Proverbs 26:16-25

¹⁶A sluggard is wiser in his own eyes than seven men that answer discreetly.

¹⁷He that passing by vexeth himself with strife belonging not to him, is like one that taketh a dog by the ears.

¹⁸As a madman who casteth firebrands, arrows, and death,

¹⁹so is a man that deceiveth his neighbour, and saith, Am I not in sport?

²⁰Where no wood is, the fire goeth out; and where there is no talebearer, the contention ceaseth.

²¹As coals for hot coals, and wood for fire, so is a contentious man to inflame strife.

²²The words of a talebearer are as dainty morsels, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.

²³Ardent lips, and a wicked heart, are as an earthen vessel overlaid with silver dross.

²⁴He that hateth dissembleth with his lips, but he layeth up deceit within him:

²⁵when his voice is gracious, believe him not, for there are seven abominations in his heart.