Proverbs 26:17-24

¹⁷He that passeth by, and meddleth with strife belonging not to him, is like one that taketh a dog by the ears.

¹⁸As a mad man who casteth fire-brands, arrows, and death,

¹⁹So is the man that deceiveth his neighbor, and saith, Am not I in sport?

²⁰Where no wood is, there the fire goeth out: so where there is no tale-bearer, the strife ceaseth.

²¹As coals are to burning coals, and wood to fire; so is a contentious man to kindle strife.

²²The words of a tale-bearer are as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.

²³Burning lips and a wicked heart are like a potsherd covered with silver dross.

²⁴He that hateth dissembleth with his lips, and layeth up deceit within him;