire causes the fire to keep burning; similarly, people who like to quarrel cause people to keep arguing.
22People enjoy listening to what gossips say about others just like SIM they enjoy tasty food; they enjoy listening to what gossips tell them like they enjoy swallowing tasty food.

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