Proverbs 26:16-24

¹⁶The slothful is wiser in his own eyes, than seven men that can give wise answers.

¹⁷As is one that taketh hold of a dog by the ears, so is he that passing by becometh excited about a dispute which concerneth him not.

¹⁸As one fatigueth himself shooting off firebrands, arrows, and death:

¹⁹So is the man that hath cheated his neighbor, and saith, Behold, I am only jesting.

²⁰Where there is no wood, the fire goeth out: so where there is no whisperer, strife is silenced.

²¹As charcoals are added to burning coals, and wood to fire, so is a contentious man fitted to enkindle a dispute.

²²The words of a whisperer are as wounds, and they go down into the innermost chambers of the body.

²³Like silver dross laid over an earthen vessel, so are burning lips with a bad heart.

²⁴With his lips dissembleth he that hateth, and within himself layeth he up deceit: